"Successful Strategies & Supports for Parents with ID/DD:  Building Blocks for an Effective Program."

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Are you currently providing services to parents with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities? Would you like to enhance the effectiveness of your services and build capacity to better support these parents and their children?

These trainings were specifically designed for DDS Family Support and DCF Family Stabilization programs, DDS Family Support Agencies who provide Intensive Flexible Family Support (IFFS) and/or Individual Supports to parents with ID/DD. The Building Blocks for creating an effective program will be shared with an emphasis on responsiveness to the parent’s individual needs and a focus on the whole family.​ Presenters The presenters have many years of experience providing family support services with specific expertise in supporting parents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Susan Jones – Director, Family and Youth Services, The United Arc & Senior Board Member of The Association for Successful Parenting

Betsy Misch - Program Manager, Family and Youth Services, The United Arc & Board Member of The Association for Successful Parenting

Judy Santa Maria - Director of Family Support, Communitas

Paula Thompson - Program Specialist, Communitas

Family Stabilization programs,

DDS Family Support Agencies who provide Intensive Flexible Family Support (IFFS) and/or Individual Supports to parents with ID/DD.  

The Building Blocks for creating an effective program are shared with an emphasis on responsiveness to the parent’s individual needs and a focus on the whole family.   Below are the links to the recordings of the trainings. Please feel free to share.  

 
 

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