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Niagara University Disability Awareness Training has received funding from the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council to educate anyone involved in emergency planning, preparedness, response, and recovery as it pertains to individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs. NU has tailored a presentation that identifies the responsibilities of both Emergency Management personnel and disability advocates during an emergency. This program will introduce the four modules necessary for proper response that include Disability Awareness Training, the Americans with Disabilities Act specific to Emergency Management, emergency plan content, and Inclusive Planning and Active Participation. This program is also in Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and New York. This training is free of charge. Lunch is on your own.
Topics to be Discussed:
- Disability Awareness specific to Emergency Management
- Access and Functional Needs defined to include Universal Accessibility
- Understanding how the whole community concept is imperative to proper response to individuals with disabilities and how to involve them.
- FEMA Access and Functional Needs content
- Disaster Preparedness and Planning
- The Americans with Disabilities Act relative to Emergency management and response.
- Community resources and other materials that assist stakeholders and their constituents
- Inclusive Planning and Active Participation
- NYC Lawsuit and its ramifications nationwide
- Disabilities defined in the context of emergency planning
This webinar will provide attendees with information about FASDs in child welfare systems. Attendees will learn how neurobehavioral functioning is impacted by prenatal substance exposure and traumatic experiences. The webinar will also highlight the prevalence of FASDs in foster care, the developmental challenges among these children, how adverse and traumatic experiences impact their development and behaviors and challenge identification, and how resilience and protective factors can help children and families thrive. Attendees will hear from a mother of an individual with an FASD who will share her healing experience and the importance of reducing stigma and bias and communicating with compassion.
This webinar will focus on models of FASD assessment and intervention that are effective and well-suited for child welfare systems’ array of services. The attendees will learn about a brief consultation behavioral health clinic model for utilizing FASD-informed care to provide assessment, consultation, and links to supportive services. This model has potential to provide a quick and efficient pathway to diagnosis and services for children and families served in child welfare. Next attendees will learn about an evidence-based child and parent intervention that facilitates development of social-emotional functioning, self-control, positive behavior, and long-term mental health among children six to 12 years of age in foster or adoptive care who meet criteria for an FASD diagnosis. An adoptive parent of a child with an FASD will share insights about the experience and benefits of FASD-informed diagnosis and family-focused interventions and supports.