The Council engages in advocacy, capacity building and systems change activities focusing on initiatives it has prioritized for inclusion in its Five-Year Plan. Current and previous Council initiatives are listed below.

Employment

Employment Advocacy Initiatives, LADDC

Employment Advocacy Initiatives

Support Families for Employment

Education & Early Intervention

Education and Early Intervention Advocacy Initiatives, LADDC

Education and Early Intervention Advocacy Initiatives

Community Living and Self Determination

Advocacy and Leadership Development

quality assurance at LDDC, people standing around table making notes

LaCAN

Families Helping Families

Partners in Policymaking

Supporting Self-Advocacy

Community Supports

community supports, family preparing food at counter

Community Support, Quality, and the Advocacy Initiatives

Community and Family Support System

Direct Support Provider Complex Needs Training and Technical Assistance Partnership

Self-Direction Advocacy Activities

Self-Direction Mentors

Health

Curricula on Developmental Disabilities for Clinicians, Medical Professionals Looking at User

Curricula on Developmental Disabilities for Clinicians

Curricula on Developmental Disabilities for Dentists and Dental Hygienists

Modules on Continuing Nursing Educations (CNEs)

Child Care

Child Care Center Inclusive Training Project, child playing with bricks, LADDC

Child Care Center Inclusive Training Project

Recreation

inclusive recreation league, soccer league for developmentally disabled people

Inclusive Recreation League

Transportation

transportation, LADDC, van with handicap ramp

Transportation Louisiana

Housing

Sign for rent, Home of Your Own Project, LADDC

Home of Your Own Project

Housing Transition Support