Mental Health Crossroads Podcast – The IDD-MH Research Group Recently, we talked to the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Research Partnership (IDD-MH). This group is made up of researchers, including people with lived experience of IDD and/or mental health concerns. This utilizes a participatory action research framework, which means that groups that are impacted […]
Teresa Larsen
Plain Language Summary – Trauma-Informed Care for People with Developmental Disabilities
Plain Language Summary – Trauma-Informed Care for People with Developmental Disabilities Trauma is when a person experiences an event, series of events, or situation that causes lasting negative effects. The traumatic event or situation is viewed by the person as being physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening. People with disabilities have a greater risk of experiencing […]
Resilience
Resilience In life, it is guaranteed there will be moments that cause us a lot of pain or difficulty. These pains and difficulties can be physical, mental, emotional, or something else entirely! All of these experiences are part of being human, but how we care for ourselves will impact our ability to recover from these […]
Accessing Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Developmental disabilities are conditions that affect an individual’s physical, intellectual, and behavioral abilities throughout a person’s life. Families raising a child with a developmental disability face many challenges when accessing services. Ethnic minorities face more difficulties when trying to access disability services. This is because ethnic minorities do not always have enough knowledge about community […]
Mental Health Crossroads Podcast – Interview with Justin Olson
Mental Health Crossroads Podcast – Interview with Justin Olson Recently we had the chance to talk with Justin Olson. He is a disability rights advocate from the Salt Lake City area of Utah. Justin was a founding member of the Becoming Leaders for Tomorrow, a grant-funded group of young adults created to educate pediatricians about […]
Plain Language Summary – How to Locate Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective
Plain Language Summary – How to Locate Services Available to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective Many parents of children with developmental disabilities do not feel like they know enough about resources available to their child. This information sheet talks about some resources for people with developmental disabilities of different ages. Note: Many of the […]
Plain Language Summary – Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Rural Access to Care
Plain Language Summary – Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Rural Access to Care People who have both a mental health diagnosis and a developmental disability diagnosis at thesame time can have difficulty getting good services. It is often easier for a person who only has one of these diagnoses at a time to find good […]
Increasing Caregiver Awareness: Helping Identify Anxiety and Depression in Individuals with Down Syndrome
Plain Language Summary: Increasing Caregiver Awareness: Helping Identify Anxiety and Depression in Individuals with Down Syndrome Down syndrome is a disorder that occurs in about 1 in 700 people. People with Down syndrome have unique problems that can contribute to mental health issues throughout their lives. Anxiety and depression are the most common emotional problems […]
Mental Health Crossroads Podcast – Interview with Dr. Ariel Schwartz
“I kind of have two strands of research. One is this methodological question of how do we do participatory research? Well, there are people doing it and but I still feel like there’s this big gap and in it being scaled up, and more people being confident, we need more people to feel confident doing […]
Plain Language Summary – Guardianship and Supported Decision Making
Plain Language Summary – Guardianship and Supported Decision Making When a person turns 18 in the United States, they are called a legal adult. A legal adult is given rights, like voting and signing forms for themselves. When a person becomes a legal adult, they usually become their own legal guardian too. A legal guardian […]
