Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are the backbone of disability services. They show up every day with patience, compassion, and a commitment to helping people with IDDs and TBIs live fuller, more independent lives. But the demands placed on DSPs have never been higher – and burnout is becoming one of the biggest threats to service...
Health assessment dashboards and remote patient monitoring solutions are transforming how providers understand and support wellbeing. By turning continuous streams of data into meaningful, actionable insights, these tools help clinicians make faster decisions, personalize care, and improve outcomes. As the demand for efficient, data-driven health management grows, CreateAbility’s suite – My Emotional Navigator, Evalu8Now, and...
Emotional overwhelm doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It builds quietly (ie, a missed cue here, a rising tension there) until suddenly a person is no longer able to cope. What begins as discomfort can quickly spiral into escalation, crisis, and the need for high‑cost interventions. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this cycle is...
The scales don’t lie. I’ve been eating my feelings the last 18 months. So recently I homed in on my health and set a weight loss goal. In the process, I explored two very well-known weight loss apps and the benefits and drawbacks of each. One focuses on positive psychology and making behavioral changes in...
CreateAbility offers a suite of Apps that cover a variety of needs for people with intellectual disabilities and behavioral / mental health issues. This suite covers: emotional surveillance and emotional regulation, goal tracking and accomplishment, task prompting and reminders, employment discovery and exploration, and communication with staff or other individuals. Here is how they work...
Many researchers have studied positive psychology and what it means for humans to “flourish”. Professor Martin Seligman surveyed thousands of individuals and studied outcomes regarding the facets of positive psychology and what cultivates wellbeing in our lives. From the results, he devised the acronym “PERMAH” to reflect what seemed to be the most important influential...
It’s the beginning of a new year so I spent a few moments in silence this morning; reflecting and praying for the families and friends of the many people who lost their lives over the past year. Initially, it feels as if the world will be just a bit dimmer without each of them. But...
Social isolation has been defined as a lack of meaningful connections with other people. You may have noticed the use of this term more frequently when addressing Medicare and the health and wellbeing of seniors and addressing social isolation is being strongly considered now in the development of person-centric care plans. Here are some of...
I don’t know about you, but I never really liked wearing a mask on Halloween. By the time I trick-or-treated the seventh house, I was pretty much over it. Now, I carry my N95 with me everywhere. I wash my hands like I just fished my cell phone out of the toilet (again). I can...