IDD and Trauma: Road to Recovery

Course Code: REL-IDD-NADD-IDDTRR

Hours: 1.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 4/8/2023

Learning Objectives:
Understand that children with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) experience mental health conditions.
Understand the various ways that children with IDD experience trauma.
Understand the impact of trauma on children with IDD.
Understand the importance of trauma-informed care for children with IDD.
Understand how the toolkit can be used to improve provider/caregiver capacity for provision of trauma-informed care for children with IDD.

Outline:
2015 NADD Conference session recording.

Instructor: Colleen Horton, M.P.Aff.

Ms. Horton is the policy program officer at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, part of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to moving to the foundation in 2010, Ms. Horton spent ten years as the director of public policy at the Texas Center for Disability Studies at The University of Texas. She has a graduate degree in public policy from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas. In addition to managing mental health policy grantmaking for the foundation, Ms. Horton works extensively with state agencies, legislators, legislative staff, and other advocates on issues affecting adults and children with physical, developmental, and mental health disabilities. She is currently a member of the Promoting Independence Advisory Committee (Texas Olmstead Advisory Committee), the Medical Care Advisory Committee, and the Money Follows the Person Advisory Committee. She also served on the Texas Children’s Policy Council for ten years, chairing the council for five of those years. Disclosure: Colleen Horton, M.P.Aff. has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.

Instructor: Susan Ko, Ph.D.

Co-Managing Director, National Center for child traumatic stress, UCLA/Duke University Disclosure: Susan Ko, Ph.D. has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Advanced, Entry, Intermediate level Direct Support Professionals; in the following settings: Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.