The Conference on Serving Adults with Disabilities provides an excellent opportunity for participants to meet with a wide representation of experts and professionals, along with family and friends of individuals with disabilities, and to discuss current strategies and knowledge on the broad spectrum of disabilities.
THEME: Meeting Our New Role
KEYNOTE: Jane Thierfeld Brown
SCHEDULE:
WORKSHOPS - SESSION 1:
WORKSHOPS - SESSION 2:
If you have a disability and require assistance, please notify Amy Ferrari at (860) 361-9374 by March 15, 2023, to ensure that proper accommodations are made.
Explore the many aspects of stereotyping and discrimination based on age, studied from two perspectives, that of millennials and seniors. We will study how age could be a life and death-matter regardless of health.
Learn about general Assistive Technology (AT) devices and services. We will review AT devices for specific disabilities and discuss trends in AT, particularly in the current COVID environment. Attendees will also receive an overview of the Connecticut Tech Act Project (CTTAP), hear about new programs that are available, and learn how CTTAP can help your clients.
Yale University's Center for Emotional Intelligence has trained over a million educators and mental health professionals across the nation and the world on how to be smart about our emotions to live better lives. In this interactive workshop, we will walk through the simple acronym, RULER, to practice five emotion skills (recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, and regulating) backed by research to help us all to cope with the challenges of today and to thrive in our lives going forward.
Emmy award-winning dyslexic filmmaker, Harvey Hubbell V, will show sections from a number of his films, tying the progression of his craft into his lifelong journey to help spread awareness about the ongoing literacy crisis in the United States.
Engage in group music-making experiences with Board Certified Music Therapists from Connecticut Music Therapy Services. Through this interactive presentation, participants will learn about the field of music therapy and its benefits for adult clients with disabilities. Presenters will share how in-person music therapy experiences were adapted to dynamic virtual sessions during the pandemic.
A focus on innovative and non-traditional pathways to employment for people with IDD, including Customized Employment and entrepreneurship. This will include a discussion regarding the DDS Innovative Employment Opportunity grant, which supports competitive integrated employment through small business development.