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Supporting People with Disabilities as They Age
When you support people, each life stage presents different opportunities and challenges. As people age, their decisions and bodies may change—and you might be the first to notice. In the new Frontline Initiative, learn from authors discussing life course planning, active aging, retirement, grief, dementia, end-of-life, and hospice.
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The Unfinished Work of Inclusive Education
Inclusive education is the law, but we aren’t there yet. In this Impact article, Gail Ghere and colleagues tell what it will take to achieve true inclusion in schools. True inclusive education, as defined by ICI's TIES Center, means that every student is valued, actively engaged in general education, and supported to succeed academically, socially, and in extracurricular activities alongside their grade-level peers.
Achieving this will require big, complex changes, but, as disability rights activist Judy Heumann noted, “Most things are possible when you assume problems can be solved.”
New Behavioral Health Resources Launched
The University of Minnesota’s TeleOutreach Center + Service Hub has launched a series of free training modules for mental health workers and other professionals caring for children and adolescents with mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral health needs. The on-demand modules are part of a project that supports professionals who work with military-connected and rural families.
