Navigation Essentials 20 at 12 Webinar Series
In just 20 minutes, you’ll discover tools and strategies you can use right away!
Join this FREE virtual series from 12:00-12:20 p.m. EST.
View the series topics below and register.
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Join OCALI’s Multi-System Navigation Center for the Navigation Essentials 20 at 12 Webinar Series, a learning opportunity designed to equip those supporting youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) and complex behavioral health needs.
Each 20-minute webinar series highlights one of the toolkits from the Navigation Essentials comprehensive collection. Participants will gain foundational knowledge and practical strategies they can apply immediately across educational, community, and home settings to support meaningful outcomes for youth with complex needs.
What Will You Gain?
With each webinar, participants will:
- Learn how to access and use the Navigation Essentials Learn-Do-Resource format to support ongoing learning and practice.
- Explore a featured topic and discover practical tools and strategies that can be applied across educational, community, residential, and home settings.
- Leave with at least one action step to implement right away.
Who Should Attend?
This series is open to anyone who supports youth with IDD and complex behavioral health needs, including intermediate care facilities, county boards of developmental disabilities, educational agencies and school personnel, parent navigators and mentors, families and caregivers, and direct support professionals.
Whether you are new to these topics or looking to expand your toolbox, this series offers practical, accessible resources to support meaningful and lasting impact.
Webinar Series Topics – Register once and access the entire series!
Free Virtual Sessions from 12:00-12:20 p.m. | Registration Required
September 16, 2026: Understanding Behavior: A Framework for Intervention
Discover how behaviors develop as the foundation for creating effective support plans for youth.
October 21, 2026: Considerations for Intervention and Support
Explore key areas to consider when creating educational or therapeutic programs for youth with IDD and behavioral health issues.
December 16, 2026: Trauma and Resilience
Learn about trauma and the impact on youth with IDD and intensive behavior support needs, and strategies to build resilience.
January 20, 2027: Medical: Health and Wellness
Understand the relationship between physical health, emotional regulation, and learning.
February 17, 2027: Communication
Learn how to support communication in the home, school, and community.
March 17, 2027: Sensory: A Focus on Interoception
Review sensory processing and discover the often-overlooked system of interoception.
April 21, 2027: The Power of Reinforcement
Enhance instruction and intervention plans using the power of reinforcement.
May 19, 2027: Strengthening School and ICF Collaboration
Enhance multi-system teaming across the school and residential environments using best practices for communication and tools for collaboration.
June 16, 2027: Leaders Essentials
Discover information and tools for supervisors, managers, and other leaders to utilize the Navigation Essentials toolkits with their teams.