The NY Alliance invites you to register for our upcoming webinar series presented by Craig Escude, MD, FAAFP FAADM of IntellectAbility: Aging and People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities.

The series will focus on health changes in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are aging. Topics include solutions to health and safety, dementia and sensory changes. Learn more about each webinar below.

Webinars are offered with individual registration fees or as a package of all three webinars for one fee. You will receive a confirmation email with more information about joining the webinar(s) upon registering. For questions, contact Kate Connally at [email protected].

About the Webinars

September 13, 2022 from 10:00-11:30am
Solutions to Health & Safety in Aging for People with IDD

In this webinar, we’ll discuss how the typical process of aging may differ for people with IDD due to genetic influences, environmental factors, and communication differences. We’ll talk about how to identify changes associated with aging and differentiate them from other conditions a person might be experiencing as well as how to support them as they age.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this session, participants will be able to...
Identify what is considered the normal aging process including “normal losses of hearing, vision, skeletal function and cognition
Identify how aging is different in people with IDD including starting at a different baseline, genetic influences, environmental factors, communication differences and accelerated aging
Identify ways of supporting people with IDD as they age vision, hearing, movement, and cognitive changes that occur with aging

October 13, 2022 from 10:00-11:30am
Dementia in People with IDD

As the life expectancy of people with IDD increases, they are more likely to experience conditions associated with aging. With this comes the increased likelihood of dementia. This presentation will discuss the different types of dementia, the different stages, and how to support people in the different stages of dementia. Focus will be given to understanding dementia in the context of people with IDD.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this session, participants will be able to...
List the characteristics of each of the different types of dementia
Explain the difference in how to diagnose dementia in the context of IDD
Demonstrate knowledge of how to support people in the different stages of dementia

November 10, 2022 from 10:00-11:30am
Sensory Changes in People with IDD as They Age

As we age, the way we experience the world does as well. This may include it getting harder to read up close, having more difficulty hearing, and foods not tasting the same. These changes often present differently in people with IDD. We’ll discuss the varying changes that may occur with age and how we can better support people with IDD through these changes in life.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this session, participants will be able to...
Identify the 5 senses and how they work to help people interact with their environment
Identify how aging affects each of the sensory areas and how these changes might affect people with IDD
Identify ways of supporting people with IDD as they experience sensory changes associated with aging

About Our Presenter

Dr. Craig Escudé, Family Physician & President, IntellectAbility

Dr. Craig Escudé is a board-certified Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine, and is the President of IntellectAbility. He served as medical director of Hudspeth Regional Center in Mississippi and is the founder of DETECT, the Developmental Evaluation, Training and Educational Consultative Team of Mississippi. He has more than 20 years of clinical experience providing medical care for people with IDD and complex medical conditions and is the author of “Clinical Pearls in IDD Healthcare” and the “Curriculum in IDD Healthcare.”

Registration Fees

All three webinars:
NY Alliance Members - $175.00
Non-Members - $300.00

Each webinar individually: 
NY Alliance Members - $69.00 Per Webinar
Non-Members - $129.00 Per Webinar

All three webinars are approved to provide up to 4.5 CE hours total OR 1.5 CE hours individually for Licensed Social Workers.

The New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0105).