2010 Program Report
Your dues and contributions helped CACLD present these programs last year!
- 40th Annual Fall Conference for Parents, Professionals and Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficits - 18 workshops, 25 speakers and a Keynote Session on Executive Function.
- 8 Family Education Programs.
- 10 Seminars on Effective Advocacy Training featuring 10 experts in the field.
- A Get Ready To Read Workshop for Early Childhood Educators and Parents.
- Workshops on High School and Beyond: Secondary and Postsecondary Options for Students with LD and/or AD/HD.
- 635 people attended our programs.
And your support also helped us to provide these services:
- Information, Referral, Consultations, Advocacy, a Research Library, a Bookstore and Community Education.
- Personal, in-depth consultations for 415 individuals/families.
- Our LD/AD/HD Helpline responded to 714 requests for information and referrals.
- Attended 81 PPTs.
- Donated books and DVDs to libraries, literacy programs, Community Colleges and Family Centers
- Contributed materials for in-service training for mainstream teachers and other professionals
- Participated in Guidance Expo 2010 providing materials for hundreds of guidance counselors
- Published and distributed our highly acclaimed newsletters
- Provided scholarships to our conferences and training workshops. No one is turned away!
- Helped Family and Child Guidance Center develop 4 Resource/Lending Libraries for staff and parents
- Represented you on state and local task forces dealing with RTI, Transition, LD Guidelines and Adult Issues
- Worked to preserve the right to special education and the right to early intervention
- Sent posters and other materials to every public library and every SPED Director in Connecticut and Westchester County
- Continued an outreach program to Child Guidance Centers, Pre-Schools, Teacher Training
- Programs, SPED Parent Groups, Social Workers, Para-Professionals and School Principals
- Served as a resource for local media
CACLD is one of the most active and respected LD organizations in the country. Last year we were in Bridgeport, Darien, Farmington, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford, Westport, Wilton, CT and White Plains, NY.
Each year CACLD reaches well over 15,000 individuals with membership mailings, one-to-one consultations, phone and mail information, and community outreach through speaking engagements, newsletters, emails, information kits, posters, and our website. Our activities are covered in area newspapers as well as numerous national newsletters. In addition, CACLD maintains an ongoing public relations effort that results in newspaper and magazine articles, public service announcements and advertising to inform and educate the public about learning disabilities, dyslexia and attention deficits.
Quite an impressive list of accomplishments!
Your support will help us fulfill our mission and continue our outreach and community education programs and services to families and individuals and the professionals who work with them.