Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Lifelong Disabilities (3HR)

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. COVID-19 provided a wakeup call for professionals, family caregivers, and broader caregiving networks to support individuals with IDD in planning for life for when their health changes and for their final days. This 2-hour training will provide a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD. The number of older adults with IDD continues to increase; therefore, it is essential to carve out time to support individuals with IDD and their caregivers to plan for the future.   training will devote 1.0 hours to ethical practice and will discuss how to intentionally integrate ethical practice advocacy for advance care planning. This session will provide practical information to integrate advance care planning in work that is already being done to best meet the needs of adults with IDD throughout the life course.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Articulate what advance care planning entails and the dimensions of advance care planning.
• Illustrate the barriers to advance care planning.
• Understand the reasons for advance care planning.
• Understand the utility of using a team approach when developing advance care plans.
• Develop strategies to integrate advance care planning into the person-centered planning process.
• Develop knowledge and tools to advocate for practices and approaches to advance care plan.

This course qualifies for 3 CE hours of Ethics and General Skill Building training.