HealthMeet® Training
Various training and educational activities will take place online and in person around the country to support HealthMeet® pilot sites, healthcare professionals, individuals with ID and their families/caregivers, direct service providers and medical students. Some of these activities relate directly to the implementation of HealthMeet® assessment events while others address issues related to improving barriers to care and/or provide more information on promoting the health and wellness of people with ID.
Train-the-Trainer Workshop
HealthMatters Train-the-Trainer Workshop: Becoming a Certified Instructor
Audience: Chapter Staff of The Arc
Activity: HealthMatters is an evidence-based 6-hour training that provides structured information on how to organize and start a tailored physical activity and health education program for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) in community-based residential and day/vocational agencies.
Lead organizations: The Arc national office, University of Illinois at Chicago
Volunteer Trainings
Audience: Volunteer medical professionals who will conduct HealthMeet® assessments.
Activity: HealthMeet Health Assessment Volunteers play a key role in carrying out HealthMeet events. To assist these volunteers in conducting effective health assessments for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) we have developed a training video and assessment protocol guide. This training provides information on how to conduct assessments and how to effectively communicate with people with I/DD. This training aims to orient assessment volunteers to the health assessment process as well as to enhance general knowledge and abilities to work with people with I/DD.
Lead organizations: The Arc national office, The Arc San Francisco
Resources:
HealthMeet Volunteer Training Video
HealthMeet Health Assessment Protocol
So that we can improve the training and the experience of the HealthMeet health assessment volunteers in the future, please complete a HealthMeet Assessment Volunteer Feedback Form
Regional Trainings
Audience: Medical professionals, individuals with ID, families and caregivers, direct service providers
Activity: Four regional trainings will be held during the spring of 2013.
Lead organization: The Arc national office
Self-Advocacy Online
Audience: Individuals with ID
Activity: The University of Minnesota will continue to develop and deploy health promotion information through its accessible online education platform, Self-Advocacy Online.
Lead organizations: University of Minnesota RTC
LEND Trainings
Audience: Medical students
Activity: AUCD will develop a training module educating medical students about health promotion for individuals with ID as part of the existing LEND curriculum.
Lead organization: AUCD
Educational Webinars
Audience: medical professionals, individuals with ID, families and caregivers, direct service providers
Activity: Educational webinars featuring guest speakers on a wide variety of topics related to health promotion will be held every other week for the duration of the grant.
Lead organization: The Arc national office
Please check the Events and Webinar sections for upcoming and archived webinars.