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Dr. Marks directs research programs to empower people with disabilities through health promotion, health advocacy, and primary health care.

Main conclusions agreed during the Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia

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PRINCIPALES CONCLUSIONES ACORDADAS DURANTE LA CUMBRE SOBRE DISCAPACIDAD INTELECTUAL YDEMENCIA ISSN: 0210-1696 DOI: http:/ /dx.doi.org/10.14201/scero2018492115122 Matthew P. JANICKI University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Karen WATCHMAN University of Stirling, Scotland, UK Juan FORTEA ORMAECHEA Centro Medico de Down de la Fundaci Catalana de Sindrome de Down (FCSD) y Servicio de Neurologia def Hospital de la Santa …

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Health indicators in intellectual developmental disorders: The key findings of the POMONA‐ESP project

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Source: Health indicators in intellectual developmental disorders: The key findings of the POMONA‐ESP project – Folch – – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley Online Library Annabel Folch, Luis Salvador‐Carulla, Paloma Vicens, Maria José Cortés, Marcia Irazábal, Silvia Muñoz, Lluís Rovira, Carmen Orejuela, Juan A. González, Rafael Martínez‐Leal Abstract Background The aim …

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Using Social Media to Enhance Community Participation

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Using Social Media to Enhance Community Participation Source: Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion https://bit.ly/2Kgri55 Looking for ways to be more active in your community? This manual examines ways in which individuals with mental illnesses can use social media networks to enhance community participation. Social media features and functions are examined as well as specific networks …

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Mathematica Policy Research: Transition Strategies for Youth with Disabilities

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Transition Transition Strategies for Youth with Disabilities Mathematica Policy Research has released three new reports on how transition services are being used for youth with disabilities. The goal of these services is to help youth with disabilities-particularly those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)- find employment and earn higher wages. Mathematica’s reports focus on which services are the most promising …

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Guided Group Discovery: Online Participant Workbook for Employment

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Employment Online Participant Workbook Guided Group Discovery assists job seekers who face barriers to employment in identifying jobs that would be a good fit for them and an employer. The LEAD Center released the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook to help these job seekers in their search. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults …

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Securing rights and nutritional health for persons with intellectual disabilities – a pressing challenge | Food & Nutrition Research

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Source: Securing rights and nutritional health for persons with intellectual disabilities – a pressing challenge | Food & Nutrition Research Svein Olav Kolset Sigrun Hope Kjetil Retterstøl Marianne Nordstrøm Per Ole Iversen DOI: https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v62.1268 Download Article Abstract Persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) are dependent on nutritional policies that have so far not been addressed in …

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Introducing Active Engagement: A new program for teaching cooking skills to individuals with IDD – Webinar

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Source: Introducing Active Engagement: A new program for teaching cooking skills to individuals with IDD Presented by Janice Goldschmidt, MS, RD, LDN Content Overview: This presentation will launch a book that will be published by AAIDD in June. The title is Active Engagement: Teaching Authentic Cooking Skills to Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Janice …

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State Employment First Policies: Research to Practice State

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This brief is the first in a series focusing on Employment First implementation as it relates to one of the seven elements within the High-Performing States in Integrated Employment model1. It examines the background of circumstances under which Employment First efforts began in seven states, and introduces each state’s values, mission, and goals around increasing …

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Promoting Better Health Beyond Health Care

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State-level multi-sector actions for addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that impact health May 2018 As part of their Better Health Beyond Health Care initiative, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) conducted a national analysis on innovative ways to promote health. This report discusses the resulting findings and summarizes information from thirty key …

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