Dear DD Council Network

 

Please see the follow-up resources/reminders from today’s call. 4/22/2020

 

1) For tomorrow, 4/23/2020 – SARTAC Meetings during the Coronavirus Outbreak – please see the new flyer attached.

Please share with your Statewide, regional and local self-advocacy partners.

These meetings are for self-advocates. We share information, ask and answer questions, get to know new people and do what we do best - provide peer support!

Meetings are every Monday and Thursday at:

Join Zoom Meeting on computer, tablet or smart phone
https://zoom.us/j/324815633
Or call 1-929-436-2866
Meeting ID: 324 815 633

2) Autism Science Foundation – Mental and Physical health page
https://autismsciencefoundation.org/covid-19-resources/the-autism-science-foundation-covid-19-family-resource-center/mental-and-physical-health/   

Mental Health Support

Do you need to talk to someone immediately? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has a 24/7 helpline with multilingual crisis support services. Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

NIMH created a website providing information on how to support mental health during the coronavirus. Dr. Gordon, the Director of NIMH also participated in a HHS video on mental health and the coronavirus titled “Five Things About Staying Mentally Healthy During the COVID-19 Outbreak.”

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network published a guide for parents/caregivers to help families cope with COVID-19, including tactics to reduce stress and help calm likely anxieties. There is a chart that provides examples of how to help children cope, broken down by age.

Webinar: UNC’s Autism Research Center is hosting a free educational webinar tomorrow, “Supporting Individuals with Autism during COVID-19”, but the spots are already filled. On the webinar, faculty experts Laura Klinger and Kara Hume will discuss strategies for supporting people with ASD and take audience questions.
I am on the list to receive the recording of this webinar so I will share it with the network once I obtain the link.

 

3) Cultural Competence: Ensuring Linguistic Competence in Person-Centered Practices and Systems Wednesday May 20, 2:00 to 3:30pm Eastern Time To register, visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QNXXXPO8STWmZtMK6-veDQ

 

Person-centered practices require system capacity to respond effectively to the communication needs of diverse populations. Persons with limited English proficiency, those who have low literacy skills or are not literate either in English or their language of origin, persons with disabilities, those who struggle with health and mental health literacy, and persons who are deaf or hard of hearing all have unique communication needs in our health care and human services systems. The Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence puts forth a model for linguistic competence that addresses the interests and needs of these diverse populations within the contexts of the broad array of health and human services systems in the U.S. This webinar will: (a) take an in depth look at linguistic competence; (b) describe its foundational policies, structures, and practices with an emphasis on health care, mental health care, and disability and aging services; (c) offer the perspectives of persons with lived experience and the organizations that provide linguistically competent care, services, and supports; and (d) delineate the inseparable relationship between linguistic competence and person-centered practice. Participants will:

1.    Differentiate linguistic competence from language access and implementation.

2.    Cite legal mandates, requirements, and standards for language access and implementation.

3.    Examine these concepts and mandates within the context of their respective roles and responsibilities.

 

Tawara Goode is the Director of the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She is also the Director of the National Center for Cultural Competence with a mission to increase the capacity of health care and mental health care programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems to address growing diversity, persistent disparities, and to promote health and mental health equity.
Mathew McCollough is a Filipino American with developmental disabilities, he is currently the Director for the District of Columbia Office of Disability Rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act compliance office for the District Government. Mr. McCollough is recognized for his communications and training expertise in education, health care, diversity and sensitivity, cultural competency, and disability issues.
Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA is executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and Senior Associate Vice-President within the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School and Clinical Professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
Dr. Yanira Cruz is the President and CEO of the National Hispanic Council on Aging. She focuses on providing the Latino perspective on public health, older adult and caregiver issues to increase policy-maker and public understanding of the needs impacting vulnerable sectors of our society and to encourage the adoption of programs and policies that equitably serve everyone.  

This webinar is the third in a four-part series that explores cultural and linguistic competence as it relates to person-centered thinking, planning, and practice. The series is presented by the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence and the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS), an initiative from the Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services which help States, Tribes, and Territories to implement person-centered practices. NCAPPS webinars are open to the public, and are geared toward human services administrators, providers, and people who use long-term services and supports. All NCAPPS webinars will be recorded and archived at https://ncapps.acl.gov.

 

4) "Crip Camp Conversations" as part of our ongoing partnership with Netlix's Crip Camp.

This Saturday, April 25th 2-3:30pm PT / 5-6:30pm ET, join us for more “Crip Camp Conversations”  a moderated conversation exploring disability justice organizing in response to Coronavirus. We'll ask what this new environment means for people with disabilities, especially black and brown disabled people, extending in part from what the film Crip Camp teaches us about disability community and culture. Participants include film co-director Nicole Newnham, Crip Camp Impact Producer Stacey Park (panel moderator), Disability Justice Culture Club's Patrice Strahan, attorney and educator Talila "TL" Lewis, Hari Srinivasan of ASAN, and activist Allilisa Fernandez.

Free with advanced RSVP, visit here. Captioning and ASL will be provided. If you missed it but are hoping to catch them on video, you can watch the first one here, and the second one will be available very soon on our YouTube channel. 

Any questions about the links, please let me know. I am happy to help.
Be well,
Angela

Angela Castillo-Epps
202-506-5813, ext.100
NACDD/ITACC
ITACCHELP.ORG

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