Building a Foundation to Support a Good Life – Navigating Developmental Disability Services and Community Resources in Oregon
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore essential resources, supports, and planning tools that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live full, meaningful lives in their communities. Learn how Oregon’s history, service structures, and person centered practices come together to create opportunities for independence, connection, and long term success.
Through stories, activities, and real world examples, participants will learn how to access services, understand roles like SCs and PAs, explore HCBS requirements, and advocate for person centered supports.
Perfect for individuals, families, educators, service providers, and anyone wanting to better understand Oregon’s DD system.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Refueling Resilient Compassion
Discover how the emotional demands of care work shape your well-being and professional effectiveness. This training helps you recognize signs of compassion fatigue and secondary trauma, cultivate resilience, and integrate trauma-informed practices into your daily work. Through guided reflection and peer connection, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to sustain compassion satisfaction and ethical care over the long term.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
The Intersection of Person, Culture, and Disability
This interactive training invites participants to examine how culture, disability, and personal identity shape the experiences of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Grounded in the Principles of Disability Justice from Sins Invalid, we’ll explore how unconscious bias, cultural norms, and systemic inequities impact access, autonomy, and dignity.
Through plain language definitions, visual storytelling, and collaborative activities, participants will deepen their understanding of intersectionality and how it relates to disability. Together, we’ll challenge assumptions, honor lived experience and reimagine support systems that celebrate complexity and foster belonging.
This training is designed for professionals, advocates, and anyone committed to equity in disability services. No prior knowledge required—just curiosity, compassion, and a willingness to reflect.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
Tips and Tools for Supporters
This workshop is for anyone in a support role caring for people with disabilities of any age. Using person-centered practices, we will explore how to support someone during self-care tasks and activities such as preparing meals, housework, and navigating their community. There will also be time for participants to share their own “tips and tools”!
Our growing toolbox of support strategies include: