CANDO Meetings

This session will update where we are with where we began 10 years ago addressing access to Mental Health Services for people with Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. We will hear about plans for the Behavioral Health Administration, including addressing the needs of people with ASD/DD and a number of related projects. We will also announce joint plans of Disability Law Colorado, Colorado Developmental Disability Council and JFK Partners to continue with a similar educational policy update series.

Agenda

Handouts/Links:

Behavioral Healthcare in Colorado

Update on the Formation of the Behavioral Healthcare Administration

Change Management Webpage

Archived Webinar: to be posted after the event

This session of CANDO will include multiple panels each addressing a different group coping with the impacts of services and supports moving online.

Agenda

Handouts:

Early Intervention Telehealth

Therapeutic Intervention for Teens During COVID-19

The Arc of Colorado Legislative Updates and Policy Agenda

Facing Your Fears Program for Youth with ASD and Anxiety: Adaptations to Improve Treatment Access

COVID-19 Survey of Individuals with I/DD

Dr. Emily Shea Tanis, Co-Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado will present on the advancement of technology solutions in policy and practice that ensure meaningful access community living for people with cognitive disabilities and their families. The right to technology and information access is imperative particularly now during the Coronavirus pandemic. Innovative and emerging technologies will be introduced as well as the utilization of technology solutions in current and future services and supports. Dr. Tanis has lead the nation in research and implementation of the Technology First movement and will also share with the audience promising practices and steps for Colorado to be a Technology First state. For those who attended Shea’s recent webinar, this presentation is complementary but includes different information.

Agenda

Accessing Technology Solutions for Community Living Handout

The June CANDO meeting will focus on Employment First Initiatives in Colorado. Representatives from the Employment First Advisory Partnership and the Colorado Office of Employment First, and partnering state agencies will share their vision, mission and plans.

Agenda

Background of Employment First Initiative in Colorado

Colorado Office of Employment First Handout