The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about how ICI's TIES Center researchers are …
The Minnesota Positive Behavior Support Network (MNPBS) has developed these standards of practice for Positive Behavior Support. MNPBS is a community of practice linked to the International …
In 1967, almost 200,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lived in large state institutions. Initially, those leaving state facilities moved to non-state ones. Starting …
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that results in both motor and language skill regression with a wide range of severity in symptom presentation. Communication intervention may …
Background: Loneliness is a significant public health concern due to its detrimental impact on health and wellbeing. Despite people with disability reporting higher levels of loneliness than the …
Background : Community-based employment is a key step for many adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), a group prone to high unemployment, poverty, and dependency. It is …
Presented by Staci Jones of University of Massachusetts – Boston and Don Lavin of Strengths@Work, LLC, this free webinar gives an overview of the 10 Essential Elements of Organizational Transformat…
Organizational Transformation can get messy. It is critical that organizations both understand and define their long-term vision and ultimately how success will be defined. Presented by Karen …
Effective support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities relies on the presence of competent, qualified, and dedicated direct support staff. In Maryland, several provider …
Presenters Danielle Mahoehney and Megan Sanders of ICI discuss how providers can use their data to inform workforce solutions techniques to recruit, select, train, and retain quality direct …
Organizations that transform from more traditional service models to those that prioritize competitive integrated employment outcomes successfully understand the importance of managing effectively …
Quality training is essential to retaining a highly-skilled, competent, and confident workforce. It can be difficult to find time to properly train new direct support professionals(DSPs) and …
Credentialing programs for direct support professionals and frontline supervisors are being researched and developed by states and provider organizations across the country, and for good reason. …
As many states consider the movement away from 14c subminimum wage usage for people with disabilities, there is emerging research emphasizing the need to better connect unpaid day activities to a …
Starfire, of Cincinnati, Ohio, ran award-winning outings and day programs for decades. Beginning in 2010, the organization transformed from disability-centered programming to community-centered …
Background: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an immediate change to the delivery of employment supports and services for jobseekers and workers with intellectual and developmental disabili…
One of the most daunting parts of organizational transformation is planning for the financial implications, as shown in this webinar. Not only do organizations have to consider an approach to …
Published: 11/16/2023
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