This past week, I had the honor of presenting a webinar on Caregiving.com.

In September, I began the Certified Caregiving Consultant training offered by Caregiving.com. We had a check list of activities to complete before we could become officially certified. My final task to become certified was to host a webinar (or twitter chat or chat on Caregiving.com), so I decided to stick to my day job (haha!) and present a webinar.

I wanted to make my webinar count for something, so I focused on the Integrated Supports Star. Integrated Supports is a principle of Charting the LifeCourse, a framework we have been building at UMKC through collaboration with individuals with developmental disabilities, family members, professionals, and systems change agents across the country over the past 6 years. [Read more…]