CED Ability Grand Rounds are an important teaching tool that helps our teams and other disability service providers keep up to date in evolving areas that may be directly related to, or associated with our core practice. The CED hosts a variety of state, national and international experts to share information and provide opportunities for discussion.
Making mainstream services more inclusive for people with intellectual disabilities
December 10, 2024
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. EST
Presenter:
Ilan Wiesel, PhD, Associate Professor in Urban Geography, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
Learning objectives:
- Analyze and discuss study results that examined people with intellectual disabilities' experiences of using mainstream health, community, transport and housing services.
- Discuss the practices of mainstream services staff and their strategies to make their services more inclusive.
- Explore a new online resource developed to support mainstream services to become more inclusive.
Save the Date
Upcoming Grand Rounds presentations:
- January 13, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Dr. Lindsay Shea
Topic: Leveraging national data to examine the under-explored experiences of youth with I/DD in foster care - February 11, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Alex Wang
Topic: The complex relationship between sensory disabilities and mental health - March 11, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Nicole Hansen
Topic: Promoting anti-ableist practices in teaching teacher education - April 8, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD
Topic: Housing as a social driver of health for rural residents - May 13, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Marc Lanovaz, PhD
Topic: Supporting parents with intellectual disability in managing challenging behavior: Lessons learned from the Family Game - June 10, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Presenter: Paula Hamilton, PhD
Topic: Out of the mouths of babes: Using diversity dolls to elicit children's unfiltered thoughts and feelings about disability