ILADD Family Connect Details
The purpose of ILADD Family Connect is to bring together families of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to form a group to share and discuss information to help move our self-advocates toward greater independence. Self-advocates and their parent/caregivers are encouraged to attend.
The first meeting will be held in-person at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021 in Room A/B of Weitzel Hall at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, 1870 West Oak Street, Zionsville, Indiana. The meeting topic is “Hope for the Journey to Independence” with a focus on the following questions:
- What are the self-advocates’ hopes for his/her future?
- What are the parents/caregivers’ hopes for their self-advocate’s future?
- What action steps need to be taken to achieve those hopes?
- Who should be on the self-advocate’s support team?
Featured speakers/facilitators at the meeting include:
- Katie Shaw- self-advocate
- Justin Reid- self advocate
- Michele Gray- behavior consultant for Tangram with over twenty years of experience working with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Kim Harvey- employment consultant for Best Buddies Indiana
A break-out session will be held during the meeting to allow self-advocates to connect with other self-advocates and share information, while a similar meeting occurs allowing the parents/caregivers to connect and share information.
To register for the ILADD Family Connect Program please send an email to Tom Easterday at teasterday@iladdinc.org indicating that you plan to attend along with the number of individuals attending.
