Past Events

An OADD On-line Educational Event Presenters: Cheryl Farrugia & Lina Baccarella The focus for this third presentation by CL&F will be Health and Wellness. Topics to be addressed will be Mental Health in the Workplace and Self-Care Planning; two essential tools for a productive and health workplace environment. Courtesy of CL&F Inspired Leadership

An OADD On-line Educational Event Presenters: Vicky Simos, Courtney Hutson & Marnie McDermott The Community Networks of Specialized Care-Central East have Dual Diagnosis Justice Coordinators (DDJC) who provide cross-sector partnerships; assistance in navigating the court system and provide education across all sectors on how to better support individuals with developmental disabilities who have come in contact with the justice system. The role of the DDJC is to assist individuals to prepare for all aspects of their court matters using a bio-psychosocial…

An OADD On-line Educational Event Presenters: Alison Cox, Autumn Kozluk There are three common intervention approaches to treating challenging behaviour in persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including: behavioural, psychopharmacological and combined interventions. This presentation will discuss the clinical implications of an improved understanding of drug-behaviour mechanisms and describe existing literature on individualized evaluation systems. The focus will be to consider ways to improve evaluation strategies and better facilitate individualized models of care for individuals with IDD who engage in…

2 day Virtual event The Canadian Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference is an inter-professional conference where health care providers and community partners connect to share educational and informative updates and practical, innovative, promising and effective practices that improve the health and wellbeing of people with developmental disabilities across the lifespan.

Collaboration and Change: Moving Towards Tomorrow Together Save the Date! Call for Abstracts is open and more details will be posted when available.