2b Community Training and Autism Echo Programs
Project Description:
CEDD leverages the wealth of clinical and educational expertise at the MIND Institute and among CEDD partners, particularly those who represent both diverse interdisciplinary expertise as well as personal experience as a person with DD or family member, to provide community training and technical assistance. CEDD continues to provide training opportunities for people with DD, families, service providers and professionals to increase their knowledge and skills in the areas of DD, early identification and intervention, service provision, inclusion, and other medical, legal, social and policy issues related to disabilities. We anticipate providing 100+ community training events per year. In addition, we partner with the MIND Autism Center for Excellence to provide an ECHO Autism program which provides community training to physicians, behavioral health professionals and community providers through a distance, case-based learning platform. ECHO Autism provides continuing education (see above) and community training. For example, in the early days of the COVID-19 shut down, our ECHO Autism team partnered with CAPTAIN to provide a series of trainings for educators on how to engage families and students in distance learning. Echo Autismo, now serves 40 Spanish speaking professionals in CA and internationally. We partner with our LEND program to maintain a speaker and TA support database of MIND/CEDD/LEND faculty, trainees and staff who can provide resources and TA on a variety of topics to meet the emergent needs of the community.
Core Function(s):
Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Mulit-County, National, International
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
