Description: Both the Early Detection Screen for Dementia (EDSD) and Life Story are powerful tools that can help gather and structure salient information about the person who is living with dementia. What are they? Using the EDSD and Life Story, the co-facilitators will first discuss these tools with which participants can gather valuable information regarding individual lifestyle and sensory preferences and needs in order to tailor person-centered interventions that provide support, a sense of safety & well-being to enhance quality of life for individuals with IDD who are living with dementia, their family and other caregivers. 

Presenters: 

• Dr Lucille Esralew is a neuropsychologist who specializes in brain-behavior connections in clinical settings, focusing on dementia and IDD and mental health disorders and IDD. Dr. Esralew obtained her doctorate in psychology from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University (1999) and her certification as a Clinical Neuropsychologist from Fielding Graduate University (2009). She currently serves on the NTG Board and serves as co-chair of the Advisory Body and co-chair of Applied Research and Clinical Health (ARCH). 
• Kathryn Service RN, MS (gerontological nursing), FNP-BC, CDDN has been working in the field of intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) since 1976 and, from 1979-2016, as a nurse practitioner for the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS) until retirement. She continues to consult on aging, caregiving, and dementia in people with I/DD at DDS and is a recognized Dementia Care Specialist Advanced Practice Provider (GAPNA & UCLA); currently on a CDC Healthy Brain Initiative grant with the University of Illinois/Chicago team. She has nationally and internationally served on advisory boards, consulted on federal and foundational grants and presented sessions and has written and peer reviewed articles, text chapters, and educational modules on the topics of aging, dementia, loss and grief, and caregiving of individuals with I/DD. 

• $149 | General Public 
• $119 | NTG Dues Paying Members