BoggsCast

Description: Ashlé Laidlaw, MHA, Training & Consultation Specialist, and Sean Cuddihy, BA, Multimedia Specialist, provide a recap of their favorite moments from our second season.

Interviewers: Ashlé Laidlaw, MHA, Training & Consultation Specialist, and Sean Cuddihy, BA, Multimedia Specialist, at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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Description: Advocates Steffen Klenk, Marlene Brockington, and Steve Gruzlovic discuss how Judy Heumann, “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement”, impacted their lives and advocacy journey, as well as her legacy moving forward. 

Interviewer: Jaime Zahid, BA, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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Description: Kara Ayers, PhD, Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, discusses topics in disability and health equity, including parenting with a disability, addressing ableism, person-first and identity-first language, and healthcare inequities for people with disabilities.

Interviewer: Carrie Coffield, PhD, Assistant Professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Director of Pre-Service Training at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, and NJLEND Training Director

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Description: Alison Barkoff, JD, Principal Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the federal Administration for Community Living, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging, discusses Home and Community Based Services.

Interviewer: Jaime Zahid, BA, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities and Amanda Chirelli, Advocate and Outreach Coordinator at MOCEANS Center for Independent Living

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Description: Brian Tallant, LPC, NADD-CC, Program Director of Denver START at Rocky Mountain Human Services, discusses supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who have experienced trauma.

Interviewer: Melissa Cheplic, MPH, NADD-CC, Senior Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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Description: Abby George, MS, Customized Employment Mentor at SEEC, discusses community engagement for supporting a meaningful life.

Interviewer: Jessica Short, BA, CESP, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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Description: Katherine McLaughlin, MEd, Elevatus Training Founder, CEO, and Lead Trainer, discusses sexuality and developmental disabilities.

Interviewer: Bethany Chase, MSW, LSW, CESP, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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Description: Jennifer Turner, LCSW, Senior Research Associate at the University of Missouri Kansas City Institute for Human Development and Assistant Director of the LifeCourse Nexus Training and Technical Assistance Center, discusses the Charting the LifeCourse Framework and how it can be used in the person-centered planning process.

Interviewers: Jaime Zahid, BA, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities & Melanie Ayers, Parent Advocate and Charting the LifeCourse Ambassador

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Description: Jonathan Martinis, Esq, JD, Senior Director for Law and Policy in the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, discusses supported decision-making.

Interviewers: Jaime Zahid, BA, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities & Steven Gruzlovic, Advocate, Consultant, and NJLEND Advocacy Mentor

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Description: Keith Diaz, PhD, parent advocate and Co-Director of Project PossABILITY at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses employment advocacy.

Interviewer: Bethany Chase, MSW, LSW, CESP, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

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