Strategic Plan

The 2010-2013 Strategic Plan for IDEAS (Isodicentric 15 Exchange Advocacy & Support) is available below.

IDEAS 2010-2013 Strategic Plan

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2010-2013 Strategic Goals
  • IDEAS will assess and implement an organizational restructuring and strategic succession plan for the purpose of strengthening and maintaining continuity in organizational operations by June, 2010.

  • IDEAS will help establish research priorities in dup15q syndrome, and will host annual scientific meetings to build multi-disciplinary collaborative efforts to promote research into dup15q. 

  • IDEAS will establish and promote family involvement in an IDEAS research registry.

  • IDEAS will seek the involvement of a graduate student(s) to develop a “family guide to dup15q” that will assist families in understanding best practices for supporting children with dup15q from birth into adulthood.

  • IDEAS will establish a targeted awareness campaign with a focus on pediatricians, neurologists, geneticists, parents of children with autism or epilepsy disorders, and early childhood intervention programs.

  • IDEAS will develop, communicate, and provide quarterly status updates to families on a three year budget that supports the goals in the strategic plan. 

  • IDEAS will encourage and support families in holding fundraising events to help IDEAS exceed each annual operating budget and support continued growth for the organization.

IDEAS  P.O. Box 674,  Fayetteville, NY 13066  USA
1-877-IDEAS15 (1-877-433-2715)
info@dup15q.org