Parenting with IDD: What to do with what we know

24 January 2022

Official Opening
Speaker: Ivan Brown, Ph.D. IASSIDD Vice-President, Policy & Education

Research: Identity of Mothers with ID from a Binational Perspective: Israel & Canada
Speakers: Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, Ph.D., Laura Pacheco, MSW, Ph.D.

Keynote: Albeism & Parenting: The Role of Ableism in Discrimination Experiences by Parents with Disabilities
Speaker: Kara Ayers, Ph.D.

Practice: From Regional Coalition to International Association Supporting Parents Living with IDD
Speakers: Bernadette Irwin, Sue Jones

25 January 2022

Research: Effects and Predictors of Successful Supervision Order Trajectories in Families with ID
Speakers: Tessel Sterenborg, M. Van Nieuwenhuijzen, I.B. Wissink &G.J.J.M. Stams

Keynote: Ensuring Reproductive Justice for People with Disabilities
Speaker: Robyn Powell, Ph.D., J.D

Keynote: Ethical Dilemmas in Representing Parents with ID in Courts and CW Committees
Speaker: Roni Rothler, J.D, LL.M.

Practice: Hold-on: Working Towards Nationwide Coverage of Scientific Based Support Program for Families with Parents with MID
Speakers: Marcia Lever, Marja Hodes, Ph.D., Amber Joost, Mirthe Veelenturf, Van Nieuwenhuijzen

Research: Parents with ID and COVID-Pandemic Effects on Caregiving
Speakers: Tommie Forslund, Stina Fernqvist, Helena Tegler

26 January 2022

Research: Protective and Risk Factors in Women ( and Their Partners) with MBID and Multi-Problems Around Pregnancy
Speakers: Annick Zijlstra, MSc, M. Van Nieuwenhuijzen, B. Orobio De Casto

Keynote: Disparities in Pregnancy, Delivery and Newborn Health: Implications for Practice
Speakers: Hilary Brown, Ph.D., Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D., Ilhom Akobirshoev, Ph.D, MA
MSW Panelist:Dr. tiffany Moore Simas, MD MPH MEd FACOG, Dr. Meg Gemmill, MD CCFP

Practice: TASP: Moving from Caring to Action that support Parents with ID using the TASP Organizational Self-assessment Tool
Speakers: Susan Yuan, Ph.D., Cathy Haarstad, MS

1 February 2022

A Protocol for the Roadmap Project: Understanding and Addressing Perinatal Healthcare Providers’ Information Needs in Caring for Women With IDD.
Speaker: Evelina Pituch

The Effects of Youth Protection services: A Scoping Review
Speaker: Tessel Sterenborg

Safe Start: the Development and Effectiveness of Intervention for Pregnant (Young) Women (and Their Partners) With Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disabilities and Multi-problems and Their Newborn Babies.
Speaker: A. Zijlstra

Using the World Wide Web to Support Parenting: How do Parents With IDD Experience It?
Speaker: Annie-Claude Villeneuve