Exploring the Leading Edge

2013 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

The Bethesda Institute is celebrating Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month by sharing resources as well as videos of people talking about how issues affect their lives.

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Faith and Disability Presentations

An archive of presentations about the intersections of disability to topics of faith, theology and ministry.
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Marital Quality and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Sigan L. Hartley, Ph.D., Waisman Center Investigator, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, examines martial quality in 391 families of adolescents and adults with ASDs.
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Operationalizing Spiritual Life Assessments In Support Practices

Bethesda Lutheran Communities' David Morstad and Rev. Steve Leinhos share their PowerPoint presentation from the 2012 AAIDD annual meeting.
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Teacher Growth Webinar Series

Discover teaching approaches that can help students with intellectual and development disabilities overcome barriers to learning.

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Prevalence of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

David Morstad, Executive Director of the Bethesda Institute, analyzes the inconsistencies in data regarding the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Bethesda Institute's Strategic Plan for 2011 - 2012

  
  
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Our Lutheran Self-Understanding

Bethesda Lutheran Communities Religious Life Position Statement


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Comprehensive Proposal for Business and Employment Development

The Bethesda Institute will guide the development of a dynamic and integrated array of initiatives designed to foster business development, education, employment and support of entrepreneurial enterprise opportunities directed by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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A Call to Action to Eliminate the Use of Aversive Procedure and Other Inhumane Practices

This September 2009 letter is from a number of disability adovates, please see the letter for a complete list.
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Development of the Bethesda Institute:
A White Paper by John E. Bauer, Ph.D.

In January 2010, Dr. John E. Bauer, President and CEO of Bethesda Lutheran Communities developed a white paper for Bethesda's board of director, outlining the timeline and rationale for the establishment of the Bethesda Institute.
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