There is something for everyone at our conference. Whether you are a direct support professional, a human resources administrator, or a CEO, you will find something of interest to you.

DCU Center
50 Foster St. 

Worcester, MA  01608

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

1. Register online with a credit card, or an invoice. (only if your organization is an ADDP member)

2.  Complete the registration form, and fax your registration with a credit card number.

3.Complete the registration form, and send a check with your form to ADDP.

The fee is $135.00 per person for people who work at an ADDP member agency, and $200.00 for non-members.  There is a discounted group rate of $1250 for ten staff from a member organization.

The fee includes breakfast, lunch, presentations, as well as your participation in two professional development workshops!

For more info, visit the ADDP Web site Conference Page!

The ADDP annual conference is a chance for our community to come together to celebrate, learn, and get inspired!

Our Keynote Speaker, Mr. Eric Rosenthal, will captivate you and help  you in understanding integration efforts are part of an ongoing global struggle. 

Twelve breakout sessions will be offered on topics of all sorts, for direct support staff, program managers, clinicians, directors, senior leaders & CEOs. Don't miss this opportunity to learn something new!

We've got more than 40 exhibitors signed up so far - they will amaze and delight you with their products, services, and free pens!

ADDP is thrilled to welcome Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International (DRI), Eric Rosenthal to our 2014 Conference and Expo. 

Eric Rosenthal established DRI in 1993, and has been training human rights and disability activists ever since.

Rosenthal received a law degree cum laude from Georgetown (1992) and a BA from the University of Chicago (1985).  He has served as an advisor in the Public Interest Law Scholar's program of the Georgetown University Law Center and has been an adjunct professor of law in public interest advocacy.  Rosenthal is a board member and former Vice-President of the US International Council on Disability (USICD), and he chaired the USICD Committee working for US ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Rosenthal has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the US National Council on Disability (NCD).  On behalf of NCD, he co-authored US Foreign Policy and Disability (September 2003), a report that led to legislation to make US foreign assistance accessible to people with disabilities.   The report calls on the United States to extend the enforcement of US disability rights law to all US government-funded programs abroad.

 

In 2008, Rosenthal received the Henry A. Betts Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) for "pioneering the field of international human rights advocacy for people with disabilities and bringing unprecedented international awareness to their concerns." The  adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is, according to AAPD, "in no small part due to Rosenthal's role promoting disability rights as a human right."  In 2007, Rosenthal accepted the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights on behalf of Disability Rights International.

1.1 - Designing Residential and Day Habilitation Services for Transitioning Age Individuals with a Diagnosis of Autism (more...)

1.2 - Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease: Incidence, Association and Pathophysiology (more...)

1.3 - Cultural Competence in Your Workplace (more...)

1.4 - Defining the Massachusetts' Aging and Disability  Resource Consortia (ADRC), No Wrong Door System  (NWD) (more...)

1.5 - Teaching Positive Behavioral Supports to Direct Support Staff via a Personalized System of Instruction (more...)

1.6 - Connecting Through Technology: People & Their Programs, Staff and Organizations (more...)

2.1 - The Power of Collaboration; 5 Placements are Better than One! (more...)

2.2 - Making Diversity Work (For You!) (more...)

2.3 - Enrichment and Wellness Offerings; Identifying Resources and Embracing Best Practices for Creating and Instructing Person-Centered Programming (more...)

2.4 - Team Building; Let's Have Fun While Getting the Job Done (more...)

2.5 - Transitioning to Adulthood: Teaching Life-long Practices to Serve Individuals with ASD (more...)

2.6 - How Will I Get There? Strategies for Transportation and Mobility in Massachusetts (more...)