As an Exceptional Student in Intellectual Disabilities. You Are Cordially Invited to be Seen and Recognized as a Future Leader in the Field

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1 As a Exceptioal Studet i Itellectual Disabilities You Are Cordially Ivited to be See ad Recogized as a Future Leader i the Field

2 You Caot Start Too Early To Begi Your Rise To Leadership i Our Field You have bee idetified as a studet i itellectual disabilities who shows both great potetial ad exceptioal commitmet. Your professors feel that you may brig positive recogitio to our field over the course of your future career. At the America Associatio o Itellectual ad Developmetal Disabilities (AAIDD), we have a madate to help develop the potetial of outstadig studets like you. Preparig You to Lead Will Oe Day Raise the Profile of Everyoe i Our Field Today s seior members of AAIDD have log bee a drivig force i the field of itellectual disabilities, ad are deeply committed to makig sure their work iforms ad ispires eve greater progress to come. That has led them to seek out promisig youg studets who have show leadership qualities ad support them with a full professioal membership at a special Studet Member rate.

3 As a Studet Member Of AAIDD, You ll Receive More Rewards Tha a Full-Time Professioal Oe day i the future, you may well have a well-established career, a etwork of peers i the field, ad a thorough uderstadig of what it takes to get thigs doe. Today, though, you re just begiig to see how such realities come together. AAIDD kows this, so beyod all the stadard member beefits which ca be foud ad reviewed at: aaidd.org/membership/idex.shtml you also get a full array of Studet Member extras desiged to get you off to a flyig start. They iclude: Exclusive opportuities for traiig ad growth Cotact ad coectio with studet peers A professioal etwork of support Persoalized guidace from a fellow i the field News ad iformatio tailored to your eeds, ad A crucial role i a log traditio of service Established leaders i our field are eager to recogize you ad support you as a promisig youg peer who already shows sigs of great promise. Ad their commitmet to supportig you ca ope doors ad prepare you to rise

4 The AAIDD Youg Professioals Page: Your Clear View of What s Comig Just oe fast click away from the mai AAIDD website at aaidd.org, you ll fid a mii-website completely dedicated to gettig idividuals like you off to a fast, solid start. The AAIDD Youg Professioals Page built ad maitaied by Studet ad Youg Professioal members of AAIDD prepares you for early-career success. It provides: The Educatioal Opportuity Clearighouse, withi the Career Developmet sectio, is a everexpadig database of master s/doctoral programs ad post-doctoral opportuities. Click to it ad you ll fid direct liks to uiversity ad related istitutioal sites, each providig comprehesive details of the goals, emphasis ad requiremets of each program. Guided by direct iput from studets ad other users, the developers of the Clearighouse are costatly workig to icrease its rage, depth ad ease of use. Our goal is to streamlie the process ad maximize the rewards of researchig your educatioal ad career opportuities. The Coferece Iformatio sectio offers you a curret list ad quick liks to the key evets i our field. Visit ad you ll lear about upcomig cofereces for graduate studets -- ad how to submit your abstracts. You ll see where ad whe the leaders i our field will be gatherig. Ad you ll fid where to look for iterested ad ispirig research collaborators.

5 Click to the Coferece Iformatio sectio to keep up with the all the ivolvig evets AAIDD ad other leadig orgaizatios will be brigig your way. With just a few short visits a week to the AAIDD Youg Professioals Page, you ll always have a clear ad excitig view of where you ca go i your career ad plety of help i takig the right path.

6 To See Your Way to a Successful Career, Tur to Those Who Kow What s Out There The Guide Program Liks You with a Experieced Fellow So much depeds o whom you kow, ad what those advisors ca teach you about settig ad reachig goals. Register for the AAIDD Guide Program ad you ll be assiged a experieced fellow i your locality ad/or area of iterest. He or she will provide uderstadig, ecouragemet, ad advice as well as key coectios to help you stad apart, rise above, ad reach your goals. Your AAIDD fellow will make a two-year commitmet to helpig you lear all that AAIDD membership ca do for you, ad will help you prepare for a rewardig future i the field. Webiars ad Telecofereces Put Expert Help i Immediate Reach Wat advice o ladig a job directly from a repeatedly successful job seeker? How about from the head of a hirig committee? Iterested i hearig how to get published from a assistat professor who s bee there ad doe it? How about from a joural editor who s eager to share exactly what he eeds? If you see the value i such advice, keep up with what s comig up i the AAIDD Telecoferece Series. Every moth, experts reach out to iterested studets via coferece calls with or without iteret-based visuals to share what they kow about achievig success.

7 Your Special Studet-Member Rate Brigs You Full-Member Advatages Whe you re o the AAIDD Youg Professioals Page, you ll fid direct liks to two of the most sigificat beefits of full AAIDD membership: The AAIDD Career Ceter brigs job seekers ad potetial employers together, creatig a ever-evolvig database of opportuity. Visit the Ceter to post your resume ad to see what employmet opportuities are available, worldwide. The AAIDD Bookstore offers a comprehesive selectio of key works i the field -- coverig such topics as assessmet, maagemet, referece, research, traiig, ad more. Members-oly discouts save you moey, ad every book i the bookstore meets the exceptioally high stadards of AAIDD. You ll Also Have Olie Access to the Two Most Respected Jourals i Our Field As a studet member of AAIDD, you ll have access to our acclaimed ad historic jourals America Joural o Metal Retardatio ad Itellectual ad Developmetal Disabilities olie. Especially useful to studets at the Doctoral level, these highly respected, peer-reviewed works offer a fasciatig view of cotemporary progress to everyoe i the field. The olie archives, datig back to 1997, will give you valuable isight ito where the field has bee, where it s goig, ad where you may fid your most rewardig career optios. Do t wait to get a great start i the field of itellectual ad developmetal disabilities...

8 A AAIDD Studet Membership is oly $50 yet it will: Save you much more tha that i special Studet Rates to our meetigs ad aual covetio Provide you full-member votig rights ad meetig access Positio you to etwork with top leaders Permit you to joi AAIDD Special Iterest Groups -- to focus i o your areas of iterest Allow you to orgaize a studet chapter of AAIDD Ejoy full access to the ew aaidd.org -- a more powerful, etworkig-cetered site lauchig i 2008 The sooer you joi, the sooer you ll have all the coectios, experiece ad expertise of AAIDD i your corer. It s the place where leaders i our field have gathered sice It s the place for you. Activate your AAIDD Studet membership olie today, at aaidd.org. Thak you! 444 North Capitol Street, NW Suite 846 Washigto, DC Phoe: (202) (800) Fax: (202)