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Types of Membership
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Full Membership
includes individual employed at executive levels of either:
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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
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Individuals who have
administrative direction involving those programs by way of
central (governmental) administrative capacity.
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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.
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Institutional Memberships
are available for more than one full or associate member from an
organization.
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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.
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Honorary Life Membership
is awarded to an applicant who meets the following criteria:
Activities and Benefits of APDDA
Membership
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Conferences on
administrative trends in service provision
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The Digest, APDDA news
magazine
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Special monographs on
current historical trend, e.g., Annual Trends on Public Services for
People With Mental Retardation
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Occasional papers on timely
administrative topics, e.g., Demographics of APDDA: A National
Survey
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The annual directory of
public residential facilities, their administrators and APPDA
members
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A program of continuing
education recognition
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Job referral service
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Small grants program
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Awards program
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Updates on current trends,
Medicaid compliance, behavior programming and management strategies
through its publications and convention
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Free E-mail Account (yourname@APDDA.org)
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Conference Chat
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Message Forum
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