218657 Hawaii's Visions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Jean L. Johnson, DrPH , Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Robert Cecil Johnson, PhD , Division of Arts and Sciences, Kapiolani Community College (Retired), Honolulu, HI
Thomas Conway, MFA , University of Hawaii, Center on Disability Studies, Honolulu, HI
This poster session will share with viewers a valuable resource that has been developed to provide training for community-based care providers of persons with develomental or intellectual disabilities. A code of ethics for direct care providers will be reviewed. The resources including information on values to promote ethical treatment of persons with developmental disailities, on relationships with families of persons with developmental disabilities, on the importance of positive communication, on how to implement positive behavioral supports, on interdisciplinary teamworks and how to develop personal plans. Extensive information is available on personal care and safety and on oral and dental health. Viewere will be provided information on how to access these resources.

Learning Areas:
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Other professions or practice related to public health
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
The viewer will identify a resource available to provide training for care providers of persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.

Keywords: Home Care, Quality of Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I served as the editor of this publication.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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