Presented by:
Tiana Anderson, Psy.D.
About the Presenter
Dr. Tiana Anderson is a licensed psychologist. She is the Lead Psychologist for Integral Care’s IDD Psychological Services Unit and the founder of White Willow Psychological Services, PLLC. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice from St. Joseph's College in New York. Dr. Anderson attended graduate school at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Anderson's doctoral research focused on exploring secondary traumatic stress in mental health professionals providing care to juvenile-justice-involved youth and she is passionate about social justice, trauma and trauma-informed care, and working with individuals involved with legal and correctional systems. Dr. Anderson has worked with Integral Care in the IDD services division since 2020, completing Determination of Intellectual Disability (DID) evaluations for individuals and providing supervision, support, and consultation to other professionals working within the IDD services system. In 2020, Dr. Anderson founded White Willow Psychological Services to foster increased access to quality, comprehensive, compassionate mental health supports in Central Texas. In her own clinical work, Dr. Anderson has provided therapy as well as crisis intervention and psychological assessment services across forensic, inpatient hospital, nonprofit, private practice, and correctional/juvenile justice settings, working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. A big-time animal lover and firm believer in the healing power of animals and human-animal interactions, Dr. Anderson participated in Texas State's Animal Assisted Counseling (AAC) Academy with her therapy partner and endlessly loving companion, Luna, and the two have been certified as an Animal Assisted Counseling Team by Texas State’s Animal Assisted Counseling Academy and offer animal assisted therapy services. Dr. Anderson also conducts psychological evaluations, and provides supervision, consultation, and training. Dr. Anderson is licensed in both Maine and Texas.
About this presentation
This presentation serves to provide an overview of the relationship between Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and Mental Health. The presentation will provide an overview of IDD diagnoses and dive deeper into co-occurring mental health conditions and the way these conditions may present in this population. The presentation will further identify special considerations for working with individuals with IDD diagnoses and considerations for clinical treatment and supporting clients on both an individual and systemic level.
By participating in this training, participants will:
• Be able to define Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and identify diagnostic criteria associated with each. • Identify overlap between mental health conditions and IDD diagnoses and understand prevalence of co-occurring conditions • Define trauma and understand how it is experienced by individuals with an IDD diagnosis • Identify potential ways co-occurring mental health and IDD diagnoses may present for individuals • Identify potential barriers to accessing mental health supports for this population • Understand potential adaptations that can be made to clinical treatment when working with individuals with an IDD diagnosis • Identify potential strategies for supporting individuals with co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions on an individual and systemic level