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AAC Awareness Month Webinar Series

This October: Lunch and learn webinars with speech-language pathologists each Wednesday at noon for AAC Awareness Month

Descriptions and Registration

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How to Have Hard Conversations with Those Who Support You

November 3, 1 pm: Whether you're talking with family, friends, caregivers, or professionals, this Families First session will help you communicate with confidence, strengthen relationships, and advocate for your child's needs.

How to Have Hard Conversations details and registration

Competence and Confidence with ‘C2P2’

C2P2 is a free, nine-month program for:

  • Family members of a school-age child in Pennsylvania with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or autism
  • Adults in Pennsylvania with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or autism

C2P2 2027 Details and Application

Application period is open until 5pm, November 18, 2026

C2P2 Details and Application

Stories from C2P2 Podcast

Participants discuss their experiences, hosted by Jonathan Fulton, Institute on Disabilities Support Service Coordinator.

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Why join C2P2? What are the benefits?

What are the benefits? Watch C2P2 graduates talk about the program and its value in their lives.

Watch the Why C2P2 Video

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September 2026 Newsletter

Catch up on our work, upcoming events and opportunities, and more.

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Supports Broker Certification and Recertification

Training classes are available and ongoing. Get information about Supports Brokering and certification.

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Provided across Pennsylvania by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, College of Education and Human Development

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About the Institute on Disabilties

Working alongside Pennsylvania's people with disabilities and their families to promote self-determined lives, the Institute is one of 68 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service, and home to TechOWL, Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Act program.

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