Reinventing Quality Conference Free Recordings Available

This year’s Reinventing Quality Goes Virtual 2020 event featured multiple discussions of best practices in person-centered supports from across the nation. The Reinventing Quality planning partners wish to thank the speakers, sponsors, and attendees for creating a successful event.

Recordings for all sessions are now available free of cost on the Reinventing Quality website. Sessions can now be viewed on demand and with closed captioning, including:

Supporting Inclusive Lives: Using Data to Build Expectations and System Capacity
Sheryl Larson, PhD, University of Minnesota
John Butterworth, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston
Amie Lulinski, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Colorado
Nicole Jorwic, JD, The Arc of the United States

Highlighting Current Research on the Direct Support Workforce
Amy Hewitt, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Minnesota
Joe Macbeth, NADSP
Jerry Smith, MBA, University of Minnesota

Using Technology to Enhance Data Collection
Shea Tanis, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Colorado
Alixe Bonardi, OTR/L, MHA, FAAIDD, Human Services Research Institute

Highlighting Federal and State Initiatives
Melissa Harris, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Jennifer Johnson, EdD, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
Mary Sowers, NASDDDS

Improving Quality through Community Monitoring
Carol Britton Laws, University of Georgia
Jenny Turner, University of Missouri Kansas City
Sally Flaschberger, WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities

Supporting Families
Bevin Croft, PhD, Human Services Research Institute
Michael Smull, Support Development Associates
Mary Mitchell, Retired

Supporting People with IDD who are Aging
Roger Stancliffe, PhD, FAAIDD, FIASSIDD, The University of Sydney
Tamar Heller, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
Val Bradley, MA, FAAIDD, Human Services Research Institute

Direct Support Workforce Panel Discussion
Amy Hewitt, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Minnesota
Jerry Smith, MBA, University of Minnesota
Joe Macbeth, NADSP
Ryene Fenner, New Horizons Resources
Jacquie Dillard-Foss, STEPS

Projects of National Significance Panel Discussion
Sheryl Larson, PhD, University of Minnesota
John Butterworth, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston
Amie Lulinski, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Colorado
Nicole Jorwic, JD, The Arc of the United States

The Reinventing Quality 2020 virtual event is jointly hosted by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), Human Services Research Institute (HSRI), National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), Research and Training Center on Community Living at the University of Minnesota, and the University of Delaware National Leadership Consortium.