Tuesday, September 15  •  9 a.m – 1 p.m.  •  Saint John’s Lutheran Church – Northfield, MN

Join Laura Baker Services Association’s Behavioral Support conference on practical, person-centered care for people with IDD!

Join Laura Baker Services Association for the 2026 Behavioral Support Mini-Conference as we explore practical, person-centered approaches to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the lens of whole-person care.

Through presentations from experts in nursing, behavioral health and wellness, you’ll gain practical strategies to better understand behavior, strengthen interdisciplinary partnerships, and improve quality of life for the people you support.

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Speakers and topics include:

What does whole-person care look like when it reaches all the way into someone’s daily life?

Sally Sales brings more than twenty years of experience in community mental health, wellness programming.

Intersections between IDD, Mental Health, and Dementia

Connor Larson, DNP, brings his experience as a trained psychiatric nurse supporting individuals at MORA.

Behavioral Supports Program, How we are addressing complex needs

Doug Turk, LICSW, Director of BSS at LBSA, brings more than twenty years as a licensed social worker across various settings.

For more information on our speakers check out our recent blogs.

For any questions regarding this event, please contact Doug Turk at dturk@laurabaker.org or call (507) 645-8866, ext. 142.