Congratulations Erin!!! Erin Harris, Clinical Program Manager for Nisonger Center's Aspirations Program is the 9th recipient of the Nisonger Center Staff Excellence Award! This quarterly award recognizes a staff member who goes above and beyond daily to advance our mission, vision and values and is a true representation of ‘excellence’. Erin was nominated for demonstrating [...]
JOIN US!! Aspirations is celebrating 20 years of helping teens and adults develop social skills, friendship, and independence. Please join us on June 25th, 2022 at McNamara Park in Galena, Ohio from 2 pm to 6 pm. We will be having a taco truck, an ice cream truck and enjoy the music of local folk [...]
Registration is now available for this event and we request your help again to get the word out about this conference. Join us on August 12th at the Renaissance Columbus Westeriville-Polaris Hotel for TechSummit 2022. TechSummit 2022 is our 4th annual conference about technology use to benefit people with developmental disabilities. The conference is conducted [...]
The OSU Nisonger Center is helping Boundless Health, Inc create a dental program to increase access to dental care for individuals with IDD. Dr. Beetstra, the dental program director at the Nisonger Center, discusses how the relationship is a win-win-win for the institutions and the community. Watch the videos below: Meet Dr. Stephen Beetstra https://youtu.be/1IHe82BAhC4 [...]
Congratulations Karen!!! Karen Krainz Edison, Program Manager for Nisonger Center's Ace! Program is the 8th recipient of the Nisonger Center Staff Excellence Award! This quarterly award recognizes a staff member who goes above and beyond daily to advance our mission, vision and values and is a true representation of ‘excellence’. Karen was nominated for demonstrating [...]
In celebration of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities 10 years of Employment First, Christine Brown who is a clinical research assistant at the Ohio State University Nisonger Center, shares her journey in becoming self-determined!
We need your help and ideas! We want individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, service providers, and other stakeholders to tell us what Ohioans with developmental disabilities and their families will need over the next 5 years. We are asking about these four areas: Education and Learning in Schools, the Community, and at Work. Employment, [...]
The Ohio State IDD psychology graduate program is the only one of its type in the country to receive national accreditation. “Nisonger Center is proud to be associated with the Ohio State IDD Psychology Program, recognized by the PCSAS national accreditation as a rigorous and empirically-based clinical science program that embodies the highest science-centered standards [...]
Congratulations Troy!!! Troy Hunter, Program Manager for Nisonger Center's Early Learning Program is the 7th recipient of the Nisonger Center Staff Excellence Award! This quarterly award recognizes a staff member who goes above and beyond daily to advance our mission, vision and values and is a true representation of ‘excellence’. Troy was nominated for demonstrating [...]
The Ohio State University Nisonger Center – UCEDD offers interdisciplinary clinical and research postdoctoral training in Intellectual Disability (ID) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The Nisonger Center offers flexible and individualized interdisciplinary clinical and research training in the areas of ID/ASD. Areas of emphasis can include diagnostics, the co-occurrence of mental health concerns in IDD, [...]
