Free Online Trainings & Webinars

• Strategies for Addressing Anxiety Related to COVID-19 (AUCD Webinar recorded 6.24.2020) - Dr. Karen Weigle, Associate Director, and Dr. Jill Hinton, Clinical Director, Center for START Services
• COVID-19 Toolkit for DSPs (NADSP)- Resources to help DSPs take care of themselves during the Crisis
• MH Treatment Approaches in a World with COVID: You can do it!  with Dr. Katy Stratigos (Virtual SNTI May 2020)  - Q&A with Dr. Stratigos
• The Science of Hope in a Time of Crisis (START/AUCD Webinar recorded 4.15.2020) - Dr. Dan Tomasulo
• Violence & Mental Illness: The Real Story (AUCD Webinar recorded 9.26.2019) - Dr. Jill Hinton, Center for START Services Clinical Director
• Mental Health Diagnosis in IDD: Bio-psycho-social Approach (AUCD Webinar recorded 10.18.2017) - Dr. Roberto Blanco, NC START Medical Director & Dr. Jill Hinton, Center for START Services Clinical Director
• Trauma-Informed Care Throughout the Lifespan (AUCD Webinar) - Dr. Jill Hinton, Center for START Services Clinical Director
• Mental Health Wellness for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MHW-IDD) a free 6 module training from Texas Health and Human Services developed in partnership with Dr. Joan B Bealsey, Center for START Services Director
• Trauma Informed Care: Perspectives and Resources: A comprehensive web-based, video-enhanced resource tool from Georgetown University's National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health

Fact Sheets, Tool Kits, and Other Resources

Parent, Family, Caregiver Resources

• Family Matters Toolkit by HCARDD - This toolkit is for caregivers who are interested in improving the health and health care of a family member with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The resources included in this toolkit can be used together, or as stand-alone materials, depending on your needs, goals and existing resources.

• Health Care Resources for People with DD and Caregivers (Health Passports, Communication Tools,  About Going to the Hospital) by HCARDD

• Autism-related materials from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Publications include tip sheets, booklets, and more available through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and its affiliates.

• Autism resources for parents from Autism Speaks

• STOMP: Stopping the over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both easy read leaflet from NHS England

• Genetics education materials for parents and schools from GEMSS

• Developmental Monitoring and Screening from the CDC (in English and En español)

Healh Care Provider Resources

• Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Toolkit for Primary Care Providers from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

• Free Webinars from the National Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

• Autism related resources for healthcare professionals from Autism Speaks

• Genetic education materials for school success (GEMSS) resources for healthcare providers

• Improving Emergency Care for adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Toolkit for Providers from HCARDD

• Implementing Health Checks for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Toolkit for Primary Care Providers from HCARDD

Positive Psychology Resources

• UPenn Authentic Happiness Website

• PERMA infographic from PositivePsychologyProgram.com

• Positive psychology books written by leaders in the field

• VIA Institute on Character

• The Positive Psychology Center

• The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

• Greater Good in Action: Science-based practices for a meaningful life

• VIA Institute on Character

Websites & Organizations

• AUCD Mental Health Aspects of IDD Special Interest Group - The Mental Health Aspects of I/DD Special Interest Group (MH SIG) at AUCD provides information to Network members on critical issues related to mental health for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities

• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities National Training Center

• Mental Health –Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (1998-2009) - Former groundbreaking journal in IDD-MH developed by Anne Hurley PhD and Robert Sovner MD that continues to offer valuable information today

• National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) a program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University

• Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University

• Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin (Read: Policy Recommendations: Addressing the Mental Health and Wellness of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (IDD))

• The Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania

• American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

• American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD)

• Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

• National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative

• Genetics Education Materials for School Success (GEMSS) a program from the New England Regional Genetics Network (nergn)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

• US National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus