Learn Now
Learn Now: Training Modules
We are committed to promoting access to quality mental health care for individuals with developmental disabilities. This is available through accessible training content that centers around the needs and voices of individuals with disabilities. The training modules below are stacked to build each lesson on another. You can do them in any order you prefer if you are only looking for specific information.
Our Training
Providers & Clinicians
Learn more about working with people with disabilities in order to reduce treatment barriers and increase accessibility for all.
Individuals, Families & Direct Supports
Learn more about the basics of mental health conditions in the following modules.
To request a certificate of completion for any module please contact info@mhddcenter.org.
Partner Training
These training modules are offered through our various partners. Each training has been vetted to ensure it meets the mission and values of the MHDD National Training Center.
The START National Online Training Series is designed to build capacity of IDD-MH professionals by providing innovative, evidence-based online training. Presentations are pre-recorded and released once a month, September through April. Presentations are typically 50-60 minutes in length. A live Q&A session with each month’s presenter is held on the 3rd Friday of the month from 1-2pm eastern/10-11am pacific. CSS often offers additional Special Presentations to the START Network as part of their subscription to the Training Series.
The Revised Family Crisis Handbook: A Mental Health, Stabilization, and Wellness Toolkit is an MHDD toolkit for families and people with disabilities.
The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma is a training manual to help people with developmental disabilities navigate and overcome trauma.
The Vital Role of Specialized Approaches: Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Mental Health System is training material used to describe the co-occurrence of mental health and developmental disabilities, current trends, resources, policy recommendations, and much more.
Training for professionals providing services to people with co-occurring mental health and disabilities.
Professional training guide to help improve behavioral health services.
The goal of this course is to raise awareness about the issues surrounding dual diagnosis, to present some typical and atypical signs of mental illnesses that may arise in this population, and to highlight how your interactions with individuals—whatever your role may be—can contribute to better supports for individuals
A powerpoint presentation of information about adults with depression and disabilities including guiding principles for practitioners.
