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IHD recently published its first Bridge Brief of 2024, titled “Supporting Inclusive Practices in Colleges: Empowering Students with Intellectual Disabilities to Succeed.”

This Bridge Brief focuses on IHD’s Supporting Inclusive Practices in Colleges (SIP-C) program, which supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they pursue their educational and employment goals after high school. The brief describes some of key features of the program, including the educational coaches who guide students through every phase of the transition process as… Read more

IHD’s Interdisciplinary Evaluation Clinic has been offering free comprehensive developmental evaluations and treatment recommendations to children and families throughout northern Arizona for over three decades.

The clinic primarily serves children who live in areas with limited or no access to testing and evaluation services, including Navajo and Hopi tribal lands.

Due to the rural nature of northern Arizona, many of the families who attend the clinic must travel long distances to Flagstaff, while also missing school and work obligations. Though the… Read more

IHD’s Assistive Technology for Employment and Independence (ATEI) program provides assistive technology services to help Arizona’s vocational rehabilitation clients achieve their employment and independent living goals. After conducting two trial phases over the past year as well as hosting information and training sessions for vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors, support staff, and assistive technology (AT) vendors, ATEI has now fully assumed responsibility for providing AT equipment and services to VR clients across the state!

Established in 2022, ATEI is funded through… Read more

 

IHD has been awarded a 2023 Mercy C.A.R.E.S. Community Reinvestment Grant in the amount of $113,000. The grant will help fund the Interdisciplinary Developmental Evaluation Clinic, which provides families with free comprehensive and holistic health evaluations and offers a unique and much-needed service to families throughout northern Arizona. The clinic also serves as a training experience for NAU graduate students in several… Read more

IHD has a new project that will support parents with intellectual disabilities by enhancing home visiting programs across Arizona. Home visiting programs serve families of young children by providing information about child development, parenting, and community resources. The project is titled “PATHS: Providing Accessible Training and Home Support for Parents with Intellectual Disabilities (ID).”  

One aspect… Read more

IHD is proud to announce that three students will be graduating from our TAPDINTO-STEM program this semester. Two students are completing Bachelor of Science degrees, while our first graduate student will be receiving a Master of Science degree. Here are brief profiles of two of the graduates: 

Ernest Elkins 

Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Minor in Health/Wellness Coaching 

What drew you… Read more