Supporting Individuals With Developmental and Learning Disabilities
This collection of resources is designed to support professionals and caregivers who work with individuals with developmental and learning disabilities. Explore practical guides, informative videos, and online trainings covering what these conditions are, how they impact people, and services and strategies that help support those living with these conditions.
Anti-Racism in Autism Research and Treatment: Discussing a Way Forward
Racial disparities in autism diagnosis, research, and treatment need to be discussed in healthcare. Dr. Erin Graham describes the barriers that minorities, specifically African Americans, face in receiving care and the history behind the cultural reluctance to participate in research. A panel of experts in autism treatment discuss their own experiences serving minority communities and address the importance of cultural humility and diverse representation. Recorded on: 6/16/2021
Assessing Grave Disability: A Review of Key Concepts
In this refresher training, we will review the concepts that inform decision-making about whether an individual meets the criteria for grave disability. The course briefly addresses the history and intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act. We will discuss the kinds of clinical scenarios that can lead to a determination of grave disability. We will review strategies for assessing grave disability and confirming or disconfirming whether grave disability is an appropriate determination. We will leave time for questions and discussion about clinical situations. The course is ...
Clinical Assessment and Management of Grave Disability
This training continues to build the clinical knowledge base to effectively assess, document, and collaborate with other systems of care that involve grave disability. An ethical framework for how providers evaluate for grave disability, highlighting alternative placements for treatment to maintain the client’s self-determination whenever possible, is examined. Anytime session recorded on August 12, 2020.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
This training was designed for mental health providers working with children, youth, and families in the child welfare system and/or community. This training aims to enhance providers’ knowledge, skills, and values regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Participants will be able to define and recognize behavioral signs of FASD in children and adults, and its implications for FASD-informed mental health practice. Participants will understand the neuroscience of prenatal alcohol damage, and the various impacts on functioning. At the end of this training, participants will be ...
Supporting Students With Disabilities
Students with disabilities deserve support that matches their academic and personal needs. Educators seeking to provide specialized support to students may also experience discomfort or feelings of inadequacy in meeting the specific needs of each of their students. In this virtual training, instructor Brande Otis will help educators dispel the myths surrounding students with disabilities, while providing practical approaches to offering custom support to students who need it.
Trauma Informed Strategies for Working With Individuals With ID/DD/ASD for Clinical Staff
Clinical providers will learn trauma and resilience informed strategies for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), developmental disabilities (DD), and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). After a review of the foundations and differential diagnoses for ID, DD, and ASD, participants will learn and practice core strategies for working with children, youth, and their families.
Trauma Informed Strategies for Working With Individuals With ID/DD/ASD for Non-Clinical Staff
Non-clinical staff will learn trauma and resilience informed strategies for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), developmental disabilities (DD), and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). After a review of foundational information on ID, DD, and ASD, participants will learn and practice core strategies for working with children, youth, and their families.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Ask the Expert Sessions
This two-part series facilitated by Dr. Kathryn Page is a space for mental health providers to ask questions and further their knowledge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). These Ask the Expert sessions are for providers that have attended past trainings with Dr. Kathryn Page.
Grave Disability
The Grave Disability Series was delivered in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health with key collaborators from multiple systems of care. This course is intended for any outreach worker working with individuals who are homeless (i.e., clinicians and non-clinicians) and intends to provide all outreach team members with the foundational concepts necessary to participate in team deliberation and more successfully interact with the systems of care that are involved with grave disability. These videos begin by detailing the history of grave disability, ...
An Introductory Course on Autism Spectrum Disorder
This course provides basic information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how it presents in people of various age ranges. It will describe the referral and diagnostic process that families go through when a child has ASD, as well as the various treatment options that are available to them and some common co-occurring conditions. This information will support a better understanding of ASD and how it effects both individuals with ASD and their families.