1. Overview of Services Provided by The Arc of King County & Parent to Parent -- Explore how we, The Arc of King County and Parent to Parent can support each individual with disabilities and their families.

Available in Spanish

2. Overview of Resources for Children and Adults with disabilities and their Families – Explore the resources and services available to people with IDD and their families, including DDA, SSI, Respite Care, Personal Care, The Arc and P2P.

Available in Spanish

3. Special Education Info and Advocacy – General overview of special ed and ways to engage with your child’s education more effectively throughout the school year We additionally offer this training with a ‘dispute resolution focus’ and/or with a focus on ‘working with an IEP team’, taking a deep dive into the options available when a family is in dispute with the school team. We deliver this content to both parents and professionals who support parents of child with disabilities. 

Available in Spanish

4. Supporting Spanish Speaking Families with Disabilities – The Arc of King County staff share best practices and strategies when supporting families with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are Spanish-speaking.

Available in Spanish

5. Supporting African American Families with Disabilities- The Arc of King County staff share best practices and strategies when supporting families with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are African American.

6. DDA: Who, What, Why, When, & How – An overview of the Developmental Disabilities Administration, including who should apply, how to apply and why! This training covers eligibility, “no paid services” list, Community First Choice, and waivers.

Available in Spanish

7. Overview of Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship – An exploration of Supported Decision-Making options, as well as step by step instructions for how to apply for guardianship.

Available in Spanish

8. Supporting parents of youth with IDD- Parents of youth with IDD require specialized support - This presentation explores the needs of parents raising children with IDD, and how professionals can meet those needs in a compassionate and culturally appropriate way.

9. Healthy Sexuality for Direct Support Professionals - It is a 90-minute training that prepares DSPs to support their participants' relationships and sexuality. The training covers how sexuality and disability affect each other, how to maintain safe and professional relationships with participants, how to set boundaries and handle differences in sexual values, and how to confront inappropriate sexual behavior.

• For the 90-minute training focused on DSPs: This training is approved for 1.5 CEUs for Washington state DSHS/DDA Certified Community Residential Service providers.

• For the 2-hour training focused on LGBTQIA: This training is approved for 2.0 CEUs for Washington state DSHS/DDA Certified Community Residential Service providers.

10. Promoting Healthy Sexuality of People with IDD - This training helps families, friends, and professionals supporting people with IDD support healthy relationships and sexuality. The training covers how sexuality and disability affect each other, how to maintain safe and professional relationships with participants, how to set boundaries and handle differences in sexual values, and how to confront inappropriate sexual behavior.

11.  LGBTQ+ and Intersection of Disability - This training for professionals or self-advocates is a broad overview of the LGBTQ identity and disability intersect to each other, and how to be respectful to its members. We cover a brief overview of queer history in America, define various sexualities and gender identities, discuss how to use they/them pronouns, and examine the intersection of the disability and LGBTQ communities. Throughout the training there are opportunities for self-reflection on how to apply the training to participants' own lives.

12. Care for Transgender and Autistic Folks - This professional training covers the overlap of autism and transgender, non-binary, and gender variant identities, including background and history, creating treatment plans, and consent for medical transition. This training is ideal for social workers, therapists, psychiatrists, and medical professionals.

13. Supporting Neurodivergent Employees - Neurodivergent Employees can be a great asset to any organization that has the right policies, practices, and organizational culture. This training is a great first step if your organization is interested in starting conversations about inclusive practices. 

Topics include: 

• What is Neurodiversity?
• Models of Disability
• What is Oppression/Ableism
• Neurodiversity and Support Needs
• Intersectionality
• Tips to create supportive environments.

14.  Autism: The Basics -  Are you an organization that has Autistic employees? Or a school looking to better support Autistic students? Or any organization interested in learning? If so, this presentation will help start the process of understanding what Autism is, how it can create different needs and how to better support Autistic people of any age. This training can be modified based on your organization's needs and was created by Autistic people. 

• Topics include: 
• What is Autism? 
• How does someone get an Autism Diagnosis?
• Respectful Language
• Models of Disability
• Intersectionality
• Executive Functioning
• Autistic Burnout and Trauma
• Sensory Differences
• Social Differences
• Inclusive and Accommodating Practices. 

15. Disability and Housing - An overview of housing options for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

16. Supported Living Services: Who, What, Where, When, How - This training covers an overview of what Supported Living Services are, eligibility, service assessments, navigating and advocating within services, and what to do when services aren’t working for you,

17. Collaborating with Families/Guardians in Supported Living -  Understanding the experiences and perspectives of parents/guardians, and ways to work as a team with parents/guardians. This training also covers cultural considerations within Supported Living services.

18. Cultural Competency & Working with Immigrant Families - This training covers ways to support families who are immigrants in a culturally relevant way.

Available in Spanish

19. Supporting Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Users - Do you know what AAC is? Supporting an AAC-user can be tough. In this session, Jae Kim addresses how to best support AAC-users, providing tips and strategies that can be easily incorporated into any daily routine. We discuss how communication is not just about verbal speech, and tablets are not just for playing games. AAC provides options and opportunities for everyone to be a communicator.

20. Rethinking Autism and Technology – This training helps professionals build an understanding, from an autistic perspective, on how screentime can be an important social tool an self regulator. Potential risks are discussed, as well as troubleshooting problematic screentime behaviors.