Helen Keller National Center partners with Pennsylvania's Office of Developmental Programs to bring specialized DeafBlind support directly to local communities. This innovative five-day immersion program empowers support teams with personalized strategies, ensuring DeafBlind individuals with intellectual disabilities can achieve greater independence in their home environments. Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) announced a
The LifeCourse Nexus, the national program led by the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC), released the latest episode of it's Showcase365 podcast which features Pennsylvania's Supporting Families team. Episode 4, titled Supporting Families Together in Pennsylvania, features an interview with ODP's statewide supporting families lead Candi Walton and Pennsylvania Family Network
All Pennsylvanians experience challenges during the winter as the cold temperatures, snow and ice affect our daily lives and activities. Families with a loved one with a disability often have even more concerns from the change in season. The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Supporting Families Leadership Team used the Integrated Supports
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is continuing to offer free COVID-19 at-home testing kits. Kits are available by mail without shipping fees. COVID-19 testing can help you know if you have COVID-19 so you can decide what to do next, like getting treatment to reduce your risk of
The LifeCourse Nexus is offering two training workshops for those who are looking to build capacity with the LifeCourse Framework. What is the LifeCourse Framework? The Charting the LifeCourse framework was created to help individuals and families of all abilities and all ages develop a vision for a good life, think about what
The Pennsylvania ASERT collaborative invites individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or autism to join its Project Reassure e-learning courses. Project Reassure is a an online course that helps individuals with ID/A develop their resilience skills for understanding trauma. Click here to access project reassure.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has released its newly developed Integrated Transportation Guide as a resource to assist individuals in developing reliable transportation routes. Transportation continues to be a barrier to people finding and maintaining competitive-integrated employment. In response, ODP's Employment Innovation Area Work Group developed the guide, which utilizes the
The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) has issued new editions of its Cents and Sensibility and the accompanying educators manual. The 7th edition of Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management addresses the financial education needs of people with disabilities, while providing strategies, activities, and resources for anyone who wants to
