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Home / Archives for Catherine Strode

June 27, 2019

Webinar: How to deal with Picky Eaters

View from above of a toddler eating a bowl of cereal.

AdvocacyDenver and Trumpet Behavioral Health are proud to partner in order to provide easy tips and tricks to make meal time and eating more manageable for you and your child.

This webinar was presented on July 23rd 2019. You can view a full recording and download a PDF of the slides below.

También puedes ver esta presentación en español.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: English, For Children, For Everyone, Webinars

August 22, 2019

Denver’s Online 2020 Census Poses Challenges for High Response

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Kaye Kavanagh, Census Coordinator, City and County of Denver
Kaye Kavanagh, Census Coordinator, City and County of Denver

Conducting a complete enumeration of the residents of the country is one of the few functions of the government written in the Constitution. The first Census, conducted in 1790 under Thomas Jefferson, has evolved over the centuries from door to door inquiries to nationwide mailings.

In March of 2020 however, the Census in Denver is going ‘high- tech’. This new process poses challenges for Denver’s Census staff who is dedicated to making sure everyone is counted. They say this development, along with Trump administration polices, will lower Denver’s Census response rate.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Interview, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

July 18, 2019

Introducing Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office
Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office

On July 1, a state law went into effect making it a class 6 felony to unlawfully confine an at-risk adult and a class 1 misdemeanor to abandon an at-risk adult. This law, enacting penalties for persons convicted of at-risk adult abuse crimes, was the result of hard-fought lobbying efforts of advocates within the Colorado disability community. Leading their fight for legislative change was Denver’s Director of Elder and At-Risk Protection, Jane Walsh. She says this law is a tool to get more abuse crimes reported and prosecuted.

Jane Walsh has been prosecuting crimes against at-risk adults since coming to the United States in 2007. Originally from Scotland, she has practiced law under three different legal systems to defend her passion. That passion is fighting inequities for vulnerable populations and protecting their right to live full and respectful lives.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Disabilities Rights, Interview, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

March 20, 2019

Webinar: Toilet Training for Individuals with Disabilities

Toilet Training for Individuals with Disabilities

AdvocacyDenver and Trumpet Behavioral Health are proud to partner in order to provide easy tips and tricks to make toilet training more manageable for you and your child. You can watch a recording of the webinar and download a PDF of the slides below.

También puedes ver esta presentación en español.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: English, For Children, For Everyone, Webinars

May 7, 2019

National Arc Fights Court Decision to Invalidate the ACA

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Peter V. Berns, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the U.S.
Peter V. Berns, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the U.S.

The national Arc is fighting a 2018 ruling in a Texas U.S. District Court that determined the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.  That case is now pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Arc has joined 14 other national organizations representing people with disabilities in filing an amicus brief appealing to reverse the lower court’s decision.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Arc of the United States, Peter Berns, has called the lower court’s decision “an extraordinary threat” for people with disabilities and their families.  He says if the ACA is taken off the books, it will set the advocacy efforts for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) back 70 years.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Health Care, Interview, Legislation, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

April 18, 2019

Competency Bill Will Implement Mental Health Consent Decree Orders

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Colorado State Representative Mike Weissman, House District 36
Colorado State Representative Mike Weissman, House District 36

Disability advocates and the state of Colorado reached agreement last month in a legal battle over the long wait times for court-ordered mental health competency proceedings.  A Consent Decree was entered into as a result of a lawsuit against the state by Disability Law Colorado.  A bill introduced this Session creates alignment with the Consent Decree’s competency proceeding requirements and helps the state avoid violations and penalties.

Entitled, “Actions Related to Competency To Proceed,” Senate Bill 19-223, is a revised version of a competency bill that failed to pass in the 2018 Session.  The bill’s sponsor, State Representative Mike Weissman, says the 2019 version has bipartisan support and has been worked on extensively over the past year. He is optimistic that it will win passage this year.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Disabilities Rights, Interview, Legislation, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

April 11, 2019

Bill Enacts Penalties Against At-Risk Adult Abuse Crimes

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Colorado State Senator Jessie Danielson, Senate District 20
Colorado State Senator Jessie Danielson, Senate District 20

Last year, nearly one thousand cases of abuse against at-risk adults were reported in Colorado. In Denver, police report over a 200% increase in these types of crimes.  Adult Protective Services estimate for every report of abuse against an at-risk adult, many more cases go unreported.

A Colorado legislator has introduced a bill to strengthen efforts to decrease crimes against at-risk adults. Senator Jessie Danielson is sponsoring Senate Bill 19-172 which makes it a Class 6 Felony to unlawfully confine an at-risk adult and a Class 1 Misdemeanor to unlawfully abandon an at-risk adult.  Senator Danielson says this bill will cut down on this type of abuse of the most vulnerable Coloradans.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Adults, Disabilities Rights, Interview, Legislation, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

April 4, 2019

Mental Health Competency Addressed In Criminal Justice Bills

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Colorado State Senator Pete Lee, Senate District 11
Colorado State Senator Pete Lee, Senate District 11

It is estimated that the incidence of mental illness among prison inmates is three times more prevalent than in the general population.  Nationally, more than a third of inmates are reported to suffer from some form of mental illness.  Colorado statistics reflect nearly 40 per cent of the state’s inmates are in need of mental health intervention. A package of bills is being introduced this Session to address the issue of competency for individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system.

Senator Pete Lee, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been one of the architects of the bills.  He says the goal is to establish a protocol where individuals in need of mental health care are identified and expediently moved out of the criminal justice system into community treatment care programs.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Interview, Legislation, Mental Health, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

March 28, 2019

Bipartisan Support to Combat Colorado’s Youth Mental Health Crisis

Colorado State Senator Rhonda Fields, Senate District 29
Colorado State Senator Rhonda Fields, Senate District 29
Colorado State Representative Lois Landgraf, House District 21
Colorado State Representative Lois Landgraf, House District 21

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Democrat Rhonda Fields and Republican Lois Landgraf are each sponsoring the same bill, in the State Senate and in the House, to fight the rising youth suicide rate in Colorado. Senate Bill 19-195, Child and Youth Behavioral Health System Enhancements, creates a policy office and a commission to direct, coordinate, and implement children’s behavioral health services across various state agencies.

The bill also provides for standardized behavioral health screening tools for children and wraparound services. Both legislators say wraparound services will reduce the need for facility-based care and out-of-home placements. In addition to addressing the youth mental health crisis, they agree that the bill will result in significant cost savings to the state. Moreover, it will save lives.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Interview, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

March 21, 2019

Looking Forward With Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova

Superintendent Susana Cordova, Denver Public Schools
Superintendent Susana Cordova, Denver Public Schools

From the Desk of Pamela Bisceglia, Executive Director

AdvocacyDenver is pleased to forward the following interview with Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova. There are two reasons why this interview is important. At different times during Tom Boasberg’s tenure, we attempted to secure a time to meet with him to discuss systemic issues in relation to programming for students with disabilities. The former superintendent ignored all requests from AdvocacyDenver to meet and ordered deep cuts to Special Education every few years. The cuts resulted in a significant decrease in Special Education oversight, professional development, and elimination of the autism, behavior and assistive technology service teams. Each year, Special Education teachers and in particular related services providers’ caseloads were increased.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Education, Interview, Leadership Profile

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