Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors: Promoting Independence or Cause for Concern? Webinar Recording
January 8, 2025
Title: Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors: Promoting Independence or Cause for Concern?
Date: January 8, 2025
Presenter: Michele Mattox, LCSW
Host Organization: North Carolina Down Syndrome Alliance
Description: This session will focus on common mental health concerns in the Down syndrome population, specifically obsessive/compulsive behaviors. We will learn how to determine if the behaviors are helpful or hurtful to the individual, and brainstorm ways to manage and/or minimize the behaviors. We will also discuss when obsessive-compulsive behaviors warrant further evaluation and what diagnoses these behaviors could be a symptom of. If your family member seems to get stuck on certain topics, obsesses over certain people or activities, stresses over keeping things the same, or has had an increase in obsessive-compulsive thoughts and behaviors…this session is for you!
Resources
The Groove in People with Down Syndrome (article)
The Groove in People with Down Syndrome (webinar)
Routines Involving Writing or Copying (article)
Mental Wellness in Adults with Down Syndrome: 2nd Edition (book) – Chapter 10 includes information about the Groove and Chapter 19 includes information about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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