We Welcome Your Participation in One or More of our Committees!

Membership Committee – explores ways to generate new members and maintain a healthy retention rate.

Conference & Education Committee – assists with the development of a strategic plan for NADD Annual and International Conferences and provides input regarding both content and methods to disseminate educational materials.

Award Committee – generates ideas for NADD Awards and selects the recipients of NADD Awards.

Policy Committee – discusses relevant policy issues for NADD and members of the committee write/generate articles that are policy related for each issue of The NADD Bulletin

Direct Support Committee – generates ideas of how NADD can respond to the needs of direct support professionals (DSP’s) and members of the committee write/generate a brief article in each issue of The NADD Bulletin

Family Issues Committee – explores ways that NADD can respond to concerns of family members and conducts the Family Issues Silent Auction at the annual NADD conference.

Research Committee – explores ways to promote research in the field of dual diagnosis and makes recommendations for the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities (JMHRID)

Canadian Public Policy Committee – explores public policy issues related to dual diagnosis in each of the Canadian Provinces as well as from the national Canadian government.

These are all operational committees. They meet quarterly, through telephone conference calls arranged through a toll free number. In addition to the quarterly teleconference calls the committees meet in person during the NADD Annual Conference.

Please respond to info@thenadd.org with a brief statement describing your interest in the committee(s).