Training
IDHD provides training/presentations covering a variety of topic areas including:
- Accessibility
- Accessing Resources and Services
- Advocacy
- Aging
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Assistive Technology
- Autism
- Community Integration and Inclusion
- Cultural Diversity
- Dementia
- Demographics
- Direct Support Professional Workforce Issues
- Disability in the Arts
- Disability Awareness
- Disability Identity
- Disability Policy
- Disability Studies
- Employment
- Ethics
- Family/Sibling (family support, future planning)
- Financing DD Services
- Future Planning
- Health (e.g. fitness, nutrition, sexuality)
- Leadership
- Participatory Research
- Research and Evaluation
- Self-Determination
- Sexuality
- Transition
- Transportation
Below are samples of past trainings. If you have questions about a training or have another specific training request, please contact the appropriate center.
Assistive Technology Unit
- Seating and Wheeled Mobility
- Seat Cushion Usage
- Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC)
- Anterior Chest Support
For more information contact:
Glenn Hedman, PE, ATP, RET, Director
312-413-1555
312-413-1544 (TTY)
ghedman@uic.edu
Website
Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research
- Capacity Building to Increase Organizational Cultural Competence
- Serving Minorities with Disabilities from a Multicultural Perspective
- Agency and Program Evaluation Training
For more information contact:
Tina Taylor-Ritzler, Ph.D.
312-413-4149
312-413-0453 (TTY)
312-413-1804 (Fax)
tritzler@uic.edu
Website
Center on Epidemiology and Demography of Disability
- Demographic Challenges for Family Caregiving Policy
- Population Trends and Implications for Public Health Disability Policy
For more information contact:
Glenn Fujiura, PhD
312-413-1977
312-413-4098 (Fax)
gfujiura@uic.edu
Chicago Center for Disability Research (CCDR)
- Training on Family and Disability
- Family Life and Relationships: Perspectives from Adults with Disabilities at SDS Conference
- Exploring Intimate Relationships after TBI
For more information contact:
Carol J Gill, Ph.D., Director
312-355-0550
312-996-7743 (Fax)
cg16@uic.edu
Website
DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center
- Audio Conference: ADA Update: 16 Years Later
- Audio Conference: Accessible Travel Options: By Land, By Air and By Sea
- Audio Conference: ADA Legal Update: Current Litigation Trends under the ADA
- Audio Conference: Ask the DOJ
- Audio Conference: Where Can I Recruit Individuals with Disabilities?
- Audio Conference: ADA Restoration Act: Legislative Update
- Audio Conference: Performance vs Disability: What is the Difference?
For more information contact:
312-413-1407 (V/TTY)
312-413-1856 (Fax)
Website
Family Clinic
- Autism Minority Training Initiative
- Grupo SALTO -a Support Group for Hispanic Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
- ADHD and Autism
- Living with a Child on the Spectrum
- Cultural Perspectives
- Early Signs of Autism
- Pediatric Resident Training
For more information contact:
Linda Sandman, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Services Director
(312) 413-1640
Website
Direct Support Professional Issues
- Train-the-trainer
- DSP Toolkit Training
- DSP Overview Training
- Strategies for Supervisors to Retain DSPs
For more information contact:
Katie Keiling
312-996-1002
kkeiling@uic.edu
Website
Community Supports
- Sexuality
- Self-Advocacy
- Leadership
- Self-Determination
- Disability Awareness for High School Students
- Family Dynamics for People with Disabilities
- Using the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Teens
- Disability Identity and Culture
- IDHD and the Family Support 360 Project
For more information contact:
312-413-8833
312-413-1620 (Fax)
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
- Building Inclusive Physical Activity Communities Through Participation in Special Olympics
- Building Inclusive Fitness Communities for People with Disabilities
- Exercise is for EveryBody! Locating Recreation and Physical Activity Resources for Adolescents
- Get Fit and Eat Right for the Summer: Physical Activity and Nutrition is for Everybody!
- Preventing Secondary Conditions in Young Adults with Disabilities Using Physical Activity and Nutrition.
- Adapted Exercise Workshop
- An International Perspective on Inclusive Fitness and the Health Determinants for Disabled People
- Evidence-Based Research in Physical Activity and Disability
- Quality and Effective Health Promotion
- The Benefits of Warm Water Exercise and Adapted Aquatics for People with Disabilities
- NCPAD Overview and Adapted Exercise Demonstration for RRTC ADD Train-the-Trainer Workshop
- Adapted Yoga and Thera-Band Exercise Demonstration
For more information contact:
1-800-900-8086 (V/TTY)
312-355-4058 (Fax)
ncpad@uic.edu
Website
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (RRTC/ADD)
- Promoting Healthy Aging
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers: Rethinking Access to Long Term Care
- National Service Inclusion Project
- Family Support Policies and Practices: A Focus on Caregiver Assessment
- Improving Access to Services
- Service Needs of Older Adults with I/DD and their Families
- Family Caregiving Policies and Practices. Aging and Disability Conference, Gerontology Center
- Research into the Effect of Exercise on the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities, Sports, Exercise and Intellectual Disability
- Involvement of Adults Siblings in Future Planning, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Special Lecture of Family Research
- Sibling Involvement in Future Planning, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities
For more information contact:
Erika Magallanes
312-413-1520
312-413-0453 (TTY)
312-996-6942 (Fax)
Website
RRTC Clearinghouse and Publications
Additional Information:
Our faculty and staff present at workshops and in service trainings for organizations and conferences statewide, nationally, and internationally.
IDHD sponsors and cosponsors conferences and workshops.
IDHD is approved and licensed to issue CEUs for:
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Social Workers
• Speech Language Pathologists
• QMRPs
