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Health

The Council believes that people with developmental disabilities have the right to live healthy lives and to benefit from the full range of needed health services.

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Current Initiatives

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS – PREVENTING SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

The Council is sponsoring trainings across the state for adult self-advocates and their family members or caregivers to increase their understanding of healthy and unhealthy relationships and the issues that lead to and ways to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Past Initiatives

Curricula on Developmental Disabilities for Clinicians
Developing curricula for use with Physician Assistant students and Nurse Practitioner students as well as online Continuing Medical Education (CME) units for physicians.

Curricula on Developmental Disabilities for Dentists and Dental Hygienists
Developing curricula for use with in schools for Dentists and Dental Hygienists.

Modules on Continuing Nursing Education (CNEs)
Developing modules for use online as Continuing Nursing Medical Education (CNE) units.

Click HERE to read the Council’s Position on Health Care for People with Developmental Disabilities

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