Training, Speaking Engagements, and Consultation

Are you looking for a dynamic trainer with lived experience and a passion for the work? I am currently offering training courses regarding trauma-informed care, various topics related to intellectual and developmental disabilities, self-care, and end-of-life care. Current trainings are listed below. Existing trainings can be adapted for other settings or specific trainings developed based on need.

Death and Dying

  • Crucial Conversations regarding End-of-Life Care

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

  • Disability Awareness - trainings designed for public facing people/first responders on what to expect when interacting with a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Disabilities 101 - Understanding intellectual and developmental disabilities and common presentations. This training is designed as the first in a series for disability agencies, healthcare providers, and school/educational organizations
  • Mental Health Matters - Developing basic understanding of how mental health and intellectual and developmental disabilities layer to impact behavioral health and wellness
  • Aging with a Disability - offered as a one- or two-part course focused on how aging impacts the people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Discusses the support needed, agency impacts, dementia capable care, prevalence of dementia/cognitive decline in this population, and strategies for healthy aging.

Self-care

  • Micro and Macro Self-care: an agency In-service
  • Self-care for the Front-line Worker/Working Professional
  • Preserving your Mental Health - boundary setting and self-care for young professionals

Trauma Informed Care

  • Trauma Informed Care: Utilization in Multi-environment Care Settings
  • Trauma Informed Care and Intersectionality

Interested in booking a training? Get in touch.