Overview

Supporting Parents with Intellectual Disabilities is a new resource that examines the unique challenges parents with intellectual disabilities face, and reviews federal and state law regarding the rights of parents with intellectual disabilities. This training also outlines concrete strategies that providers across early childhood disciplines (early intervention, home visiting, child welfare, child care, and early childhood education) can use to provide respectful, individualized support to parents with intellectual disabilities.

Estimated Time to Complete: 1 1/2 hours

  • Describe the historical challenges of parents with intellectual disabilities
  • Identify federal laws that protect parents with intellectual disabilities
  • Identify state law that ensure that a person's disability cannot be used as a reason to deny or limit their right to be a parent
  • Describe strategies that can be used to support parents with intellectual disabilities
  • Alicia Hart, author
  • Kara Ayers, presenter
  • Tracie Lindstrom, presenter
  • Jasmine Hughes, presenter
  • Katie Thomas

Credit/CEUs:

  • OCCRRA - This module has received the Ohio Approved (OA) Designation.

    To receive credit, please enter your Ohio Professional Registry OPIN in your Profile. If you do not know your OPIN, or you need to create one so that you receive Ohio-approved training, visit occrra.org. When you have completed an approved module, you will submit it to OCCRRA by following the prompts provided. If you have any questions about this credit, please email CEU_info@ocali.org.

  • DODD - This module is eligible for one and a half (1.5) unit hours in the area(s) of EI developmental specialist/supervisor, EI service coordinator/supervisor, and service and support administration as approved by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD).

    To download a DODD-specific certificate, add DODD as a CE Provider in your Profile.

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