Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) show higher rates of mental health concerns than the general population. However, they have been historically underserved by behavioral health agencies. One reason they are commonly turned away from mental health services is because clinicians express a lack of knowledge and confidence to work with this population. Training activities offered in this track will focus on adaptation of commonly used therapeutic strategies to be utilized with clients with IDD and co-occurring mental health concerns. Training will focus on increasing skills and knowledge that providers can immediately use with their clients and share with their colleagues to better serve this population.
All times Pacific
9am-4pm
Corbyn Thomas; L.E. Jibol, LMHCA; Molly Cevasco, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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11am-1pm
Katrina Davis; Molly Cevasco, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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11am-1pm
KJ Glaves, LMFT; Nathan Tallar; Tracy Tallar; Molly Cevasco, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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11am-1pm
Abbey George, PhD, BCBA-D; Melissa Brooks, RN
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11am-1pm
Karís Casagrande, PhD; Ally Mohr; Min Lin
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11am-1pm
Dave Oneal, MS, LMHC, MHP; Tariq Karmy-Jones; Morgan Joe; Molly Cevasco, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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11am-1pm
KJ Glaves, LMFT; Jessica Peterson, PhD; ChrisTiana ObeySumner; Karís Casagrande, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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11am-1pm
Meseret Haile; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Alana McVey, PhD; Karís Casagrande, PhD
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11am-1pm
Kalisa Hourie; Shayla Collins; Sina Shah, MD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD; Karís Casagrande, PhD
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9am-4pm
Karis Casagrande, PhD; Marie Loeb, MSW, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS; Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP; Alana McVey, PhD
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Jim Mancini, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience working with patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities/autism and their families. He is currently the Director of the WA INCLUDE Collaborative, manages ECHO programs at the University of Washington and leads the Washington State Center of Excellence (COE) training program. He has special interest in diagnosis of autism and other developmental disabilities, building community through building relationships, parent and provider education and health equity for underserved communities. Jim loves gardening, backpacking and other outdoor adventures, music and spending time with his family.
Alana McVey, PhD, (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Scholar jointly appointed at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Autism Center. Clinically, she provides evidence-based treatment of mental health concerns to autistic children, adolescents, and adults through the Autism Center's Mood and Anxiety Program. Dr. McVey's program of research centers on the redesign and implementation of evidence-based mental health treatments for autistic people in community settings. Her current project, funded by the Autism Intervention Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) and the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (ISIT DBT), is focused on redesigning DBT to treat suicidality in autistic young adults.
Karís Casagrande (she/her), PhD, is a clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow with the University of Washington Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program and the Seattle Children’s Autism Center. Clinically, she specializes in neurodevelopmental assessment, parent coaching models of intervention focused on behavior and social communication, and cognitive-behavioral therapy for individuals with neurodevelopmental differences. She is also engaged in community outreach and capacity-building research and programming to improve access to and quality of care for individuals with autism and their families in their home communities. Previously, she has worked with community organizations such as museums, theaters, and hotels to increase accessibility for individuals with sensory and developmental differences.
Tariq, age 24 is an autistic self-advocate who resides in Vancouver, Washington, with his parents and a menagerie of farm animals. Tariq is non-speaking and is able to communicate using assistive technology. Tariq graduated from high school in 2017 and went on to attend Clark College and receive a year’s worth of credit towards his Associates degree. Tariq serves as a HUB team member on the Autism Resource Navigation ECHO Project, providing valuable insight for the hundreds of participants from across Washington State. Tariq offers the world a rare glimpse into the mind of an autistic person, without intellectual impairment, who is non-speaking but is able to share his perspectives and lived experiences growing up autistic. Tariq speaks eloquently about his involvement with therapies, public school, medications, meltdowns, struggles, skills, triumphs, and the complex emotions he’s experienced over the years.
Marie Loeb, LICSW, LMHC, CMHS, DMHS, (she/they) is an Autistic, queer, polyamorous Clinical Social Worker who is committed to serving their community through direct practice, training, and advocating for policy change. Marie is the owner of Holistic Child and Family Practice where she works with individuals and families, is a practicum instructor for the University of Washington School of Social Work, supervises clinicians in and out of the practice, and works to build community through no cost neurodiversity-affirming consult groups and trainings. Holistic Child and Family Practice has a staff that is exclusively neurodivergent, and within this environment Marie developed a new modality, Empathetic Inquiry, which is a strengths-based approach where the client is centered as the expert of their own experience and utilizes the natural hyperempathetic talents of neurodivergent providers.
Molly Cevasco, PhD, BCBA, is a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She works primarily within the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program at Seattle Children’s, providing therapeutic services in both the outpatient and intensive outpatient programs. Dr. Cevasco is leading the development of a Spanish-language DBT program at Seattle Children’s and works to reduce healthcare inequities and institutional racism. She also specializes in the treatment of trauma in children and teens with autism and intellectual disabilities. Dr. Cevasco also serves as faculty in the Master of Arts in Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology program at the University of Washington.
