Capute Conference Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute
1741 Ashland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held at the Capute Conference Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD.
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National Research Consortium on Mental Health in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Agenda
| 8:15-8:45am | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:15am | Welcome & Introductions Luke Reynard, PhD, Chair, National Research Consortium on MH-IDD Joan Beasley, PhD, Director, National Research Consortium on MH-IDD |
| 9:15-10:00am | Opening Exercise Professor Tawara Goode, Director, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University |
| 10:00-10:15am | Break |
| 10:15-11:30am | Using Strength Based Practices to Build Capacity for Participatory Research Jessica Kramer, PhD, OTR/L, FAAIDD, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Networking Lunch & Poster Session |
| 12:30-1:30pm | The Importance of Eliciting Self-report When Assessing Psychiatric Conditions in Adults with ID Susan Havercamp, PhD, Director of Health Promotion and Healthcare Parity, The Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, & Marc J. Tassé, PhD, Director, The Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University |
| 1:30-2:00pm | Presentation of Newly Funded Innovations Grants |
| 2:00-2:15pm | Break |
| 2:15-3:15pm | Presentations of Currently Funded Projects • Determining the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Online, Self-guided, Single-Session ACT Program to Improve Quality of Life for Autistic Adults Experiencing Mental Health Concerns – Ty Aller, PhD, Utah State University • Promoting Self-Determination Using Psychotherapy – Richard Chapman, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University • Survey of Psychological Training in Autism and Intellectual Disability – Amy Keefer, PhD Kennedy Krieger Institute • Promoting postpartum mental health for women with IDD: A strengths-based contextual study – Miriam Heyman, PhD, & Anne Valentine, PhD Brandeis University |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Review of Grant Application Process and Next steps Luke Reynard |
| 3:30-4:00pm | Final Discussion and Announcements Joan Beasley |
