Behavioral Health for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Purpose: Building the capacity and confidence of community mental health providers and their team members to provide care for adults with complex combinations of IDD, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders.
Audience: Community mental health providers and their team members.
Sample topics: Adapting therapy models for IDD; School and community integration; Addressing puberty and emerging sexuality; Fundamentals of conducting therapy with youth with IDD.
Schedule: 12 sessions. Thursdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Pacific time, September 10 - December 3, 2026
Faculty
Jessica Leitner, MSW, DD Advocate, systems expert
Danell Boggs, DBH, MSW, LCSW, Behavioral health clinician and consultant, Brightways Consulting Group
Lori Doede, LPC, NCC/MAC, Mental health therapist for adults with IDD
Andrew Vilius, RN, MS, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Lifespan Psychiatric Consulting
