Behavioral Health for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Purpose: Building the capacity and confidence of community mental health providers and their team members to provide care for youth 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. Tuesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT April 7-June 23, 2026

Faculty

  • Linda Schmidt, MD, Director, Oregon Psychiatric Access Line about Youth (OPAL-K); Associate Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, OHSU

  • Tammi Paul, Parent Advocate, Oregon Family Support Network

  • Amelia Roth, MD, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Aviva Health

  • Danell Boggs, DBH, MSW, LCSW, Behvioral Health Clinican

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