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Community Health Worker Self-Care Resources
Building Bridges has created a training initiative to increase self-care for community health workers (CHW). "Self-care helps to build self strength to deal with various environments, enabling work and family coordination". The final product of [...]
How to Use the My Mental Health Therapy Toolkit
The My Mental Health Therapy Toolkit includes a guide for adults with intellectual disability to complete. Christine Brown shows how to complete this in the YouTube Playlist below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm6qH9PB5cC92DrqzRIwNrffFRHCtv_YM
July – Disability Pride Month
https://ppaccentral.org/2023/07/01/july-is-disability-pride-month July is recognized as Disability Pride Month in honor of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This act ensures that those with disabilities can participate in and enjoy all aspects of [...]
June 18th – Autistic Pride Day
June 18th was Autistic Pride Day The RRTC Project and OSU Nisonger Center recognize and celebrate the importance of pride for autistic people and its role in bringing about positive changes in broader society. Autistic [...]
“We’ll Take Another Look in Six Months”: Strategies for Supporting Black Families Raising Young Autistic Children
Thank you to all who attended our Nisonger Institute event Friday, 6/7/24. We had a wonderful keynote from Dr. Jamie Pearson and excellent discussion among our panel which included Dr. Katie Walton as moderator, Dr. [...]
Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities: SEEKING – New Editor in Chief
The Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities is seeking a new Editor in Chief and is encouraging suitable candidates to apply. The new editor will start in January 2025. The deadline to apply [...]
FREE CEU Workshop: Cultural Humility and Working with Culturally Diverse Population: Applying the Family as Host Model for Culturally Responsive Practice
Please see the flyer below for information on a free CEU workshop that meets the cultural responsive practice content requirement for some professional licensures. This training will be given by Dr. Mirian Ofonedu, PhD LCSW-C, [...]
Save The Date! DSP ECHO
The Building Bridges project is conducting a DSP ECHO training series from June 17th- July 24th. It will be held weekly on Mondays from 12:00-1:30pm EST. The purpose of this ECHO is to provide competent [...]
Building Bridges: Providing Collaboration Between Health Providers and Individuals with Disabilities
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month The Ohio State University RRTC would like to highlight the "Building Bridges" Project, directed by Dr. Andrea Witwer. This 5-year interdisciplinary initiative seeks to improve the lives of [...]
May: National Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Month. As such, the RRTC would like to increase awareness of the resources at The Ohio State University. OSU works tirelessly to help those in need of mental health services and [...]
Can You Hear Me Now? – Recruitment Video