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- “Mental Health is Health”: Insights from a Medical School Researcher on World Mental Health Day.
- “No such thing as a bad boy” Ignite compassion for problematic behavior | Dr. Pat Friman | TEDxOmaha
- ‘We Are All One’: Native Jo Lakota Shares Stories of Peoria Tribe, Reflections on Thanksgiving
- 20 Things (Big & Small) You Can Do to Support Black History Month
- 2021 Tiered Supports Summit Posters
- 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Results Indicate Increased Mental Health Needs Among Youth
- 2022 Racial Equity Dividends Index Report
- 2022 Report on Discrimination and the Intersection of Developmental Disabilities and Other Identities
- 7 Keys to Real World Implementation
- A Behavioral Perspective on Individual and Systems-level Change
- A Better Path, A Better Future
- A Data-Driven Approach to Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care Outcomes
- A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals to Support Young Children’s Resilience
- A Guide for Working (From Home) Parents
- A meta-ethnography of the acculturation and socialization experiences of migrant care workers
- A Parent’s Guide to the Self-Determined Learning Model for Early Elementary Students
- Access Press December 2021 edition available now
- Accessibility and Employment: Telework for Employers and Employee’s.
- Accommodations Toolkit
- ACL: How to Get Help from Social Security
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers
- Algorithmic Accountability and Equity for All
- American Psychological Association’s Racial Equity Audit Report
- Amid record low unemployment rates, Minnesota seeks to increase jobs and careers for those with disabilities.
- Anti-Asian American Attacks
- APA Podcast: Is technology killing empathy?
- APA Racial Equity Plan
- APA Resources for Coping with Shootings
- April is Autism Awareness Month
- ASHA Wire Journal
- Authentic Assessment Tip Sheet
- Autism and Forensics: An Interview with Dr. Laurie Sperry
- Available Now: Recordings of Personal Outcome Measures Webinar Series
- Back to School – Student Mental Health
- Berne Brown on Empathy
- BREAKING BARRIERS TOOLKIT 2019
- Building Agency Capacity For Family Involvement in Child Welfare
- Building Family Resiliency: Community Voices, Community Perspectives Podcast
- Can We Unlearn Implicit Biases?
- Caregiver Tips – Communication Supports for Children with Cognitive Disabilities
- CDC’s Workplace Health Resource Center
- CEHD Brief on the Landscape of K-12 Online Schooling in MN
- Celebrate & Educate Hispanic Heritage Month in Schools
- Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
- Celebrate Black History Month
- Celebrate Disability Pride Month with a 21-Day Disability Equity Habit-Building Challenge
- Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Celebrate National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month throughout July!
- Celebrating Black Pioneers in the Mental Health Field
- Celebrating Native American Heritage Month in Minneapolis
- Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities Pyramid Model Executive Summary
- Children’s Minnesota to Open New Pediatric Mental Health Center
- Chloe Rothschild: A Personal Perspective on Being an Autistic Adult Receiving ABA Services
- Community Supports in Crisis: No Staff, No Services
- Concussion Education Course from Brain Injury Association of America
- COVID-19 Impacts on MN Early Childhood Systems
- COVID-19 OpenData Portal
- COVID-19 Vaccine for Youth with Special Needs or Disabilities: Information for Caregivers
- Creating a strong direct support workforce, policy barriers and opportunities
- Crisis Intervention Team: Methods for Using Data to Inform a Step-by-Step Guide
- Culturally Responsive PBIS
- Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19 Survey
- Disability Awareness in the Workplace
- Discussing Race with K-12 Students
- Dispelling Myths About Employing Individuals with Disabilities
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center Practices Site
- Educators – Preventing Behaviors
- Educators Supporting Students’ Social-Emotional Needs
- Effective Strategies for Expanding the System of Care Approach
- Effectiveness of Wrap-Around Supports vs. Case Management
- Employing People with Disabilities: Workplace Culture
- Employment for All: Dismantling Myths of Disability and Employment
- Empowering Families Toolkit
- Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment (SAMHSA)
- Enjoy Free On-Demand Film Screenings in Honor of Care Workers Recognition Month
- Episode 27: Prevention: The Power of the Parents’ Voice
- Evidence based practices for educators: Supporting social, emotional, and behavioral needs
- Evidence-Based Treatments for First Episode Psychosis: Components of Coordinated Specialty Care
- Executive Functioning & Child Development
- Fact Sheet on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Family Plan for Positive Behavior at Home
- Finding Mental Health Care that Fits Your Cultural Background
- Flyer About How to Get Help from Social Security
- Forensic Assertive Community Treatment
- Free Listening Session on the Rights of Crime Victims with Disabilities
- Free Mental Health Program for Minnesotans
- Free Webinars from the Brain Injury Association of America
- From Mental Health America- How Do I Find LGBTQIA+ Friendly Therapy?
