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Community Health Workers make connections across Kentucky
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are front-line workers that serve as the bridge between our communities and the healthcare system. CHWs work across our state to achieve their role as connectors. With the goal of increasing the capacity of CHWs to support Kentuckians with disabilities, the Human Development Institute (HDI) has partnered with the Kentucky Office…
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Quilting a Life of Learning. A staff spotlight on Sally Dannenberg
Sally Dannenberg loves to learn and watch people learn. Maybe that has something to do with why she enjoys working with children so much – after all, for them, every day is an opportunity for new lessons and new adventures. “I’ve always been interested in working with children,” she said. “I enjoy all the things…
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“Doing the work and seeing it all work out is amazing.”
Listen to Amanda’s story about being a woman with cerebral palsy, her work in mental health and IDD, and how she believes empowering individuals to take control of their lives and emotions challenges ableism. View the video
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Strength in Neurodiversity: Inclusive Mental Health Care for Providers, Professionals, & Community Members
This webinar gives an overview of neurodiversity, including the medical v. social models of neurodiversity. For mental health care providers, it provides practical tips and skills for creating a more inclusive experience.
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Mental Health Texas
Mental Health Texas provides learning and treatment opportunities for people with mental health conditions and those who support them.
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The Link Center
The Link Center works to improve supports available to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), brain injuries, and other cognitive disabilities with co-occurring mental health conditions. The Link Center provides training and technical assistance and advances systems change that will increase access to effective services and supports for people with co-occurring conditions.
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Mental Health in People with disabilities, advocates with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Vanderbilt Kennedy Center)
Recording of online community discussion with VKC researchers discussing mental health and IDD, including increased stigma, accessibility and affordability of supports and treatment options.
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Partnership for a Resilient Kentucky
Partnership for a Resilient Kentucky (PaRK) is a network of organizations and People with disabilities, advocates dedicated to promoting positive childhood experiences and resilience across the lifespan and addressing the impact of adversity and trauma on People with disabilities, advocates, families, and communities.
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MHDD Module: Discapacidad 101
Siguiendo este módulo, los participantes podrán: Describe las definiciones de discapacidad, Hablar sobre la historia de la discapacidad y el movimiento por los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, Reconocer los estereotipos comunes y las barreras sociales, Identificar los diferentes usos del lenguaje en relación con las personas con discapacidad, Comprender la etiqueta general relacionada…
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Summer Leadership Experience 2023
What comes next after you graduate high school? When students toss their caps in the air, a whole new world opens up and they’re faced with a number of new choices that could have a profound effect on their future. Choices like that are hard to make. How do you further your education? Do you…