Power Hour: Grab a Bite, Get Insight – Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD): Where Do We Go From Here?
Date/Time
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Date: Tuesday, 5/13/25 Time: 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET Location: LIVE STREAM Cost: Early Bird Registration: $14.99 Registration (After April 29th) $19.99 Credits: 1 CE Credit |
Presenters
Presented by:
Christina Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, LMSW
Christina Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, LMSW, is licensed as both a clinical social worker and educator (K-12 Special Education, K-5 elementary education) in the state of Michigan. Christina has worked as a Special Educator, teacher consultant, and clinical social worker. She has practiced for about 20 years working with kids and adolescents in the school setting (now in a part-time capacity as a consultant). Christina has also provided clinical social work services / clinical therapy in an outpatient / private practice setting working first with individuals surrounding the loss of a parent or spouse and then working with individuals with mental health challenges (e.g., relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, etc). Christina’s education is in both Special Education and Social Work (MSW and PhD). For her graduate work, she focuses on aging / gerontology where she was a geriatric fellow (master's) and received a dual title in gerontology for her PhD. Christina’s background is mainly in disability, aging, and school services. Christina works full-time as a tenured professor (associate professor level rank). In this role, she mainly does research and has over 80 peer-reviewed articles and encyclopedia entries on family caregiving, autism, developmental disabilities, opioids and vulnerable populations, etc.
Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD): Where Do We Go From Here?
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET: Registration / Networking
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET: Presentation – See event flyer for detailed agenda
1:00 p.m. ET: Closing/Evaluation
COST:
Early Bird Registration: $14.99
Registration $19.99 (After April 29th)
Registration FREE for CEs Plus U Bundle Members
Continuing Education Credits
Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 1 CE Credit
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 1 Contact Hour
Counselors
NBCC ACEP – 1 Contact Hour
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 1 Contact Hour
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 1 Contact Hour
Case Managers
CCMC – 1 Contact Hour
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Overview:
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. COVID-19 provided a wakeup call for professionals, family caregivers, and broader caregiving networks to support individuals with IDD in planning for life for when their health changes and for their final days. This training will provide a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD. The number of older adults with IDD continues to increase; therefore, it is essential to carve out time to support individuals with IDD and their caregivers to plan for the future. This session will provide practical information to integrate advance care planning in work that is already being done to best meet the needs of adults with IDD throughout the life course.
By Attending Our Workshop, You Will Be Able To:
- Define what advance care planning entails and the dimensions of advance care planning.
- Describe the barriers to and reasons for advance care planning in individuals with IDD.
- Explain strategies to integrate advance care planning into the person-centered planning process.