*Celebrating Bridge-Building : The 2025 NCSS Gardner Award Winner
*Traducción al Español en vivo disponible
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the value of bridge-builders' contributions to the IDD-MH field, including trauma-informed care and early childhood mental health.
- Describe the impact of Dr. Jacobstein's work on the NCSS network and best practices in IDD care.
- Apply lessons from this approach to consider how you could improve support for people with IDD and their families.
Session Description:
Awarded to Dr. Diane Jacobstein with the Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities
In this presentation, we will discuss the persistent contributions of Dr. Diane Jacobstein to the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), the National Center for START Services(R) (NCSS), and the NCSS network. Dr. Jacobstein has dedicated over four decades to advancing education, training, advocacy, and critical connections within the IDD-MH field.
Her impactful work with children with IDD, her commitment to trauma-informed care, and her dedication to improving research, practices, and public policy that enhance the lives of people with IDD will be highlighted. The presentation will include a discussion facilitated by Dr. Karen Weigle, offering insights into the value of connecting siloed academic and service systems and advocating for inclusion of people with IDD-MH in systems that overlook or exclude them. This entails serious attention at the local and policy levels to infusion of inclusive values and principles, promotion of best practices, and broadening the skills and confidence of providers in established systems. It also includes learning about best practices from adjacent fields and disciplines.
Join us to honor a leader whose work continues to shape the IDD-MH landscape.
References:
Biel, M. G., Gilhuly, D. K., Wilcox, N. A., & Jacobstein, D. (2014). Family Homelessness: A Deepening Crisis in Urban Communities. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(12), 1247-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac...
Soto, S., Linas, K., Jacobstein, D., Biel, M., Migdal, T., & Anthony, B. J. (2015). A review of cultural adaptations of screening tools for autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 19(6), 646-661. https://doi.org/10.1177/136236...
Brown, M., Jacobstein, D., Yoon, I. S., Anthony, B., & Bullock, K. (2016). Systemwide Initiative Documents Robust Health Screening for Adults With Intellectual Disability. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(5), 354-365. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9...
Diane Jacobstein, AB, MA, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor in Pediatrics
Georgetown University, Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities
Karen Weigle, PhD
Associate Director, NCSS
UNH/IOD
Dr. Karen Weigle is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with people with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and mental health needs, and their families. She received her master’s degree and PhD from West Virginia University. Dr. Weigle has contributed to developing crisis prevention and intervention services for people with IDD and mental health needs, as well as completing research in the field and developing training on the topics. She has experience in training family practice and medical specialty residents, special educators, community-based services providers, families, Early Intervention Specialists, and laypersons. Dr. Weigle is the Associate Director of the National Center for START Services at University of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities.
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