National Center for START Services® IDD-MH Professional Development Series

Mission

To increase the competence and confidence of professionals to provide effective services, support, and treatment to people with IDD-MH and their families through evidence-informed instruction and best practices.

Audience

This series is open to all; no pre-requisites or START program affiliation required!

Each course was developed to address specific roles in the human services system: Direct Support Professionals, Care Coordinators and Case Managers, Mobile Crisis Responders, and Therapists and Counselors. Each one of these introductory-level courses outlines key foundational concepts and relevant approaches related to the treatment and support of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental health needs.

While each course is designed to address professionals serving within a specific role, a diverse group of professionals have benefited from content across these courses. Each course includes an introduction to the mental health aspects of IDD.

Primary focus areas

  • Direct Support Professionals: Therapeutic interventions (positive identity development, emotion recognition and regulation, creative expression, trauma informed care in action)
  • Care Coordinators and Case Managers: Systemic engagement, working with families, leadership and advocacy
  • Mobile Crisis Responders: Emergency assessment and disposition planning
  • Therapists and Counselors: Adaptation of therapeutic modalities 

Registration

  • $229 per person per course
  • Courses offered via live webinar twice a year: fall and spring
  • Registration closes the day before each course's start date
  • Please contact our NCSS Training Department at ncss.training.iod@unh.edu for a group enrollment (10 or more)
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