CACLD Program Report - 2009
Your dues and contributions enabled CACLD to present these programs last year.
- 39th Annual Fall Conference for Parents, Professionals and Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficits - 20 workshops, 34 speakers and a Keynote Session featuring The Michael Hartenbaum Memorial Lecture delivered by Rick Lavoie
- 7 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
- 27th Conference on High School and Beyond: Secondary and Postsecondary Options for Students with LD and/or AD/HD
- 693 people attended these 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 541 families
- Our LD/AD/HD Helpline responded to 749 requests for information and referrals
- Donated books and tapes 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 2009 providing materials for hundreds of guidance counselors
- Published and distributed our highly acclaimed newsletters
- Provided scholarships to our conferences and workshops. No one is turned away!
- Helped schools develop resource libraries for staff and parents
- Represented you on state and local task forces dealing with RTI, Transition and Adult Issues
- Worked to preserve the right to special education
- 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 Clinics, Pre-Schools, Teacher Training Programs, SPED Parent Groups, Social Workers, Para-Professionals and School Principals
- Continued to offer an Adult Resource Directory to adults with LD/AD/HD and agency personnel
- 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, Fairfield, Farmington, Norwalk, Trumbull, Westport and Stamford, 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, 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.
