Federation of Organizations: A Family Affair

• By: Barbara Faron Federation of Organizations
• January 17th, 2023
• community-based treatment, developmental disability, family, mental illness, substance use, Winter 2023 Issue
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Families have been and continue to be instrumental in the development and implementation of treatment and support options for people with mental illness. Founded by family advocates, for the last 50 years Federation of Organizations (Federation) has been developing an array of community-based,...

Using Social Determinants of Health for the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• By: Arthur Y. Webb New York Integrated Network for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NYIN)
• April 1st, 2020
• developmental disability, social determinants of health
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The concept of social determinants of health (SDOH) is particularly useful for the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Of course, this is not new news because the field has been engaged in building the social determinants of health for over 40 years. By just looking at...