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Introducing: Family Care Notebooks Video

This webinar introduces the Family Care Notebook, a digital system for managing the paperwork for caregivers of children and adults with disabilities.

Supported Decision-Making, an Introduction

By Center for Public Representation
Watch this short overview of the role that supported decision-making can play in the lives of people with disabilities, enabling autonomy and independence throu...

Get to Know California’s Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)

Learn about the Department of Rehabilitation and how they help people with a broad range of disabilities build a path to independence and meaningful employment.

Independent Living Centers (ILC) | A FREE Resource for Anyone with Special Needs

Learn how this California resource helps anyone, any age, with any type of disability live their best life. Get to know what an Independent Living Center can do...

What Are Supported Living Services?

Learn about Supported-Living Services and housing options for individuals with a developmental disability in this webinar with guest speaker, Trudy Grable from ...

Applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Learn how to apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for your child with a disability and have the highest chance of success.

Four Critical Life Skills for Tweens, Teens and Young Adults that Often Remain Untaught || Michelle Garcia Winner

Learn about life skills that aren't typically part of regular education and how parents can observe and develop them in their children as essential preparation ...

What’s important to know about a Special Needs Trust?

Learn how a Special Needs Trust can be an important financial tool for an individual with special needs and maintain their eligibility for needs-based governmen...

Considering Conservatorship? The Self Help Court Process for Santa Clara County

Conservatorship can be an important option for a child with special needs. Learn how you can file for conservatorship with support from the Self Help Court of S...

What’s important to know about a Limited Conservatorship in California?

Are you wondering about conservatorship for an individual with special needs? What does it mean and what does the process entail?

My Child Doesn’t Learn Well in Front of a Computer: What Can I Do?

Learn tips and tools for at-home learning while supporting your loved one with special needs who may be struggling.

Sexuality and Special Needs, “Let’s Talk about Sex”

Wondering how to talk to your loved one about sexuality? Shanya Luther shares tips for these important conversations about sex and safety.

Discussing Sexuality as a Means to Abuse Prevention

In this video, you will learn from Dr. Nora Baladerian, a clinical psychologist specializing in Trauma And Abuse, about the importance of discussing sexuality a...

Working With The Police

In this video series, families, professionals, and adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities learn how to work with and respond to members of ...

How Does My Retirement Affect My Child With Disabilities?

Learn about the impact of parental retirement, death, or disability on the Social Security benefits for their child with a disability.

Self Determination

By DDS California Department of Developmental Services
Learn about the Self Determination Program for those with disabilities and important new tool for those who want to make their own decisions.

Creating a One Page Profile for New and Uncertain Times

By Derek Nicholas Smith
Learn from Derek and his mom about creating a One-Page Profile as preparation during the pandemic.

The Spectrum Careers – An Employment Portal

By Rangam Consultants Inc
Rangam Consultants launches The Spectrum Careers - a one-of-a-kind employment portal for corporations, businesses, service providers and individuals with autism...

Real Work for Real Pay in the Real World

By California Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
Learn how people in California with intellectual and developmental disabilities can find the pathways, tools, and resources to attain competitive integrated emp...

Puberty, Relationships and Sexual Health for Children with Autism

By Seattle Children's Hospital
Professionals from Seattle Children's Autism Center, discuss strategies for teaching youth who have ASD about puberty, relationships and sexual health.

IEP Transition Planning

By Understood.org
Learn how to put together a successful IEP transition plan, covering everything from setting realistic IEP transition goals to preparing a young adult for post-...

An Introduction to Ticket to Work

By Choose Work
The Ticket to Work video provides an easy-to-understand overview of the Ticket program for beneficiaries.

#Imagine21 – Video Series about Autism After Age 21

By Madison House Autism Foundation
The #imagine21 series invites to imagine what the world could be for our friends with #AutismAfter21. This link takes you to the YouTube playlist.

Autism Housing Network

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this video you will learn about the Autism Housing Network, a platform for sharing great housing options and resources for autistic adults and others with in...

Housing Options for Adults with Autism by Desiree Kameka Part 1

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this Part 1 video, Desiree Kameka, the Director of Community Education & Advocacy at Madison House Autism Foundation, covers the past and present housing lan...

Housing Options for Adults with Autism by Desiree Kameka Part 2

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this Part 2 video, Desiree Kameka, the Director of Community Education & Advocacy at Madison House Autism Foundation. makes note of some of the common obstac...

Housing Options for Adults with Autism by Desiree Kameka Part 3

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this segment 3 video, Desiree Kameka, the Director of Community Education & Advocacy at Madison House Autism Foundation, reviews current innovative transitio...

Housing Options for Adults with Autism by Desiree Kameka Part 4

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this segment 4 video, Desiree Kameka, the Director of Community Education & Advocacy at Madison House Autism Foundation, reviews current and future multi-fam...

Housing Options for Adults with Autism by Desiree Kameka Part 5

By Madison House Autism Foundation
In this final segment, Desiree Kameka, the Director of Community Education & Advocacy at Madison House Autism Foundation, reviews current and future live-work-p...

Life Services Alternatives – Community living and programs for adults with disabilities.

By Life Services Alternatives
LSA believes all people with developmental disabilities have the right to live life to its fullest in our community. Twenty-four hours a day, we care for and su...

