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Types of Membership
Full Membership
includes individual employed at executive levels of either: -
A public or private residential program that has an organization element
of providing care and treatment for persons with mental retardation or other
developmental disabilities, or Individuals who have administrative
direction involving those programs by way of central (governmental)
administrative capacity.
Associate Membership includes (a) individuals who have been former members, or (b) who have a professional or personal commitment to the purposes of the Association and who wish to have an affiliation with the Association in a non-voting, non-office holding relationship.
Institutional Memberships are available for more than one full or associate member from an organization. Life Membership includes all privileges and responsibilities afforded Full members and are awarded to individuals who have been full members for twenty (20) years/or to Past Presidents.
Honorary Life Membership is awarded to an applicant who meets the following criteria:
Activities and Benefits of APDDA Membership
Conferences on administrative trends in service provision
The Digest, APDDA news magazine
Special monographs on current historical trend, e.g., Annual Trends on Public Services for People With Mental Retardation
Occasional papers on timely administrative topics, e.g., Demographics of APDDA: A National Survey
The annual directory of public residential facilities, their administrators and APPDA members
A program of continuing education recognition
Job referral service
Small grants program
Awards program
Updates on current trends, Medicaid compliance, behavior programming and management strategies through its publications and convention
Free E-mail Account (yourname@APDDA.org) Conference Chat Message Forum
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