ACER, IDD Services & LIDDA Present: Fall 2024 IDD Seminar with Craig Escudé, MD

Session One
Recognizing Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) & Mental Health (MH) Challenges 

Session Two
Evaluating Mental Health Conditions When Someone Does Not Use Words To Communicate

About Our Presenter, Dr. Craig Escudé:
Dr. Craig Escudé is a board-certified Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and President of IntellectAbility. He has more than 20 years of clinical experience providing medical care for people with IDD and complex medical and mental health conditions, serving as medical director of Hudspeth Regional Center in Mississippi for most of that time. While there, he founded DETECT, the Developmental Evaluation, Training, and Educational Consultative Team of Mississippi. He is the author of “Clinical Pearls in IDD Healthcare” and developer of the “Curriculum in IDD Healthcare,” an eLearning course used to train clinicians on the fundamentals of healthcare for people with IDD, and the host of the IDD Health Matters Podcast.

What you will learn:
In this program, you learn about assessing and diagnosing non-verbal individuals with IDD and Mental Health concerns, how to recognize trauma among this population, and care for individuals with IDD & Mental Health concerns. 

Registration Cost: $25.00
Registration Link: opens on September 13

Space is limited.