DD Homes 2015 – Individuals

By Cass Production
This video is an advertisement for DD Homes Inc.

Aging with an Intellectual and Developmental Disability

By Center for Developmental Disabilities
You will learn more about the issues and challenges that come with aging especially in an individual with intellectual and developmental disability.

Employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

By RTC Media
You will learn more about Employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the challenges and how we can wo...

SSA Electronic Wage Reporting Options

By U.S. Social Security Administration
Learn ways to electronically submit your wages to the Social Security Administration.

Leura Day Options – Example of Community Living

By Greystanes Disability Services
This video highlights how Person Centred Active Support can facilitate meaningful relationships and activities for people with multiple disabilities and high su...

Registration Requirement for Selective Service System

By NAPSTV
A public service announcement requiring young men in high school need to remember to register with the Selective service system once they turn eighteen.

People with Developmental Disabilities WORK

By Dan Cleberg
This is a short documentary featuring several people with developmental disabilities and their bosses and their jobs.

Supported Education at the University of Utah

By The Family Cafe
In this video, you will learn more about how The University of Utah has made significant efforts to implement the supportive education model.

Community Supported Living: Enabling Technology

By SimplyHomeSystems
Community Supported Living: individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) selecting how and where they want to live, work and socialize in...

Obtaining Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

By Disability Law Center
In this video, attorney Hillary Dunn discusses services to consider for transition age students with "severe" "intellectual disabilities who will need adult ser...

Alternatives to Conservatorship

By The Arc, Tennessee
Learn more about Alternatives to Conservatorship for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Decision Making Options For Transition Adults

By PEATCVirginia
In this presentation, you will get more information on decision making options when an individual turns 18 and Beyond particularly about alternatives to guardia...

Supported Decision-Making in Health Care

By Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities/UC Davis
Supported Decision-Making is important for people with developmental disabilities. This video features experts engaging clients in decisions about healthcare.

Self-determination and self-advocacy

By RTC Media
In this presentation, you will learn some of the basic concepts of Self-determination and self-advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilit...

Transitioning to Adulthood: Intellectual Disability & Developmental Disability

By Children's Mercy Kansas City
Children’s Mercy will help you prepare for adulthood, including transferring your medical care to a doctor that cares for adults. Most people can learn to man...

Health Insurance: The Importance of MediCal for Individuals with Disabilities

By University of California Television (UCTV)
This video is a recorded presentation of "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] Series that gives more info on MediCal for individ...

Disability Awareness: Intellectual Disability

By NCHPAD (National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability)
This video discuses disability awareness information regarding physical education and activity for individuals with an intellectual disability.

Understanding and Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities

By Living Innovations
In this video you will learn how to help people with disabilities be seen as competent, valued community members.

IHSS Protective Supervision | Episode 1 | “Advocates Are Not Cheap!”

By IHSS Advocates
"IHSS Protective Supervision: A Tutorial Series from an Advocate's Perspective" is a series that discusses IHSS Protective Supervision topics from the perspecti...

Successful Community Living for People with Developmental Disabilities

By University of California Television (UCTV)
Dr. Clarissa Kripke explores progress made in community living for people with developments disabilities.

Talk to Me: Treating People with Intellectual Disabilities with Respect

By Special Olympics
Whether you are in a health care or other professional environment or just having a personal conversation, consider these basic rules for communicating with a p...

OPARC’s Work Activity Program

By Người Việt Daily News
Through OPARC's Work Activity Program in Montclair, Calif., people with disabilities are able to work for a wage.

Developing the School Transition Plan and IEP Requirements

By Utah Parent Center
Presented by Utah Parent Center, you will learn more about IEP process and how parents can participate in that process to help students with disabilities have a...

Developmental Disability Abuse

By Lydia Strong
In this video, you will get an in depth analysis of the social problem of abuse toward the developmentally disabled.

Individual Transition Plan

By Learning Rights Law Center
What information should an Individual Transition Plan for students in special education include?

Social Inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

By RTC Media
In this video, you will learn more about social inclusion of people with disabilities in the communities.

Abuse Prevention

By Open Future Learning
This module offers one of the only dedicated abuse prevention and safeguarding training that is truly specialized to the needs of the people we support.

Self Determination Program

By The California Department of Developmental Services
In this page, you will learn more about the Self-Determination Program developed by the California Department of Developmental Services.

Understanding relationships, behaviors & consent for youth and teens with intellectual disability

By Planet Puberty
Learn how to teach you child or teen about social boundaries. Parents Helping Parents offers a program to teach Social Boundaries. Information about the program...

Sexuality and Disability – Developmental Disabilities

By University of California Television (UCTV)
This video is a recorded presentation of "Developmental Disabilities Update" Series conference presented by Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP-BC. Clinical Professor; Di...

Health Translations Directory

By Health Translations
Health Translations is an online library which enables health practitioners and those working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to easily f...

It’s Your Life

By ConnectABILITY
This is a short video presented by Arch Disability Law Centre, explaining legal rights, for people with an intellectual or developmental disability.

EQUITY Video Series: Working and Keeping Benefits

By World Institute on Disability
Learn ways people with disabilities can work and save money while still keeping the benefits they need.