Guidance and Coping Strategies for Supporting Students (Including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and with an Intellectual Disability) and Colleagues with Anxiety and Stress, in Uncertain and Turbulent Times

The webinar offered insights into coping with stress, anxiety, and trauma, sharing protective factors and methods for addressing anxiety and distress among students and colleagues. Cultural factors, issues related to intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), lessons learned from distance learning implementation, and their application in supporting students with IDD in online environments were discussed.

The Tarjan Center at UCLA, in collaboration with Larry Schallert, LCSW, DCSW of College of the Canyons, and Molly K. Rearick, Ed.D., of Ignite Collective, Inc. hosted a webinar on “Guidance and Coping Strategies for Supporting Students (Including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and with an Intellectual Disability) and Colleagues with Anxiety and Stress, in Uncertain and Turbulent Times”. The webinar provided information about coping with stress, anxiety, and trauma. The presenters shared protective factors, as well as methods for addressing anxiety and distress with students and colleagues. Cultural factors, issues related to IDD, lessons learned from the implementation of distance learning, and how those lessons apply to supporting students with IDD in an online environment, were discussed.