Author name: Rachel Freeman

Rachel Freeman is the Director of State Initiatives at the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.

Telling Disability Stories Through Music

Music therapist Yue Wu is working on a second production of her show Light in the Well which weaves together symphony movements and the real-life stories of people with disabilities.  The show debuted in October at MacPhail Center for Music, where Wu works as she pursues a doctorate in rehabilitation science at the University of […]

Mental Health Resources for the Black Community

Mental Health Resources for the Black Community The Black community isn’t any less likely than others to develop mental illness, but Black Americans may lack the resources to get help for their psychological problems. They’re greatly underrepresented as patients, even though some reports say Black Americans experience even more psychological distress than other ethnic groups. […]

Human Rights Campaign and SAGE Release First Edition of the Long-Term Care Equality Index

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and SAGE, the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ older adults, released the first edition of the Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI). This national benchmarking tool evaluates long-term […]

McDowell Institute Newsletter Feb 2022

https://www.bloomu.edu/documents/mcdowell-news-feb22 See the new issue of the McDowell Institute’s newsletter for insights on structuring and facilitating conversations, addressing challenging behavior through pre-correction, supporting students with emotional distress / trauma, and more.
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