September 2023

Utah Disability Today

The official newsletter of the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice

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NEWS

Pictured: Utah State University Accessibility Officer Christopher Phillips

Institutions Nationwide Mark Accessibility Progress, Thanks to USU's WebAIM

IDRPP’s WebAIM initiative offers an online digital documents course. Its purpose: help enrollees ensure that documents shared via email or the web are accessible. USU uses WebAIM’s Document Accessibility Online Course. So do 476 other institutions of higher learning around the nation, including all the universities in the Utah System of Higher Education. Nationwide, just over 19 percent of the Department of Education’s accredited institutions have taken advantage of the training.

To find out more, visit Utah State Today.

A small section of four photos from the exhibition

Intersection of Disability and Mental Health on Display at USU

This PhotoVoice project is qualitative research. That said, “it presents the information a little differently,” said Rachel Byers, the project’s coordinator at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice. “It connected us to the research better than sitting down with people … and never seeing them again.”

Read more about the Seeking Mental Health Services as an Adult with a Disability exhibition on our website.

36th National NRCP Virtual Conference: Call for Papers

The Conference theme is “Here Comes the Sun: Come Together and Imagine”. We will be looking for up to 25 breakout and 4 keynote presentations that encompass our themes, research and strands, to fill out this 3-day event.

Deadline: October 15th

Submit a response to the call for papers and return to Laura Lema

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EVENTS

Autism Part 2: URADD

Project Early ECHO

October 4th

Evidence-Based Approaches to Providing Mental Health Services for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Part 1

Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities

October 9th

Holy Cross Ministries NEFF Program

October 10th

Meaningful Community Access & Supports for People Receiving HCBS

October 11th

Intellectual/Developmental Disability Webinar Series

Utah Department of Health

October 11th

Family's Experiences Session

Project SCOPE

October 11th

The Power of Spirituality to Prevent Suicide: A Faith Leader Suicide Prevention Summit

October 12th

Saturday Mornings with NRCP

Effective Behavior Management Strategies for the Classroom: Practical Magic

October 14th

Registration costs $25

Early Warning Signs of Infant Mental Health

Mental Health Across the Lifespan

October 18th

Workplace Supports Training

October 18th

Registration costs $25

StrategicA11y- Virtual Strategic Web Accessibility Workshop

October 25th - 26th

$1200/person ($1000 each for groups of two or more)

ACRE Employment Specialist Training- Salt Lake City

October 31st

Registration costs $200

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RESOURCES

Project SCOPE: The HEART Initiative

Tim Keady, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor at Utah State University Extension, joined Project SCOPE to teach about the HEART Initiative, which stands for Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, and Teaching Initiative.

Sources of Distress: Establishing Treatment Targets for Agitation

Debbie Bilder joins Project ECHO to discuss treating and identifying common causes of agitation as well as how to target treatment in a more person-centered approach.

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