On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, a non-partisan forum with candidates/surrogates for President, Vice-President, United States Senate and all five Connecticut Congressional Seats answering questions on disability topics, will be taking place at the Bristol Event Center in Bristol, CT. Diane Smith will be moderating this event and will be asking questions that have been developed in advance by the Cross Disability Lifespan Alliance.

Registration for this event is open and can be completed by clicking here for English speakers or by clicking here for Spanish speakers.

UConn Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) faculty, staff, and graduate students attended the 2024 Division for Early Childhood Conference (DEC) in New Orleans, LA. Faculty, staff, and graduate students presented multiple sessions about various projects, including the Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Center for Equity (ECIPC-Equity) and Learn the Signs. Act Early. (LTSAE). Our presentations featured:

• Bethanne Vergean, CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early. Developmental Milestones for
Families, poster session
• Mary Beth Bruder, PhD, “Let’s Play Together: Engaging Families and Young Children
in Inclusive Play Using Technology”
• Mary Beth Bruder, PhD, Bethanne Vergean, “A Tale of Two Tools:  CDC Milestones & ASQ-3”
• Mary Beth Bruder, PhD, and Darla Gundler, “An Overview of the Early Childhood
Intervention Personnel Center for Equity”

We want to welcome our 2024-2025 CT LEND trainees! ✨ Trainees were introduced to LEND staff and met past trainees to hear about what they can expect from the program. Our Director, Mary Beth Bruder, PhD, provided an overview of the UConn UCEDD and CT LEND. We are so excited to spend the school year with our new trainees!