- Governor’s Office Announces Plan to Support Minnesota Children and Families
- Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Month!
- Happy Juneteenth 2023
- Happy Juneteenth!
- Happy Martin Luther King Day – Visit National Day of Racial Healing
- Happy National Coming Out Day- Resources from APA
- Happy Native American Heritage Month!
- Happy Pride Month, Expand Your LGBTQ+ Vocabulary
- Happy September and Back to School! Trauma- Informed Practices Benefit All Students
- Health Disparities in Racial/ Ethnic and Sexual Minority Boys and Men
- HHS and Department of Education Share Resources on School-Based Health Services
- HHS’s New Informational Resources on Legal Mental Health Benefits
- How Do You Improve Schools? Start by Coaching Principals, Says New Study
- How Empowering Girls to Confront Conflict and Buck Perfection Helps Their Well-Being
- How important are relationships for successful implementation?
- How Olympians Embraced Mental Health After Biles Showed the Way (NY Times)
- How Peers Can Support AAC Use by Students with Significant Communication Needs
- How Racism Hurts the Heart
- How Schools and Communities Can Partner to Support Mental Health
- How to Manage When Things are Not Okay (And Haven’t Been For Centuries)- An Article for Leadership on Having Conversations About Race at Work
- Human Rights Campaign and SAGE Release First Edition of the Long-Term Care Equality Index
- ICI Expands Workforce Consulting Service
- ICI’s TIES Center Launches Free “Belonging Guide”
- Implementation Support
- Implementing Evidence-Based Positive Support Practices in Applied Settings
- Implicit Biases & Behavior
- In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends 2018
- Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit
- INFANT TODDLER TEMPERMENT TOOL (IT3)
- Institutional Bias & Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Integrated Tiered Fidelity Inventory Companion Guide
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- International Women’s Day
- KNOW THE FACTS: Older Adults and Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success
- Leah and Dan Hood love story started at a Self-Advocacy Conference
- Learning for Justice Article on Supporting Nonbinary Youth
- LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities: Stories from the Field
- Liberate: a safe space for the Black community to develop a daily meditation habit
- Making your case: techniques and insights to influence public policy
- Martin Luther King’s Famous “I Have a Dream” Speech – March on Washington, August 28, 1963
- McDowell Institute Newsletter Feb 2022
- Measuring Social and Emotional Learning: Using Data to Inspire Practice
- Mental Health America’s Toolkit for 2022 BIPOC Mental Health Month
- Mental Health Resources for LGBTQIA+ People
- Mental Health Resources for the Black Community
- Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network Native American Heritage Month Resources
- Mindfulness and meditation app from the Center for Healthy Minds at UW Madison
- Minneapolis launches Behavioral Crisis Response Team to respond to mental health emergencies
- Minneapolis will add a mental health response to 911 calls
- Minnesota 2022 LGBTQ Aging Needs Assessment Report
- Minnesota Board on Aging awards grants to support people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture Receives Funding to Aid Mental Health Resources for Farmers and Rural Minnesotans
- Minnesota DHS distributes new round of grants to help older Minnesotans
- Minnesota Governor Aims to Hire More Health Care Workers with $40 Million In Federal Funds
- Minnesota Voter Assistance and Accessibility Information
- Minnesota’s Departments of Education, Health and Human Services
- MN Families and Communities Resources
- MPR Feature with Roger Stancliffe on End of Life Research for People with Disabilities
- MTSS, Schools, and Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- NAMI 988 Crisis Response Research, What You Need to Know about the New Dialing Code for Mental Health Resources
- NAMI Minnesota’s Resistance In Color Podcast Series
- National Implementation Research Network – Active Implementation Modules
