Elevate Your Expertise: Helpful Webinars for Aging and Disability Specialists

Whether you're working directly with older adults and individuals with disabilities or managing programs that support these populations, ongoing learning is key to providing the highest level of service and support.

At Inform USA, we offer a range of webinars and online training designed to help you enhance your skills and stay informed in the Aging and Disability sectors. Here are a few webinars you might find particularly valuable:

• Supporting Elder Justice Through I&R

  • This session equips Information & Referral/Assistance professionals with essential resources to promote elder justice by addressing situations that may lead to maltreatment or self-neglect.
    

• Ageism is Getting Old

  • This session highlights how ageism, a systemic barrier to service provision, perpetuates harmful stereotypes and promotes the idea that "staying young" is ideal, while getting older is a remarkable achievement that should be celebrated, not shamed.
    

• Making Inform USA Accreditation Possible for Aging & Disability Organizations

  • This session provides an overview of the role of Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) in the community, explains the importance of Inform USA accreditation, outlines the accreditation process and standards, and offers planning strategies to implement accreditation in both large and small agencies, including ways to gain buy-in from upper leadership, boards of directors, and advisory committees.
    

• Serving Older Adults

  • This session enables you to describe aging-related changes, identify effective communication techniques with older adults, define the Aging Network and its services, and recognize types of elder abuse and associated risk factors.
    

• Making the Connection: Transportation, Aging and the ADA

  • This webinar addresses transportation challenges for older adults and people with disabilities, focusing on mobility options when driving is no longer possible, the importance of mobility for social connections and health, transportation accessibility, ADA considerations, and how I&R/A programs, mobility managers, aging services, and CILs can help, including a new resource from the Eldercare Locator called the Disability Information and Assistance Line (DIAL).
    

• Serving People With Disabilities

  • This session explores legal definitions and laws related to disabilities, organizations and services for people with disabilities, and person-centered language, tailored for Community Resources Specialists and Database Curators, highlighting the universal and inevitable nature of disability.
    

• The Origins and Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • This session commemorates the anniversary of the ADA, celebrating its role in prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for people with disabilities. We will view a video on the history of disability advocacy and the ADA's impact, followed by a panel of individuals with disabilities working in the I&R sector, who will discuss the ADA's current relevance, ongoing challenges, and answer your questions. An ASL interpreter will be provided

• Unsolved Mysteries; Understanding Medicaid and Medicare Waivers

  • Join self-proclaimed Medicare and Medicaid “nerd” Damon Terzaghi from ADvancing States as he plays the “Master Detective and Tour Guide of the Unknown” to uncover the mystery of waivers and their beneficiaries.
    

• The Spectrum of Support for Clients with Brain Injury

  • This presentation discusses the types of services available for persons with brain injuries. This webinar discusses what a brain injury is, its impact on family and community, and the available resources and information.
    

• Introduction to Accessible Content

  • This session will cover integrating universal design concepts into outreach and communication, addressing content access needs for various disabilities, legal responsibilities under the ADA, Section 508, and the Accessible Canada Act, and practical strategies for making content accessible across websites, social media, documents, meetings, and software, with resources and training for further support.
    

• 211s, CIEs, and HIEs: Leveraging the Trifecta to Improve Health Equity

  • This session examines the partnership between 211 San Diego/Community Information Exchange (CIE) and San Diego Health Connect/Health Information Exchange (HIE), highlighting how this model integrates community and health systems to enhance person-centered care and improve outcomes through effective coordination of social determinants of health.
    

These are just a few examples of the many webinars available to support your professional growth. To find more webinars that may be helpful, visit our Inform USA Learn Platform.

Investing in your education not only benefits your career but also enriches the lives of the individuals you serve. We hope these resources help you continue to grow and make a meaningful impact in your community.