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7011 Southwest Freeway Houston, Texas 77074 |
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Office: 713-970-7699 Fax: 713-970-3481 |
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The Training and Community Outreach program is charged with ensuring the training needs are meet for all departments/programs within the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Service Division and providing appropriate training to external contracted providers (i.e. general revenue, waiver providers). This unit provides ongoing support to employees pre and post-hire necessitated by workplace events, audit findings, and/or upon supervisors' requests. Additionally, the unit serves as a catalyst for educating the community
on developmental disabilities, MHMRA services, and community resources.
Outreach services are inclusive of attendance at fairs, community presentations,
participation in the Speaker's Bureau, and working collaboratively with
Independent School Districts within Houston and surrounding areas.
We serve:
There is no fee for our involvement with community outreach activities. There may be fees associated with training, to inquire please call us at (713) 970-7699.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING MODULES/RESOURCES Asperger's: Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome Asperger's/Autism:
Tips for Teaching High Functioning Autism:
Good Night, Sleep Tight, and Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite:
Autism:
Identification and Evaluation of Children with Autism: Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism:
Mealtime and Children on the Autism Spectrum: Bullying: Information provided by Partners Resource Network Everybody
Wins: Tips for supervising employees with mental retardation. FASD - Curriculum for Addiction Professionals (CAP) FASD
- Educating elementary and middle school children Life Skills for Vocational Success Making
(and Keeping) Friends: A Model for Social Skills Instruction Making
Your Case: Three hour self-study course is designed to help
people Mental
Retardation and Grief following a Death Loss: Information for
families Partners
in Education: Three hour self-directed course created to help
Siblings
Perspectives: Guidelines
for parents to help with the adjustment What Siblings Would Like Parents and Service Providers to Know |