- National Institute of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Videos
- National Program Standards for ACT Teams
- NCAPPS Shorts: Culture & Person-Centered Practices
- Network Promotes Positive Approach to Challenging Behaviors (in Minnesota)
- New App Intended to Improve The Quality of Employment Supports Provided by Employment Consultants
- New CDC 2023 Community Report on Autism
- New Episodes of Behavior Analysis in Practice Podcast Now Available
- New Minnesota Mental Health Bill Signed into Law
- New Position Statement from CEC Division for Early Childhood: Multi-tiered System of Support Framework
- New Study on Autism Prevalence
- NPR Podcast: School’s Out Forever
- Online K-12 Schooling in MN
- Online Resources for Self-Advocacy
- Overrepresentation of people with IDD between large state-sun institutions & the criminal legal system
- Pacer Resource that Investigates ADA and Transitioning to Adulthood
- Parent to Parent: A Synthesis of Emerging Literature
- Patience and Love: Being a Caregiver is Born from the Heart
- PBIS Apps Shares Key Learnings and Resources from International PBIS Conference
- PBIS: Adapting check-in check-out (CICO) for distance learning
- PBISApps Teach by Design’s 2022 Year in Review
- PBS Celebrates AAPI Month with Documentaries Featuring AAPI Experiences and Filmmakers
- PBS for Families, Creating a Routine
- Person Centered Incident Matrix
- Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Gets Full Approval From The FDA
- Phasing out subminimum wages for people with disabilities
- Pilot Program Fact Sheet: WrapMN: Minnesota’s High-Fidelity Wraparound
- Play & Learning
- Podcast about Black Mental Health
- Podcast: De-Escalating Student Behavior
- Positive & Proactive Approaches to Supporting Children with Disabilities
- Positive, sustained relationships promote social skills, reduce problem behaviors in early childhood
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Coach Online
- Practice Briefs
- Preventing Childhood Obesity Challenge
- Pride Month Mental Health Resources from Families for Depression Awareness
- Prioritizing Mental Health Over the Holidays
- Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Centers (Spanish Version)
- Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Citizens
- Psychological First Aid (PFA)
- Quality of Life from an ABA perspective
- Report on the Effects of K–12 Test Accommodations
- Resources for Enhancing School Mental Health Systems
- Resources for the LGBTQ BIPOC Community
- Responding to the Effects of Trauma on Young Children
- Retirement & Aging for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities
- RISP Data Byte: Caseloads vs. People Receiving Services
- Rooted in Rights
- Safe Place: Trauma Sensitive Practice for Health Centers Serving Higher Education Students
- School Climate Improvement Online Modules from the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
- School Mental Health Quality Guide: Mental Health Promotion Services and Supports (Tier 1)
- Seeking Equity in Aging
- Sept 13th 2021: Accessibility and the COVID-19 Vaccine Experience for People with Disabilities
- Serving students with autism: Ensuring a place for applied behavior analysis
- Sexual and Gender Minorities: The Silent Majority in the World of Mental Health
- Six Principles of IDEA
- SMART Center Return to School- Behavioral Health Impacts During and After Covid-19
- Social Justice Cannot Move Forward Without Including Disability
- Somalis in Minnesota create new terms to define autism
- Suggestions for Involving Students in Selecting and Implementing Accommodations
- Supporting Relationship-based Work through Reflective Listening
- SWPBIS – Cognitive Disabilities
- Systems of Care
- Take Action
- Teacher’s Guide to Labeling Emotions
- Teaching About Juneteenth
- Teaching Black History- Strategies for February and Beyond
- Telling Disability Stories Through Music
- Text to 9-8-8 for mental health crises set for July 2022
- The 2019 GLSEN National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of LGBTQ+ Youth
- The Association for Positive Behavior Support Podcast – Episode 4: What Does Equity Mean to PBIS?
