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Project

+ Trauma Informed Care for Adults with Disabilities

Center:

ND-North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Lori Garnes
[email protected]
701-858-3139

Project Description:

The TRIAD project works to provide person-centered trauma-informed (PCTI) care through curriculum development, support sessions, learning communities, workshops, and social events to adults aged 60 years and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have a history of trauma, elderly parents or aging siblings who care for an older adult with IDD, and professionals who support them. The goal is to improve participants' emotional well-being and involvement in developing future plans. Data from surveys, interviews, observations, and focus groups will be collected to determine project impact and to record promising practices. NDCPD will use a train-the-trainer model, evaluation, and dissemination of resources and lessons learned to help sustain the program.

Keyword(s):

trauma, curriculum, elderly, intellectual disabilities

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training, Other Direct/Model Services

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Quality of Life

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Adults with Disabilities

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State