Health Needs and Outcomes for People with IDD
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, often experience health disparities and barriers to quality healthcare. As a direct support professional, or DSP, you can support good health for the people you serve. In this course, you will learn about barriers to good health for people with IDD. You will also learn about strategies you can use to help the people you support achieve good health outcomes. The goal of this course is to introduce DSPs in IDD service settings to the idea of health disparities and how to address them.
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Course Code: REL-IDD-0-HNOPIDD
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Identify health disparities and healthcare barriers faced by people with disabilities.
Describe how DSPs can support good health outcomes for people with IDD.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Barriers and Disparities
Jordan’s “Accidents”
Healthcare Challenges
Reporting and Communication
Coordinating Services and Supports
Service Accessibility
Provider Bias
Diagnostic Overshadowing
Health Outcomes in IDD
Review
Summary
Section 3: Supporting Good Health Outcomes
What Can You Do?
Support Wellness
Understand Baseline
Observe and Report Changes
Recognize Behavioral Signs
Coordinate Care
Advocate and Educate
Review
Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Subject Matter Expert: Katy Kunst, MBA, QIDP
Katy Kunst received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Master of Business Administration from Elon University. She has 15 years of experience serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their supporters, including roles as direct support professional, program director, and training facilitator. She has created and facilitated training on topics including non-violent crisis interventions, person-centered planning, cultural competence, quality service delivery, regulatory compliance, and a variety of topics related to IDD services.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Direct Support Professionals (DSP); in the following settings: Intellectual Developmental Disabilities: Agency.
Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.
Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.