The threat that loneliness presents to physical, spiritual and emotional health

Why people with disabilities are at greater risk of loneliness and its consequences

Why community programs sometimes unintentionally keep people in the “Disability Bubble”

Why many people with disabilities have poor social skills

The “90 Second Rule” of getting people to talk to you

How to pop the “Disability Bubble” and build the “Community Circle”

The reasons community members do or don’t involve themselves in the life of a person with a disability

Specific strategies to connect a person to a community member - learn one key element that is often overlooked

Learn how to begin today

Beyond Medication, Mandt®, and Management of Behavior: Gentle Ways to Keep Individuals and Staff Safe

Why community is for everyone - including people with significant and complex behaviors

Why restraint, medication for behavioral control and consequences often make behaviors worse, not better

Why physical and psychiatric components of behavior must be understood

About using gentle teaching instead of restraint, confrontation, or
containment for people with aggressive and violent behaviors

How to prevent rather than just respond to crisis - why systems and staff
sometimes provoke rather than minimize aggressive behaviors

How to develop gentle caregivers - why it matters how we treat and respect our staff

How to build wraparound crisis and behavioral supports - developing peer-specific responses

How state policies under Medicaid can be person-centered and self-directed while maximizing federal resources

How to build wraparound crisis and behavioral supports - developing peer-specific
responses and building partnerships with community psychiatric supports

How prevention can help us best use valuable psychiatric resources