DDS Webinars

DDS Health and Safety Webinars

The Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and CDDER are pleased to present a series of Webinars on important topics related to quality supports for people with intellectual disabilities.

New Webinars:

• CPAP/BiPAP Machines as one Treatment Option for Sleep Apnea (February 2020)
• Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response (Spring 2019)
• Recognizing and Reporting Financial Abuse (June 2018)
• Safe Transportation of People Who Use Wheelchairs (REVISED March 2018)

Archived Webinars:

Click below to access archived recordings of each Webinar along with the slide presentation and other materials.

• My Life, My Rights, My Way: A Human Rights Training for Self-Advocates (October 2017)
• Identifying, Healing, and Preventing Pressure Ulcers (September 2017)
• Substance Abuse in the Workplace (July 2017)
• Human Rights: What Families Need to Know (December 2016)
• Mandated Reporting of Abuse and Mistreatment (September 2016)
• Widening the Circle: Expanding Opportunities for Friendship (Nov. 2015)
• Psychotropic Medications and Side Effects (July 2015)
• Hospice/Palliative Care: What are they? (April 29, 2015)
• Best Practices for Supporting People in the ER/Advocacy (March 10th, 2015)
• Falls Prevention and Intervention (Oct. 20th, 2014)
• Oral Health Practices (July 15th, 2014)
• Dysphagia, Aspiration, and Choking (March 13th, 2014) 
• Constipation and Bowel Obstruction (December 3rd, 2013)
• Pica and the Ingestion of Non-Food Items (September 24th, 2013)

MAP Training Resources

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