Non-members can purchase access to the recording of past webinars. Below are descriptions of all the webinars and the cost to access the recordings is $20 per webinar.
Please email the ASID office, info@asid.asn.au, to purchase a past webinar.
Recordings are available to view free of charge for ASID Members via the Members Area.
2022 | Mental health support for adults with intellectual disability in NSW
Research shows that people with intellectual disability have a higher rate of mental health problems than the general population, but can struggle to get their particular needs met. This presentation will outline the opportunities and challenges for adults with...
2023 | Transitions to supported living for adults with intellectual disability
Article 19 of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stipulates the rights of persons with disabilities to choose where and with whom they live and to have access to the necessary supports to enable them to do so. In Australia, the National...
2022 | Stepping out in the World – the new adulthood for Gen Zs with Down Syndrome
Down syndrome (DS) was first described in 1866 and has one of the longest histories of documentation of any disability. Unfortunately, the misconceptions from the era when DS was called Mongolism, and when individuals were confined to institutions from birth with...
2022 | Improving Child & Family Outcomes Where a Parent has an Intellectual Disability Webinar
Presented by Dr Susan Collings, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Research Centre for Children and Families, Dr Catherine Wade, Principal Research Specialist at the Parenting Research Centre and Dr Margaret Spencer, Senior Lecturer in Social Work...
2022 | STOMPing out the use of inappropriate psychotropic drugs for people with intellectual and other disabilities
Presented by Mandy Donley, the Senior Practitioner in Victoria, Professor Shoumi Deb, Imperial College London and Ms Bharati Limbu, Imperial College London, 12 April 2022. What is this webinar about? Stopping Over-Medication of People with a Learning Disability...
2022 | Positive Behaviour Support and Clinical Supervision
Presented by Dr Jeffrey Chan, 7 April 2022. What is this webinar about? Integral to the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) capability framework and good quality behaviour support planning is clinical supervision for PBS practitioners. Behaviour support plan writers...
2021 | Counting for Something: Early deaths must be better understood
Presented by: Sharon Brandford, 18 June 2021 What is the webinar about? Mortality data provides a rich source of information to understand why people with intellectual disability in New Zealand die between 18 and 23 years earlier than the general population. Drawing...
2021 | COVID-19 and Human Rights issues for People with intellectual disabilities
Presented by: Dr Elena Jenkin, 10 August 2021 What is the webinar about? People with intellectual disabilities are particularly susceptible to COVID-19. Whilst Victorian disability services have a responsibility to protect people with intellectual disabilities’ human...
2021 | Enabling hospitals to be more responsive to people with intellectual disabilities
Presented by Professor Christine Bigby, 8 September 2020 What is this webinar about? The study concerns the interfaces across mainstream service systems, people with disabilities and their families, and disability service systems. The study aim was to provide...
2020 | Adapting Trauma Treatment for Youth Who Have an Intellectual/Developmental Disability
Presented by Brian Tallant, 7 October 2020 What is this webinar about? In a 45-50 minute presentation, Brian Tallant will discuss supporting people who have an Intellectual Developmental Disability and who have experienced trauma. The presentation will also have a...
2021 | Intellectual disability: What is it, and what is its impact?
Presented by: Dr Michele Wiese & Samantha Frain, 12 August 2021 What is the webinar about? This webinar is for entry-level disability support professionals, or anyone who wants to understand what intellectual disability is. The presenters will cover three aims: 1)...
2021 | LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability
Presented by: Dr Amie O'Shea (Deakin University) & Nathan Despott (Inclusion Melbourne), 27 May 2021 What is this webinar about? This seminar will present the contemporary research based understandings surrounding LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability. It...
2020 | Developing a social skills program for adults with an Intellectual Disability
Presented by Emily Churchill, 8 December 2020 What is this webinar about? Social skills programs offer one way for people to improve their skills and independence over time. There is evidence to suggest that when delivered effectively they can assist people to...
2020 | Mean As!: People with a learning disability connecting the strands of Inclusive Research and Sexual Citizenship
Presenters: Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch - Director of the Donald Beasley Institute & Paul Milner - Senior Researcher at the Donald Beasley Institute, 29 October 2020 What is this webinar about? Many people with a learning disability describe lives lived at the very...
2020 | Sexuality education in NSW high schools
Presented by Prof Iva Strnadová and Julie Loblinzk, 26 August 2020 What is this webinar about? Students with an intellectual disability and/or autism often do not receive holistic sexuality education, unlike students without a disability. According to the UN...
2021 | Shining a light on parents with intellectual disbility
Presented by: Dr Susan Collings , 7 October 2021 What is this webinar about? This session is for anyone interested to know more about the experiences of people with Intellectual Disability when they become parents. We will hear from a passionate academic, Dr...
2020 | Sleep disturbance in children with developmental differences
Presented by Jemma Vivian and Jacqui Knight, 21 September 2020 What is this webinar about? This webinar is about sleep in children with developmental differences, and will focus on the importance of sleep, the impact of sleep problems in children with developmental...
2020 | Supporting people with intellectual and developmental disability from refugee backgrounds
Presented by Dr Angela Dew, 11 August 2020 What is this webinar about? Recently 15 million Syrian and Iraqi people fled their homes because of war and human rights violations. In 2015, Australia committed to settle 12,000 of them as humanitarian entrants. In 2012 the...
2020 | We can achieve more when we work together as a team: talking about inclusive governance
Presented by Robert Strike and Justine O'Neill, 18 November 2020 What is this webinar about? CID board member Robert Strike AM and CEO Justine O’Neill will explain how inclusion strengthens the vision, unity and focus of a board. We’ll talk about how we make it work...
2021 | To tweet or not to tweet? Using twitter to promote research
Presented by: Dr Simone Reppermund, 10 June 2021 What is the webinar about? Twitter is used by many researchers and institutions and is seen as a powerful platform to increase the outreach and engagement of projects and publications. Understanding how it works and how...