Training Opportunities

TCDD offers training opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, family members, professionals, and others who want to learn more about advocacy. Resources include self-paced learning modules, formal training programs, and leadership opportunities that help participants build advocacy skills and explore important topics. Programs range from in-depth disability policy training to shorter, focused learning experiences that support skill development and promote effective policymaking.
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Training Opportunities

TCDD offers training opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, family members, professionals, and others who want to learn more about advocacy. Resources include self-paced learning modules, formal training programs, and leadership opportunities that help participants build advocacy skills and explore important topics. Programs range from in-depth disability policy training to shorter, focused learning experiences that support skill development and promote effective policymaking.
Student in a wheelchair smiling in a library aisle with a friend standing behind, backpack on.

TCDD Learning Center

Explore free online trainings from TCDD’s Learning Center to learn more about disability issues, leadership, and advocacy. These self-paced courses offer practical information and tools to support self-advocates, families, and professionals in creating more inclusive communities.

Leadership Training Sprints

Creating policy change can feel like running a marathon—but sometimes, it calls for a sprint. TCDD offers leadership training that helps participants learn and take action in just four weeks through self-paced modules, live sessions, technical assistance, and networking.

TCDD Learning Center

Explore free online trainings from TCDD’s Training Center to learn more about disability issues, leadership, and advocacy. These self-paced courses offer practical information and tools to support self-advocates, families, and professionals in creating more inclusive communities.

Leadership Training Sprints

Creating policy change can feel like running a marathon—but sometimes, it calls for a sprint. TCDD offers leadership training that helps participants learn and take action in just four weeks through self-paced modules, live sessions, technical assistance, and networking.

Independent Learning

TCDD has resources on topics important to people with disabilities and their families, including fact sheets, videos, and courses designed to improve your knowledge and skills.

Check out the TCDD YouTube channel for additional resources and learning opportunities, including videos on legislative advocacy, voting, employment skills, and more.