Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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Relias

MAY 1, 2024

All over the country, organizations that provide services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism, face the daily challenge of providing individualized, person-centered services despite a shortage of funds and direct support professionals.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

All over the country, states and localities have been swiping Social Security Survivor and Disability benefits to which some foster youth are entitled. More than a year ago Philadelphia passed a law prohibiting the city’s family policing agency, the Department of Human Services, from doing this.

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Relias

APRIL 5, 2024

The unemployment rate for persons with disabilities is more than twice that of individuals without disabilities. To help clients with disabilities find meaningful, stable jobs, many organizations have turned to customized employment. The post How to Build a Customized Employment Program appeared first on Relias.

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Relias

APRIL 3, 2023

To learn more about how organizations are creating cultures of learning and career advancement in the real-world, read our post, “ Creating a Learning Culture in Human Services: An Expert’s Advice.” We recognize, however, that some of these initiatives are too expensive for some organizations’ budgets.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $280,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

But discrimination against families with physical or mental disabilities gets far less attention, even though it is just as widespread. Robyn Powell of Stetson University College of Law has written: The disproportionate rate of child welfare system involvement in families headed by parents with disabilities is striking.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

People with disabilities and their families suffer the most serious effects of staff turnover. Constant training of new workers interrupts the continuity of care that allows individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential. High turnover rates mean these individuals deal with a “revolving door” of care providers.

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Relias

AUGUST 8, 2022

The multifaceted challenges that human services organizations have contended with over the last several years have only further accentuated the importance of strategic planning for crisis prevention and intervention training. The ability of your staff to mitigate various types of crises has never been more important.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Roberts, Kassandra Frederique, executive director of Drug Policy Alliance and Dr. Virginia Eubanks, author of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor ; (the book the Allegheny County Department of Human Services hopes you will never read!)

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

Through in-home family strengthening services, foster care, adoption, mental health treatment, disability services, and children’s mental health hospitals, we’re giving people hope and helping children and families thrive. There is an African proverb that says, “ If you want to go fast – go alone.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

. ● Also in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh’s highly-touted predictive analytics family policing algorithm reportedly is under investigation for bias against the disabled. Sarah Lorr’s new article about pervasive family police discrimination against disabled families, reviewed here (with a link to the full article) by Prof. Josh Gupta-Kagan.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working in the intellectual and development disabilities field (IDD), acting as an ally for client self-advocacy is a huge part of the job. Access : This means being able to use places and services that people without disabilities can use.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

How can you help your clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) combat constipation and the other Fatal Five conditions to achieve a better quality of life? For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five. Providing support, companionship, and dedicated, compassionate care can go a long way.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , by Gerald V. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

How can you help your clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who also experience seizures? Seizure disorder, also called epilepsy, is a developmental disability. However, there are many individuals with IDD who have epilepsy in addition to another disability.

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Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of 1973’s Rehabilitation Act requires that physicians and all other healthcare providers effectively communicate with people with disabilities. Some people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are delayed when responding to questions; this delay may be significant.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In industries that have historically struggled with turnover, such as human services, assessments have become critical. Typically given as multiple-choice tests, assessments can be used throughout the employee lifecycle to ensure you hire the right people, improve onboarding, and properly train existing staff.

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Relias

JULY 3, 2023

In the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) space, however, these tools are somewhat new. Most sectors of the healthcare industry have been using assessments for years. As a result, some IDD providers have had trouble picturing how to use assessments for hiring, training, and professional development.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), aspiration and the other members of the Fatal Five conditions pose a serious threat to their quality of life and, in some cases, can be deadly. Other factors may be disability specific. For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five.

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

We can work within the human services realm or serve outside of traditional social service organizations, bringing all our strengths where ever we go. We analyze policies and how they trickle down to impact the people we serve. We can be counselors, or we can be politicians. We can be executive directors or business owners.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As a human services professional or educator, you spend a lot of time devising a great autism education plan for each of the children you care for. Some resources include: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn how to do this, we spoke with Cheryl N. Engel, Ph.D. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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Relias

AUGUST 29, 2023

For organizations that provide services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) , employee retention must always be top of mind. In fact, every day presents great opportunities to make your direct support professionals (DSPs) feel appreciated.

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Relias

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) rely on direct support professionals (DSPs) for assistance in their daily lives and communities. The IDD workforce crisis is adversely affecting organizations and their clients. Families rely on DSPs so they may work or receive respite from caregiving.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

This is especially the case in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) care. Obstacles faced by DSPs Creating programs to increase occupational wellness is often easier said than done.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The “Fatal Five” is a group of preventable conditions that are often fatal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in congregant residential settings. They include aspiration, dehydration, seizures, constipation, and sepsis. Identifying healthcare needs can be hard for anyone.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While sepsis poses a clear danger to many, it has become an even bigger risk factor among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , approximately 1.7 million adults develop sepsis each year, with 350,000 of them dying from the condition.

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Relias

AUGUST 20, 2023

As leaders in intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) services, it’s your job to ensure that DSPs know that their contributions to the organization and community are not going unrecognized or unappreciated. Day in and day out, they give all of themselves to help the people they serve to live independently.

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Relias

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is emotionally challenging work. Studies have shown that healthcare workers are more prone to burnout than other professions, especially since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020. And direct support professionals (DSPs) are no different.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This high rate of comorbidity in this population can pose serious challenges to direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) field.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients. Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As a member of the Fatal Five conditions, dehydration can affect those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) more than others. Though the solution to Ben’s problem was a unique one, dehydration is a common and dangerous problem for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

It defined “accessibility” as the “design, construction, development, and maintenance of facilities, information and communication technology, programs, and services so that all people, including people with disabilities, can fully and independently use them.” Before DEI became the norm in the U.S.,

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

It defined “accessibility” as the “design, construction, development, and maintenance of facilities, information and communication technology, programs, and services so that all people, including people with disabilities, can fully and independently use them.” Before DEI became the norm in the U.S.,

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