Brain Health - Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
PROGRAM GOALS
We are excited to bring to you, Brain Health-IDD. The Brain Health-IDD ECHO aims to help health and social service providers build capacity to promote brain health and healthy aging in adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) that they support.
The Brain Health-IDD ECHO is part of a larger research study that also offers separate virtual courses on brain health and aging for adults with IDD and their family caregivers.
PROGRAM INFO
Launching: Friday, May 9th, 2025
Location: Zoom Videoconferencing
Time: 11:30AM to 1:00PM EST
Length: 6 Sessions
When: Fridays (Weekly)
Target Audience: Health and social service providers working with adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities aged 40 years and older
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Below is a list of curriculum topics we are offering for the upcoming cycle.
- Introduction to Brain Health
- Prioritizing Mental Health
- Prioritizing Physical Health
- Dementia Screening and Management
- Finding the Balance in a Sea of Changes
- Bringing it All Together and Moving Forward
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Registration is Now Open for Brain Health IDD which will begin on Friday, May 9th, 2025!
This ECHO program is conducting a study that delivers and evaluates an ECHO program intended for Social and Health Service Providers across Canada caring for clients with a developmental disability who are 40 years of age or older.
If you are interested in the research study, Promoting Brain Health: A National Capacity-building Project for Aging Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities, Family Caregivers, and Service Providers, please click the link below.
If you have questions, click on the button below to contact us.
SESSION STRUCTURE
Welcome, Introduction, Announcements and Land Acknowledgement – 10 minutes
Didactic Presentation – 30 minutes
Case Discussion – 45 minutes
Addressing Outstanding Questions and Session Wrap-Up – 5 minutes
WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT?
Attend 60% of program sessions
Present an anonymized case
Participate in group discussions
Provide feedback through evaluation activities
WHO'S RUNNING THESE SESSIONS?
Our program sessions are run by an inter-professional Hub Team from multiple health organizations across Ontario.
Please click on the toggle buttons below to see who will be facilitating these sessions.
ECHO Brain Health – IDD Hub Team Members:
- Yona Lunsky (Psychologist/Co-Lead)
- Anupam Thakur (Psychiatrist/ Co-Lead)
- Alicia Thatcher (Family Doctor)
- Angela Gonzales (Advanced Practice Nurse)
- Maddy Dever (Self-Advocate)
- Heidi Mallett (Self-Advocate)
- Taylor Manuge (Behaviour Therapist)
- Adeen Ashton Fogle (Family Representative)
- Colleen Kelly (Family Representative)
- Andria Bianchi (Bioethicist)
- Marie-Joelle Beaudoin (Postdoctoral Researcher)
- Shahin Shooshtari (Researcher/Professor)