Supporting Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Providing Mental health support to students with intellectual disabilities comes with a lot of stigma and misconceptions. Providing the audience with a brief overview of ID and co-occurring disorders, address communication and accessibility, while preserving the rights and dignity of the students, and discuss what mental health support can look like at a school setting. Explore out of the box interventions to support individuals with ID. Outcome is for the audience to recognize their own potential biases and learn practical ways to support those students who are often forgotten or get less than. That they will feel inspired and confident to work with individuals with ID.