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Volunteer Advocate Academy Consent

For those of you who have been accepted into our research project to evaluate the effectiveness of the Volunteer Advocate Academy… here’s the Consent Form as a word document. Please download it and return as soon as possible. Many thanks for helping make this project so successful!!

On Our Way to the National Independent Living Conference - Growing Pains

Bill and Nancy are headed to Nashville to exhibit and present at the Growing Pains Conference sponsored by Daniel Memorial Institute and NILA (National Independent Living Association). Despite the “recession”  we understand that well over 400 participants are expected from around the country! The conference is full of workshops for both youths and adults. If you are coming to the conference, be sure to stop by our ILR exhibit. See you next week!

Volunteer Advocate Academy Seeks Research Participants

If you are a GAL or CASA staff or volunteer with one year or less experience… please contact (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We are ready to enter the final phase of our research to evaluate the effectiveness of a NEW, multi-media on-line curriculum for volunteer advocates. The curriculum is focused on working with adolescents and those in transition. Research participants will be required to complete the curriculum over a six week period this fall. The entire curriculum takes approximately 3.5 hours. All participants will receive a training certificate and $100 for their time. Either call 800-820-0001 or email with questions or complete the Research Participant Application to sign up.

Volunteer Advocate Academy Curriculum Arrives in Denver!

I (Nancy) have been in Denver at the National CASA conference. What a great conference! So many folks from all over the country are here. It has been exciting, given the economic situation, to see that hundreds of participants are able to attend. I’ve been showcasing our new E-learning, multi-media, curriculum for court appointed volunteer advocates. The enthusiasm for this curriculum has been amazing!! I’ve talked to so many folks… I’m loosing my voice! Advocates are sitting down and exploring the educational design, prototype of the website, and signing up for the research phase to begin this fall. Some have even said they would do it without the $100 research stipend! Very cool. For me, I’m encouraged by the desire for our advocates to learn how to work with teens and help them self-advocate. They are really ready for this! So many state and program directors have signed up to enroll their new volunteers. It feels great to know we…

New Site - February 2009

Well, we are ready to launch the new ILR website. Please take the time to look through everything on the site and tell us what you think. We hope to provide you with the latest information available on youth resources and in particular adolescent independent living. We will keep you posted as we progress through 2009. Use our forum sections to keep us informed about what you are doing and would like to see on the site!

Address Change

We have just consolidated all ILR offices, including SaySo, Inc., into one location.
The new location is 411 Andrews Road, Suite 140, Durham, NC 27705

Please make a note of it. Our postmaster and UPS have been notified as well so we’re sure to get all deliveries!