On this episodes of Meeting Midway we talk with Nicole Jones, Director of Risk Prevention at the Missouri Department of Mental Health – Division of Developmental Disabilities. Our topic centers around Enriched Environments. We first dive into what is an enriched environments and evidences that supports this intervention. We then explore how teams can set up an enriched environment and things that they need to consider when doing so. Several show notes have been shared on this topics below. 

Show Notes: 
-  Competing stimulus assessments: A systematic review (J. Haddock & L. Hagopian): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151254/
-  The effects of an environmental “enrichment” program on the behavior of institutionalized profoundly retarded children. (R. Horner): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1308151/
-Environmental Enrichment as a Positive Behavioral Intervention Across the Lifespan (P. Sampedro-Piquero & A. Begega): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543669/
-  Environmental Enrichment May Help Treat Autism – and Help Us All (M. Leon): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/environmental-enrichment-may-help-treat-autism-and-help-us-all/
-  The Benefits of an Enriched Environment: What it is and how to implement it (Home ABA): https://www.caymanaba.com/blog/2020/5/26/the-benefits-of-an-enriched-environment-what-it-is-and-how-to-implement-it

For any questions on Enriched Environment please contact us Tier2@dmh.mo.gov 

Additional Resources…
-  DMH Tier 2 Webpage: https://dmh.mo.gov/dev-disabilities/tiered-supports/tier-2 
-  Missouri Department of Mental Health - https://dmh.mo.gov/ 
-  Missouri Department of Mental Health Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MODivisionDD 
-  Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MODivisionDD 
-  X - https://twitter.com/MentalHealthMO 
-  Missouri Department of Mental Health Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsFpAHi-lN5sEaf_pbhEWg 
-  Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@modivisionofdevelopmentald1632

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