Relationships, Boundaries and Online Safety

Join us for a free virtual workshop to learn strategies and tips for individuals with developmental disabilities. Just like their peers, many teens and adults with developmental disabilities desire friendships, co-workers and romance, however challenges with social communication can create barriers for building those relationships.  

Free

APD Services: Medicaid waiver & iBudgets

This Zoom will cover: Eligibility for APD Services and iBudget Waiver. Referral and Application Process. Crisis Medicaid Waiver Enrollment. To register for this event click here.

Free

Florida Disabilities Savings Program presented by ABLE United

ABLE United, Florida’s disability savings program. In this presentation, you’ll learn how ABLE accounts provide an opportunity to save tax-free without impacting eligibility for public benefits like Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid. You can contribute what you can, when you can, all with the help of family and friends – and the funds can be

Free

EmployABLE: A Roundtable on Employment and ABLE

Virtual Presentation via Zoom

EmployABLE: A Roundtable on Employment and ABLE United accounts RSVP for our October 28 Webinar! Held every October, Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) seeks to educate the community about disability employment opportunities and obstacles, and recognizes the many and varied contributions of workers with disabilities. In celebration, we are hosting a roundtable discussion with Able

NAMI of Broward Present: The Marchman Act Speaker Meeting

Zoom

Speaker meeting regarding the Marchman Act with Carali McLean, LCSW Wednesday, November 10 @ 7 pm on Zoom. Discussion Points Brief History of Marchman Act Legislative Intent How involuntary assessment and treatment is initiated How a community's system of care makes the difference Possible changes to the law in 2022 Register for this meeting

Quality Parenting Initiative Webinar: Fostering Relationships: A relationship-based approach to visitation

Virtual Presentation via Zoom

Caroline Roben and Andrea Minor of the University of Delaware’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences will describe the development and framework of Fostering Relationships, an intervention that aims to provide a supportive experience for children during family visitation by engaging foster parents to partner with birth parents in following their children’s lead. The presentation

Supporting Families Summit

Virtual Event

Wednesday, December 1, 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET Register for the virtual event. The 10-year anniversary of the National Agenda for Supporting Families with a Member with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (developed at the Wingspread Conference) provides an opportunity to celebrate a decade of learning and discuss today’s context and the current reality of supporting

Free

Joshua’s Path Seminar Series – New Year, New Goals!

Virtual Presentation via Zoom

Ever set new year’s resolutions or new goals each year and can’t seem to achieve them? Join Silvia Gil, the manager of the Daniel Jordan Transition and Adult Services at UM-NSU CARD, as she discusses strategies on how adults with disabilities and their caregivers can work together to create and support achievable goals. Goals can

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NAMI of Broward Present: Free Guardian Advocate Training

Zoom

A "guardian advocate," is a court-appointed individual who communicates and collaborates with a patient, his/her attending psychiatrist, as well as the entire treatment team of mental health professionals, to advocate for the best interest of the patient during his or her stay at the hospital during a "Baker Act," when they have no one else.

Florida Prosecuting Attorney Association/Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Symposium: Stopping Technology-facilitated Abuse of Rural Kids (STARK)

Zoom

The STARK (Stopping Technology-facilitated Abuse of Rural Kids) Symposium provides specialized training in criminal prosecution for rural prosecutors and promotes discussions among the prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and other Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT). This Zero Abuse Project grant program allows prosecutors to gain advanced knowledge and understanding of the concepts, case law, arguments, victims and evidence

Book Discussion with Lynda Levin – The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Zoom

A partnership program of the DPJCC and the Friends of the Stirling Road Library. The Best We Could Do is the library’s "big read”. A National Bestseller and 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist. An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated

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