Hudson Valley 360: CADER Partners with NY State Agencies to Offer Disability Training to Eldercare Workforce
The Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) at BUSSW has partnered with the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC) to deliver an online training course designed to help New York’s eldercare workforce better understand intellectual and developmental disabilities and their impact.
CADER will soon operate under a new model called the Network for Professional Education at BUSSW, an innovative entity that will function as a nexus to connect alumni, faculty and external agencies.
Led by Research Assistant Professor Bronwyn Keefe, CADER has provided online certifications and trainings for New York state agencies for more than six years. To date, NYSOFA’s online training academy features over twenty CADER offerings for New York aging services staff.
Excerpted from “State Office for the Aging and Developmental Disabilities Planning Council announce new online training” (Hudson Valley 360):
“We are excited to be partnering with DDPC, BU CADER, and AANYS on this new training, which will further expand the skills of New York State’s aging services professionals in meeting the unique needs of older adults and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” said NYSOFA Acting Director Greg Olsen. “Many individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, as with older adults, desire to live as independently as possible for as long as possible. Through our online training academy, we are building on our successful partnership with BUSSW CADER to further assist aging services providers in developing a highly qualified, adaptable, and sustainable workforce that supports the critical needs of older New Yorkers and those with [intellectual and developmental disabilities], which in this COVID-19 environment is more important than ever.” […]