Assessing the Availabilty and Accessibility of State Service Delivery Systems is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Assessing the Availabilty and Accessibility of State Service Delivery Systems, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) and the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council (FDDC) jointly examined the strengths and challenges related to supporting people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). The Access to Services through Knowledge (ASK) project incorporated a mixed methods approach to survey parents, self-advocates, and family members about (a) existing state-led programs, (b) methods for identifying and accessing services, and (c) the type and frequency of resource usage. Participants noted service needs: (a) related to mental health care for individuals with IDD should be established, (b) should be adapted to reflect culture / ethnicity, and (c) related to peer support, advocacy, and state-led collaboration need to be prioritized. Social media was the most common resource used by families to identify available services. Most participants shared a distrust or dissatisfaction with service systems and expressed worry about the quality of life for individuals with IDD once family members were no longer able to care for them. Several parents of children with severe I/DD prioritize the care of their child over their own health and welfare.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 1 | — |
Dr. Mark T. Harvey earned a B.A. in Psychology from West Virginia University, a M.S. and PhD in Special Education from the University of Oregon, and completed post-doctoral research at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Harvey is a doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) who has worked with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and other exceptionalities across community and educational settings for 30 years. Dr. Harvey, taught undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, behavior analysis, and special education. Dr. Harvey served as the Undergraduate Psychology Program Chair and Program Coordinator for the undergraduate Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) course sequence at the Florida Institute of Technology. Current research examines bio-behavioral indices of behavior, technology in educational settings, and human operant behavior.
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