- The Basics of Assertive Community Treatment
- The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Publishes Strategy for Person-Centered Care
- The Center on PBIS Provides Guidance to Support Schools During and After a Crisis
- The Days of Daycare Are Over: Rebuilding includes renaming
- The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Release Dear Colleague Letter
- The importance of brain development in a child’s first 1,000 days
- The Importance of Building Psychological Safety Among Staff and Stakeholders for Successful Implementation
- The National Council on Aging weighs in on improving care for LGBTQ older Americans
- The New Frontline Initiative: DSPs Respond to Crises
- The Stress of Mass Shootings and Collective Trauma
- The Treatment of Depression in Older Adults
- The U.S. Census Bureau Celebrates AAPI Month with Fun Facts and a Teaching Guide
- The VA Plans to Overhaul Disability Criteria for Mental Health and Other Conditions
- TIES Tips to Support Inclusive Education
- Tips for Neurodiversity and Autism-considerate Holiday Gatherings
- Toolkit Addressing Racial Disparities in Community Living
- Toolkit for Mental Health Awareness Month
- Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations Information and Resource Kit
- Training on Developing Healthy Relationships and Preventing Abuse for Adults with Disabilities
- Trauma, PTSD, and First Episode Psychosis Fact Sheet
- Trauma-Informed Care and Trauma Specific Services: A Comprehensive Approach to Trauma Intervention
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health Roundtable with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Understanding Motivational Interviewing
- Understanding TBI Part 2: How TBI Interferes with an Individual’s Functioning
- Understanding TBI Part 3: The Recovery Process
- Understanding TBI Part 4: The impact of a recent TBI on family members and what they can do to help with recovery
- Understanding Trauma and Its Impact: An E-Resource for Educators
- Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Part 1
- USC experts on Black health, wellness and joy
- Wellness Matters for Direct Support: A Podcast for DSPs by DSPs
- What Does Good PBS Look Like Now? How To Spot It
- What Works Clearinghouse: Reading Interventions for Grades 4-9
- WHO- Pandemic triggers increase in anxiety and depression worldwide
- Wisdom Steps- Preventative Healthcare for American Indian Elders
- World Down Syndrome Day 2023
- Wraparound as an Evidence- Based Practice
- Writing Information That is Accessible for Those with Disabilities
- Youth- led solutions for vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness
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FAQs
- A behavioral analyst with whom my agency works has explained that we might want to consider motivating operations that contribute to the problem behavior produced by an individual that lives in the group home where I work. What does this mean?
- A learner with whom I work uses a picture schedule to depict his daily events. The problem is that when the activities change at all it upsets him. What can be done so that he isn’t as rigid about the schedule?
- An individual with whom I work engages in aggression that appears to be fairly random. How can I figure out why this is happening?
- Are there interventions for setting events?
- At my place of employment, we count the number of times each form of a learner’s problem behavior occurs during each day. This seems like overkill to me. Does data collection need to be this effortful?
- At our group home we taught Ralph to touch a graphic symbol that serves as a request for a break. Teaching this alternative response to a tantrum worked very well. Unfortunately, all of the staff members have noticed that Ralph is now using the break request more and more often and it’s hard for him to sustain in any activity that is not fairly reinforcing. What should we do?
- Every time that my son engages in aggression I have learned that he needs to relax. Letting him go to his room and listen to music seems to fairly quickly result in a decrease in problem behavior. What other similar strategies can I use?
- I work with a client who has no verbal behavior. Instead this individual grabs people by the throat or neck to direct them to a problem or something that is wanted. The individual’s mother has suggested implementing functional communication training. I don’t really see how teaching a new behavior can possibly compete with the problem behavior that I’m sure, from the learner’s perspective, works just great.
- I work with a learner who elopes. Last week he had over 50 instances of running out the door of our group home. Can you give me an example of an intervention that has been effective with this problem?
- I work with individuals who have mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. Many of the learners with whom I work directly ask excessively about what we are going to do when the current activity in which they are engaged is completed. For some, this behavior is bordering on “incessant questioning.” What could I do to reduce this behavior?
- I work with staff who tells me that James engages in problem behavior for seemingly “no reason at all”. The behavior analyst who works with us has explained that it is somewhat unusual for problem behavior to occur for no reason at all. He says that there may be some “setting event” operating. What does he mean?
- I’ve heard people use the term functional behavior assessment but I’ve also heard the term functional analysis. What’s the difference between the two?
- One of the staff members with whom I work is constantly saying that when she was a kid her mother and father used behavioral reprimands and a temporary loss of an activity when problem behavior occurred and it worked really well. The staff member then wonders out loud why these aversive procedures aren’t the way to go because they can quickly decelerate problem behavior.
- Our behavior analyst says that it is difficult to not reinforce a learner’s challenging behavior because the staff members are being negatively reinforced for rewarding problem behavior. I’m confused by what he means.
- Our child has absolutely no patience. When we go out to eat and he wants a beverage at a fast food restaurant, he will not wait in line and tantrums if a beverage is not delivered immediately. How this situation could be handled.
- We taught our son to request items that he wants instead of simply screaming when he wants something. This works fine at home but at school the staff seems to continue to have problems with screaming. Any ideas?
- What would be an example of a motivating event intervention?
- Whenever three clients and I go to a restaurant, it always gets cut short because one of the individuals demands to be done before the others. If we don’t leave immediately, it quickly becomes a miserable experience.
- Where can I learn more about person-centered practices?
- Where can I learn more about positive behavior support?