IDD-MH Professional Development Series

Mission

 To increase the competence and confidence of professionals to provide effective services, support, and treatment to people with IDD-MH and their families through evidence-informed instruction and best practices. 

Each course was developed to address specific roles in the human services system: Direct Support Professionals, Care Coordinators and Case Managers, Mobile Crisis Responders, and Therapists and Counselors. Each one of these introductory-level courses outlines key foundational concepts and relevant approaches related to the treatment and support of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental health needs.  

While each course is designed to address professionals serving within a specific role, a diverse group of professionals have benefited from content across these courses. Each course includes an introduction to the mental health aspects of IDD. 

Primary focus areas

• Direct Support Professionals: Therapeutic interventions (positive identity development, emotion recognition and regulation, creative expression, trauma informed care in action)
• Care Coordinators and Case Managers: Systemic engagement, working with families, leadership and advocacy
• Mobile Crisis Responders: Emergency assessment and disposition planning
• Therapists and Counselors: Adaptation of therapeutic modalities 

Registration

• $229 per person per course
• Courses offered via live webinar twice a year: fall and spring
• Registration closes the day before each course's start date
• Please contact our NCSS Training Department at ncss.training.iod@unh.edu for a group enrollment (10 or more)

Training Interest Form