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:
Supporting Dignity of Risk
This session explores why dignity of risk matters when supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). We’ll talk about how balancing safety with autonomy helps people live fuller, more meaningful lives. You’ll learn the difference between what’s “important TO” someone and what’s “important FOR” them — and how to use that understanding to support choice and independence.
By the end of this session, you will be able to: