Vision and Mission
Vision
All people with disabilities and their families are valued participants in community life.
Mission
Partners making a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities and their families through learning and leadership.
Outcomes
The Oklahoma University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) will focus its efforts from 2007-2012 on quality of life activities. Quality of life activities support people with developmental disabilities in their efforts to practice greater self-determination, and to expect consumer and family-focused planning. Quality of life activities include, expecting that people with disabilities will exert greater choice and control in their lives and will be welcomed with full inclusion and participation in the community. Through quality of life activities we expect that people with disabilities will experience an increase in their general satisfaction with, and access to, services and supports.
During the next five years, the Oklahoma UCEDD will target three areas where work products and outcomes should be visible to people with disabilities and their families, professionals, community members, and university faculty interested in quality of life improvements. We will invest work to achieve the following outcomes by 2012:
- Oklahoma has a family leadership model for enhancing the statewide family advocacy system.
- Oklahoma has a partnership model for community services that is implemented in multiple regions of the state.
- Oklahoma has a partnership model for preservice and continuing education that is implemented in multiple regions of the state.
Goals
The UCEDD of Oklahoma Five Year Plan (2007- 2012) emphasizes a partnership approach that involves individuals with disabilities, family members, students, and professionals in each of the five core area goals.
- Preservice and Continuing Education - Increase the capacity of the state to provide best practice information access and skills for interdisciplinary service provision and statewide systems change.
- Community Services - Increase the capacity of the state to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities through community training to improve knowledge, practices, and skills; technical assistance to improve systems, policies, programs and advocacy; family support services to improve access to community resources and services.
- Research - Increase the capacity of the state to conduct research and evaluation that involves individuals with disabilities and/or family members.
- Dissemination - Increase the capacity of the state to access information about disability issues, best practices, research findings, advocacy opportunities and the perspectives of individuals with disabilities and family members by developing and disseminating information and products, developing innovative methods for translating information into practice and by identifying best methods for reaching individuals and families with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Organization - Provide an infrastructure within the UCEDD that facilitates accomplishment of program goals and inclusive policies and procedures to sustain an effective organization
Contact Information
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To Contact Us by Mail: Our Physical Address:
Center for Learning and Leadership/UCEDD Center for Learning and Leadership/UCEDD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
College of Medicine College of Medicine
PO Box 26901, ROB 342 800 N.E. 15th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-4614
To Contact Us by Phone: To Contact Us by Email:
405.271.4500 (voice) Learn2Lead-UCEDD@ouhsc.edu
1.800.627.6827 (toll free)
405.271.1459 (fax)
Faculty and Staff
Valerie N. Williams, MPA, PhD, Director, UCEDD
and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development
405-271-2688
valerie-williams@ouhsc.edu
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Jana Butcher, RNP
Department of Pediatrics,
Pediatric Practice Model Clinic,
Family Support 360° Project
405-271-6821 x 44327 |
 Doris Erhart
Project Coordinator, Self-Directed Services
405-271-4500 x 41006
doris-erhart@ouhsc.edu |
Wanda Felty
Community Leadership and
Advocacy Coordinator
405-271-4500 x 41004
wanda-felty@ouhsc.edu |
Melissa Fenrick, MSW
Dissemination and Academic
Partnerships Coordinator
405-271-4500 x 41002
melissa-fenrick@ouhsc.edu |
Tara Ford
Project Coordinator, Oklahoma Family Support
360° Project and Family Advocate
405-271-4511 x 41016
tara-ford@ouhsc.edu |
Sharon Grayham, MBA
Senior Administrative Manager
405-271-4500 x 41011
sharon-grayham@ouhsc.edu |
Crisann Hanes
Instructional Delivery Coordinator
405-271-4500 x 41008
crisann-hanes@ouhsc.edu |
Angela Harnden, PhD, Director, Data and Outcomes, UCEDD
and Program Evaluator for Oklahoma LEND
405-271-4500 x 41007
angela-harnden@ouhsc.edu |
Erica Herrera
Family Support Coordinator,
Oklahoma Family Support 360° Project
405-271-4511 x 41034
erican-herrera@ouhsc.edu |
Ephelders Lipscomb
Project Coordinator, Oklahoma Teacher
Registry Training Project
405-271-4500 x 41009
ephelders-lipscomb@ouhsc.edu |
Mary Katherine Long, MHR
Special Programs Coordinator
405-271-4500 x 41012
mary-long@ouhsc.edu |
Vyonda Martin, MA
Associate Director, UCEDD and
Director, Community Services
405-271-4500 x 41005
vyonda-martin@ouhsc.edu |
Rose Ann Percival
Community Partnerships Coordinator
405-271-4500 x 41038
roseann-percival@ouhsc.edu |
Brian Smith
Self-Advocacy Coordinator
405-271-4500 x41035
brian-smith@ouhsc.edu |
Linda M. Wilson, PhD, Training Director, Oklahoma LEND,
Section on Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics, OU Child Study Center
405-271-6824 x 45176
linda-m-wilson@ouhsc.edu |
Mark Wolraich, MD, Director, Oklahoma LEND
Chief, Section on Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics, OU Child Study Center
405-271-6824 x 45124
mark-wolraich@ouhsc.edu
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Academic Partners
Judy Berry, EdD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
The University of Tulsa
600 South College Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74014-3126
www.utulsa.edu |
918-631-2834 |
William Reiner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Section of Pediatric Urology,
Director Psychosexual Development Clinic,
Adjunct Professor Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
PO Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126-0901
www.oumedicine.com |
405-271-6900 x46107 |
Kristen Sorocco, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research,
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
PO Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126-0901
www.oumedicine.com |
405-456-1454 |
Ronna Vanderslice, EdD
Dean, School of Education and Behavior Sciences
Cameron University
2800 West Gore Boulevard, NB-1023
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
www.cameron.edu |
580-581-2566 |
Rick Wetherill, PhD
Executive Director,
Center of Continuing Education and Community Service
East Central University
100 East 14th Street
108 Admin Building G8
Ada, Oklahoma 74820-6915
www.ecok.edu
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580-332-8000 x455 |
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