In 2022, OODH launched a new training webinar for mental health providers on offering quality health care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This webinar series has ended, but we will be replacing it with an on-demand virtual training, available in summer 2025.

The goal of the training is to improve mental health care access of adults with I/DD in Oregon. It will expand content with a second module. The training will cover the following topics:

• provider-client communication
• person-centered practices
• providing needed accommodations
• adapted assessment
• modifications to mental health therapeutic approaches. 

Trainings will feature experiences of people with I/DD who have used mental health care and mental health care providers who have worked with people with I/DD in therapy.