Transforming Practices: Summer Webinar Series for Disability and Aging Professionals

General registration:  $149 for the series. NTG members receive a 20% discount. 

REGISTER BEFORE AUGUST 1st AND USE THE CODE 'SUMMER2024' TO RECEIVE $10 OFF YOUR REGISTRATION!

Each webinar will be 90 minutes and will be recorded for those unable to attend the live event.  

A certificate of attendance will be provided to all registrants.  Schedule is as follows:

• August 8th:  Brain Basics - Understanding Sensory Processing Challenges in IDD.  Presented by Cameron Jeter, Ph.D. Many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have deficits in sensory processing. Furthermore, specific diagnoses have known common sensory impairments. This webinar will share the history of discovering that specific brain areas are responsible for specific sensory processes, show what these primary sensory areas are and discuss how they underpin the sensory deficits in IDD.
• August 22nd:  Unlocking Behaviors:  An Interdisciplinary Approach to Challenging Behaviors.  Presented by Craig Escude, MD and Ley Linder, BCBA.  Based on the popular Helen Journal series, this presentation on Unlocking Behaviors describes an interdisciplinary approach to behaviors that could signal an underlying undiagnosed medical condition. Learn more about diagnostic overshadowing and how an interdisciplinary approach can unlock the meaning behind behavioral challenges in people who have limited abilities to communicate using words. Insights from a physician and a behavior analyst will be shared using real-life case studies.
• September 12th:  Adapting Activities as Dementia Progresses.  Presented by Katie Frank, Ph.D., OTR/L.  As dementia progresses an individual’s ability to independently do personal care activities as well as desired activities can become compromised. A caregiver may need to offer different assistance or provide more supervision. This presentation will provide strategies to modify or adapt activities for the safety of the individual as well as the caregiver.
• September 26th:  Positive Exposure: The Beauty and Richness of Human Diversity.  Presented by  Rick Guidotti. Award-winning fashion photographer and inspiring speaker, Rick Guidotti, founded Positive Exposure after a chance encounter in 1997 with a young lady living with albinism at a bus stop in New York City. As an artist, Rick was taken by her extraordinary beauty. In a quest for a better understanding of albinism, Rick sought out medical textbooks, where he was offended by the dehumanizing images depicting disease, lacking all humanity. It was this experience that forced Rick to turn his lens from the more traditional ideas of beauty to the beauty and richness of human diversity. Rick has spent more than 25 years collaborating internationally with advocacy organizations, medical schools, universities and other educational institutions to effect a sea-change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral or intellectual difference. Rick's work has been published in newspapers, magazines and journals as diverse as GQ, People, the American Journal of Medical Genetics, The Lancet, Spirituality and Health, the Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, and LIFE Magazine.

For more information please contact Kathryn Pears, MPPM via email at kathrynpears@the-ntg.org.