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One Month to Go! – Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference – Feb 9 -10, 2022

The newly revised Canadian Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference will be held online on February 9-10, 2022. The two day digital conference is focused on improving health and wellbeing across the lifespan for persons with a developmental disability.

The importance of improving outcomes for people with developmental disabilities is at the heart of February’s interprofessional conference, where health care providers and community partners can connect to share educational and informative updates and practical, innovative, promising and effective practices.

The complex needs of people with developmental disabilities have been associated with increased health risks. For instance, a 2020 article published in the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities found that adults with with intellectual and developmental disabilities often present to the specialized psychiatric settings in emergency departments. The authors found that, “many of these patients are inadequately supported and need stronger connections to community-based resources.”

Participants will come away better able to discuss innovative and effective practices that contribute to positive physical and mental health outcomes, identify solutions for core issues and challenges faced by people being supported and their families and community partners. Other program goals include discussing the role of community healthcare in quality of life and how to develop, maintain and grow interprofessional partnerships to provide effective supports.

Visit https://www.healthandwellbeingindd.ca/ for details and to register. We look forward to seeing you online.

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Happy Holidays

In the past year, amid the continuing challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CPD continued to promote lifelong learning and respond to the changing needs of practitioners and the health care system.

Overwhelmingly, our learners responded positively to the online environment. 47,200 learners from across the globe took part in 247 U of T-accredited CPD programs and conferences.

We continued to build faculty capacity to advance the science of CPD through our scholarly and academic endeavours and helped support the launch of a new CPD credential. You can learn more about these initiatives in our annual report – CPD’s activities over the past year .

As we move into 2022, we look forward to offering you the learning opportunities that you have come to expect from our office. Several programs and conferences will return in person (as public health developments permit) and online. Please take a moment to review – Upcoming CPD programs and conferences – 2022. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming CPD offering.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership.
Wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season.

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