39th Annual Developmental Disabilities Conference

The presentation will discuss some of the hot topics in finding meaning in modernity.

-Positive psychology vs. toxic positivity
-Rewards of giving and social connection
-Nature for nurture
-Harnessing dreams
-Mystical therapy for treatment resistant depression and existential anxiety

• Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes.
• Identify and focus on that which provides resilience, creativity, inspiration, and meaning to us as caregivers and to those we care for.

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

· Identify the benefits of nontraditional occupational, physical, and speech therapy services with equine assisted movement treatment opportunities.

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Provide an interactive overview of Music Therapy and identify Music Therapy opportunities available at the MSU Community Music School.

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify advances in clinical assessment and management of selected healthcare issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Attendees will describe best-practice considerations when designing assessments for challenging behavior.

· Attendees will identify potential modifications that can be made to functional analysis methodology.

· Attendees will match modifications to assessment procedures to perceived barriers of functional analyses.

· Identify advances in clinical assessment and management of selected healthcare issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

Part I: Bravo - Living with a Disability

My name is Leonardo Bravo. I’m 24 years old and living with a disability. I am an advocate for people with disabilities. I want to bring awareness to people with disabilities that they can have meaningful lives and that just because you have a disability does not mean that you are not able to do what you want to do.

Part II: Zaituna - Bringing Your Newborn with Special Health Care Needs Home: Recognizing Perinatal Depression and Supporting Breastfeeding

Assist mothers, parents and caregivers of children with special health care needs to recognize signs of perinatal and postpartum depression (PPD) and infant breastfeeding challenges.

PPD is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, which can contribute to the development of perinatal depression. Life stress associated with caring for a child with special health care needs is one risk factor.

Early evaluation of a baby with special health care needs by a multidisciplinary team can assess the baby's feeding challenges and decide on an appropriate management strategy.

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

Part II Objectives:

· Identify advances in clinical assessment and management of selected healthcare issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify advances in clinical assessment and management of selected healthcare issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Attendees will describe best-practice considerations when designing assessments for challenging behavior.

· Attendees will identify potential modifications that can be made to functional analysis methodology.

· Attendees will match modifications to assessment procedures to perceived barriers of functional analyses.

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify advances in clinical assessment and management of selected healthcare issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Given a type of self-management intervention, audience members will provide a complete definition for the self-management intervention that includes all critical components for at least two different types of interventions, as measured by presenter evaluation of active student responses.

· When asked about the benefits that self-management can have on employment outcomes, audience members will list at least two benefits of using self-management strategies to improve employment outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities that were mentioned in the presentation, as measured by presenter evaluation of active student responses.

· Given a type of self-management intervention, audience members will accurately describe an example from the presentation of how the intervention can be used to support the employment of individuals with developmental disabilities for at least two different types of interventions, as measured by presenter evaluation of active student responses.

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

Dr. Sparks will provide a brief rundown of behavior analytic principles to orient those unfamiliar, his team’s approach to solving some of the most dangerous behavior cases in the state of Michigan, and similarities and differences to traditional psychology techniques. He will also discuss navigating a role

that requires changing behavior that consumers might not want to change in a person-centered culture, as well as other barriers to providing services and case examples.

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

· Identify effective methods for the practical application of concepts related to improving the delivery of services for persons with developmental disabilities

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes

· Recognize the ethical issues related to persons with developmental disabilities

· Identify and emphasize attitudes that enhance the opportunities for persons with DD to achieve their optimal potential

· Develop strategies to promote community inclusion in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes

· Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes