Description: Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2000) coined the term positive psychology, which focuses on an individual’s strengths as a way of finding happiness and improved well-being. While positive psychology emphasizes people’s strengths, it does not encompass all of the different ways in which happiness and well‐being can be defined … Read more
Description: Participants will learn what infant and early childhood mental health is and how it directly relates to an infant’s/young child’s experiences with their primary caregiver. We will think together about the caregiver-child relationship as a buffer to toxic stress … Read more
Description: This presentation focuses on the importance of research partnerships in IDD healthcare research. Individuals with IDD, especially those from marginalized backgrounds, are often excluded from healthcare research. These exclusion practices have significantly limited the IDD community from having a voice … Read more
Description: Many individuals fall under full guardianship without consideration of their ability to make decisions with support. During this session, participants will be updated on the state’s Rethinking Guardianship initiative and how people are avoiding unnecessary guardianships through supported decision-making … Read more
Description: In this presentation, we will explore how we can support the family system from a positive, strengths-based framework for developing family skills to increase capacity. We will take a special look at the sibling relationship for individuals with IDD … Read more
Description: This presentation will focus on a few aspects of Indian culture, including how the family setting is built on traditional beliefs. We will discuss how the diagnosis of autism could be perceived, and how the family dynamics can be … Read more
Description: This hands-on, interactive presentation will provide a brief overview of families’ perspectives of current navigation services in NC and previous research and work in this area. Participants will learn about a new online resource, the NC Family Navigation Guide, … Read more
Description: North Carolina is in the process of Medicaid Transformation (Medicaid Managed Care) to shift the approach of Medicaid service delivery from each unit of service provided to a holistic and integrated system of services for Medicaid beneficiaries. While the … Read more
Description: We will explore the intersections of race and gender as we consider stress and anxiety in Black pregnant women and the usefulness of mindfulness as an approach to address these issues. This presentation will include Dr. Sheffield-Abdullah’s research findings … Read more
