Community Education Conference: Co-Occurring Disabilities and Mental Health Issues in Transition Aged Youth

URL: http://www.uscucedd.org/upcoming-events/event-archive/ucedd-conference-march-2016/videos

Session Recordings and Slide Handouts of the 2016 Community Education Conference

• Dan Siegel’s Keynote Address Recording (Video)
  How our Relationships Shape a Healthy Brain and Resilient Mind: The Power of Connection, Inside and Out by Dan Siegel, MD, UCLA School of Medicine, Mindful Awareness Research Center, Mindsight Institute. In Dr. Dan Siegel’s keynote address for this USC UCEDD conference, he specifically addresses the damaging effects of exclusion and the need for empathy when a child has differences in speech and learning or any kind of difference. At about 16:40 he talks about research that shows that the experience of exclusion shows up in the brain the same as being hit with a red hot poker…..as physical pain! He also talks about how important it is to be able to articulate your differences and to be understood and acknowledged for who you are. The damaging effects of invisibility are also described. Although it’s focused on transition aged youth with developmental disabilities, it’s applicable to the broader population.