Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD): Where Do We Go From Here?

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. COVID-19 provided a wakeup call for professionals, family caregivers, and broader caregiving networks to support individuals with IDD in planning for life for when their health changes and for their final days. This 3-hour training will provide a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD. The number of...Read more older adults with IDD continues to increase; therefore, it is essential to carve out time to support individuals with IDD and their caregivers to plan for the future. This training will devote time to ethical practice and will discuss how to intentionally integrate ethical practice advocacy for advance care planning. This session will provide practical information to integrate advance care planning in work that is already being done to best meet the needs of adults with IDD throughout the life course. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Articulate what advance care planning entails and the dimensions of advance care planning.
  • Describe the barriers to and reasons for advance care planning in individuals with IDD.
  • Explain strategies to integrate advance care planning into the person-centered planning process.
  • Discuss how to advocate for ethical practices and approaches to advance care planning for individuals with IDD.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Levels

  • All Levels

Friday, October 13, 2023

Live Interactive Webinar

11:00 AM EDT - 02:15 PM EDT

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$67.00
EARN 3 CE Credit Hours
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About the speaker

Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D., LMSW

Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D., LMSW

Associate Professor of Social Work
Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University. She received a bachelor’s of science in Special Education, specializing in Cognitive Impairments, from Wayne State University. She trained under a specialized fellowship at the University of Michigan, receiving her master’s in Social Work and specializing in both school social work and aging from the University of Michigan. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski received her PhD in Social Work with a dual title in Gerontology from Wayne State University. She has worked with individuals with various intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) predominantly in a school setting for over 15 years. Her research focuses on individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, their caregivers, advance care planning, the service delivery model, and service utilization. She has over 70 publications in national and international journals and encyclopedias, mainly focusing on individuals with IDDs, caregiving, as well as services and supports. In addition, she has presented her work locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski has been the lead on multiple grant-funded initiatives tailoring services to individuals with IDDs and other disabilities, as well as their family caregivers. In 2019, she was appointed to the National Task Group on Intellectual Disability and Dementia Practices. She serves as both a board member and co-chair of Membership Affairs. Over the past 4 years, she has provided testimony at the state-level (Michigan) to advocate for legislative house bills that would provide protections against exploitation for vulnerable adults, such as individuals with IDDs.

Agenda

11:00 am – 11:30 am: Welcome, Introduction, Orientation to the Topic

11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Dimensions and facets of advance care planning

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Barriers to advance care planning: How to use this information to support individuals with IDD and their care support networks

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm: Break

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm: Reasons for and the value of advance care planning

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm: Developing strategies to plan within the context of person-centered planning

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Tools for advocating for ethical practices and approaches; Recap; Q & A

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

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