MSLBD Exhibitor Policy

The MSLBD Mission is to “foster professional and family leadership that improves the lives of children and youth with emotional/behavioral disorders or related behavioral challenges”. Accordingly, MSLBD promotes and engages in professional development, champions excellence in leadership in EBD through intellectual stimulation, and facilitates outreach, advocacy and research, and dissemination. These MSLBD functions support the contributions of commercial vendors. MSLBD invites vendors to its conferences and related functions. Potential vendors must apply to participate in MSLBD activities, agree to abide by stated rules and protocol consistent with our mission, and offer products, services, and information considered to be professionally appropriate and/or research based. MSLBD considers “professionally appropriate” to refer to products, services, and information consistent with our basic standards of education and professional principles and values; and information that prepares and informs members of the profession and contributes to the professional and scientifically-supported understanding and support of individuals with emotional/behavioral disorders and other disabilities. 

MSLBD evaluates vendor proposals for various MSLBD functions and activities, on a case-by-case basis, based on standards described above.  Thus proposals must describe professional information and services directly linked to participant’s professional work, responsibilities and career needs. Members of the MSLBD Vendor Committee make first-order assessment and recommendations on vendor proposals.  The MSLBD Board of Directors considers Vendor Committee recommendations and makes final acceptance decisions.