- Child and Adolescent NeuroDevelopment Initiative (CANDI)
- Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CANDO)
- Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (CDDER)
- Health Surveillance for Adults with Intellectual Disability
- Oral Health Disparities
- MA DDS Prevention Conference
- Preventive Health Screenings for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
- Mortality Review
- Quality Assurance Reports
- Webinars
- Pica
- Constipation and Bowel Obstructions
- Substance Abuse in the Workplace
- Dysphagia, Aspiration, and Choking
- Oral Health Practices
- DDS Safe Transportation of People in Wheelchairs
- Falls Prevention and Intervention Strategies
- Human Rights Training for Self-Advocates
- Human Rights: What Families Need to Know
- Identifying, Healing, and Preventing Pressure Ulcers
- MAP Training Resources
- Adjunct RIA Training Materials
- Clozapine Therapy Training
- DDS MAP Training Resources
- DMH/DCF MAP Training Resources
- Instructions for Virtual Certification Testing
- MAP Curriculum and Adjunct Training Materials
- MedSoft© Version 7.0
- Responsibilities in Action Curriculum and Training Materials
- Semiannual MAP Trainer Webinar Fall 2017
- Semiannual MAP Trainer Webinar Fall 2019
- Semiannual MAP Trainer Webinar Spring 2018
- Spring 2020 MAP Trainer Webinar
- TestMaster Universe
- Warfarin Sodium Therapy Training
- Mandated Reporting of Abuse and Mistreatment
- Recognizing and Reporting Financial Abuse
- Widening the Circle: Expanding Opportunities for Friendship
- Risk Management in Developmental Disabilities
- Understanding and recognizing dementia in IDD
- Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disability Trainings
- Adapting to Age-Related Changes in the Home, Day Program, and Community
- Aging and Disability Resource Consortia
- General Aging
- Dementia and IDD
- Launching a Memory Café
- Life Sustaining Treatment Policy
- Guardianship and Aging in Intellectual Disabilities Part I
- Guardianship and Aging in Intellectual Disabilities Case Studies Part II
- Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
- End of Life Definitions
- Five Wishes
- Fostering Social Inclusion and Community Engagement
- Presentations & Publications
- Our Team
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Program
- Division of Neuroinformatics
- Healthy People/Healthy Communities
- INDEX
- Insurance Resource Center for Autism & Behavioral Health
- Laboratory for Equity in Autism Dissemination (LEAD) Lab
- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
- Neurobehavioral Science and Neurogenetics
- Pathways to Inclusive Health Care Program
- Sibling Support
Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Webinar
The Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS) is pleased to present this webinar on Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Meg Stone, Director of IMPACT Ability at Triangle Inc., and Mandy Doyle, Program Manager, present an overview of how best to recognize, respond and report allegations of sexual abuse as well as prevention strategies at the organizational level.
Part I: Recognizing, Responding, and Reporting Sexual Abuse: Approximately 30 minutes in length and is intended for direct support professionals, managers and other caregivers to understand increased risk for sexual assault that exists among people with I/DD, barriers to reporting, common signs of sexual abuse, and how best to respond and report to allegations. This also includes a brief overview of trauma-informed care as well as practice goals and examples of how to provide trauma-informed services.
PowerPoint Slides (PPT)
Part II: Organization Prevention Strategies: Approximately 60 minutes in length and intended for managers, directors and others who are positioned to make organizational changes. Considerations are presented for examining the organizational culture and environment to create an abuse-aware agency. This includes an overview of empowering/disempowering practices and key elements of different abuse-aware policies. The second part of this webinar discusses prevention through healthy relationship and sexuality training, including considerations for creating your own trainings, and examples of content to include (relationship circles, healthy decision making, consent vs agreement, etc.)
PowerPoint Slides (PPT)
Resources
- Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Abuse QINA Brief
- http://impactboston.com/resources-3
- https://triangle-inc.org/impactability/
- https://www.mass.gov/info-details/designated-sane-site-hospitals