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4/14/26 Positive Pathways: Empowering Lives through PERMA and Recreation

3/10/26 Structured Tools to Ease the Transition into Adulthood

2/10/26 Disability Advocacy and the Criminal Justice System

1/13/26 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Palliative Care: Integrating Comfort, Support, and Accessibility

12-09-2025 The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Disability on Black Youth with Autism

11-18-2025 NC Able and Increasing Financial Security of Individuals with I/DD

10-14-2025 – A Good Life for the Whole Family: Supporting People in the Context of Their Family

09-09-2025-Engaging Families as Partners in Developmental Monitoring, Screening, and Follow-up

04-09-2024 – Trauma informed care for children and families: A two-generational relational approach to promoting resilience and healing

11-14-2023 – Advocacy 101 and accessing needed care and services in North Carolina with Kirby L Morrow, MSW, QP

10-10-2023 – Preparing and Supporting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Professionals and Families

09-12-2023- School success for students in special education w/Karen Laughlin, Exceptional Children Assistance Center (ECAC)

01-09-2024 Family Navigator: An Effective model to build equity for people with IDD/Autism/TBI and their families.

04-11-2023 – Building equitable solutions for Black children in special education w/ Toyia Williams

03-14-2023 – The Importance of Early Relationships w/ Diane Britz, LCSW

02-14-2023 – Engaging IDD Stakeholders and Families as Partners in Research w/ Blaise Morrison, PhD, HSP-P, CRC, LPC(OH)

01-10-2023 – Rethinking Guardianship: Updates on Making Alternatives a Reality in NC w/ Linda Kendall Fields, M.Ed.

12-13-2022 – A Strengths-Based Approach to Supporting Families and Children with IDD w/ Eileen Slade, LCSW, and Maggie Robbins, RDT

11-08-2022 – Working with Families from India and Understanding Autism w/ Shagun Gaur

09-13-2022 – Introduction to the NC Family Navigation Guide: A new online resource to support your work with families w/ Elizabeth Crais, Ph.D.