Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski received her PhD in Social Work with a dual title in Gerontology from Wayne State University. She has worked with individuals with various intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for 20 years. Her research focuses on individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, their caregivers, advance care planning, the service delivery model, and service utilization. She has over 80 publications in national and international journals and encyclopedias, mainly focusing on individuals with IDDs, caregiving, as well as services and supports. In addition, she has presented her work locally, nationally, and internationally.
In this second recording, Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski, a licensed social worker and associate professor at Eastern Michigan University, discusses her journey into caregiving, focusing on family caregivers of individuals with disabilities and aging populations. She highlights the emotional landscape of caregiving,...
Check out this intro from Christina Marsack-Topolewski, a presenter for our upcoming three-day live event - Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care. Created to equip interdisciplinary healthcare professionals with practical, research-informed tools to better support aging individuals and held in honor of National Healthy Agin...
While November is National Family Caregiver Month, family caregivers across the country and around the globe often devote love, support, and energy year-round to care for one or more family members. In the United States, an estimated 53 million family caregivers or 1 in 5 Americans provide various levels of support or...
While we may think of internet safety as being important to certain populations (e.g., kids and teens)-- internet safety can be particularly important for older adult populations as well. This blog will hopefully raise awareness about how to stay safe and secure online in an increasingly digital world.Throughout the Un...
In this first recording, we’re diving into dementia with Christina Marsack Topolewski— talking to a dementia researcher and clinical social worker about what it really means to support someone with memory loss, both clinically and emotionally. If you like what you hear, be sure to follow, subscribe to our newslette...
Autism spectrum disorder, commonly referred to as “ASD”, is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This condition is associated with ranging of social, communication, behavioral, and developmental deficits from person to person (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The continuum of variance in presentation, severity, manif...
April is Autism Awareness Month, providing a time to reflect on autism as a condition which affects the individual with the diagnosis, their family, and the community in which they live. In April 1970, Dr. Bernard Rimland founded Autism Awareness Month. Years later (2007), the United Nations General Assembly designated...
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month providing a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the array of incredible people impacted by a developmental disability. In the United States, current estimates indicate that about 1 in 6 children are diagnosed with one or more developmental disabilities...
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