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VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1
Angel Perez
Project Director, New Jersey Center for Deaf - blindness,
The College of New Jersey,
pereza@tcnj.edu
This year's Council on Exceptional Children's Leadership Conference
typically held in Alexandria, Va., July 8 - 11, 2018, provided opportunities for
va rious divisions/units within this organization to network, participate in
valuable professional development, foster growth, and encourage
advocacy and policy change through the Children and Youth Action
Network. Those in attendance representing DVIDB were Nicole Johnson,
President - Elect, Kathleen Stanfa, C.A.N. Coordinator, and Angel Perez,
Board Member. The focus for the leadership institute was "Diversity with
Intention." The opening session was presented by Vicki R. Deal - Williams,
Chief Staff Officer for Multicultural Affairs for the American Speech -
Language - Hearing Association (ASHA) and Arlene A. Pietranton, Chief
Executive Officer of ASHA. These speakers shared information about the
CEC's Leadership Institute: A Look at the Future
