Webinars 2013

Bridges to the Future Transitional Care Program: Finding an Adult Health Care Provider, Talking with Health Care Providers

This webinar provides young people with special health care needs the information necessary to look for and chose an appropriate adult health care provider that will meet their needs. Included is information on how to access new resources, what type of questions to ask, information they should create and keep with them about their condition and more, which will help empower these young people to take charge of their own health care needs.

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Bridges to the Future Transitional Care Program: Social Services

The webinar will discuss options and ideas for assistance for those with disabilities who are transitioning into adulthood. Some agencies will be discussed that may be able to assist with care and other services such as working and financial assistance. Information will be provided for both Kentucky and Indiana.

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This webinar presentation provides a review of why coaching families is critical to optimizing child outcomes, an overview of principles associated with coaching are examined and case examples of how to apply these principles for coaching infants and toddlers in natural environments are given. Additional resources (print and online) are included for more information about coaching.

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

1. Identify risk factors associated with Social Media.
2. Understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships
3. Define what safe sex is
4. Identify birth control options
5. Increase their understanding of sexually transmitted diseases
6. Identify area resources available to them

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This webinar will focus on the importance of nutrition and how making healthy food choices can greatly influence your overall well-being and disposition to certain diseases and medical conditions.

Learning Objectives:

1. What types of foods are considered "unhealthy?

2. What problems can people have if they eat the "wrong" types of foods?

3. Which foods are considered healthiest?

4. What benefits do healthy diets provide?

Why is it important to look at the environment?

-Arrangement
-Use of timers, and other transition tools
-Calm down areas

Using visual supports
-What should these look like?
-How do we use visual supports?

6/3/2013

Participants will be introduced to class wide organizational & instructional tools such as activity matrices, staff matrices, visual supports, and general environmental arrangement strategies for supporting students with autism in an inclusive preschool classroom.

6/26/2013

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be introduced to the range of responsibilities that are transferred to adolescents when they turn 18 years of age, unless a guardian is appointed through the court.

1. Discuss rights that are obtained at age 18.
2. Understand medical responsibilities for legal adults in the US.
3. Address the importance for transition of medical information for youth with special health care needs.
4. Brief review and overview of the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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This webinar will review the recent DSM-5 changes to the diagnosis of autism. Pertinent literature that reviews the DSM-IV and DSM-5 will be discussed. In addition, the strengths and weaknesses of the new criteria will be reviewed.

Learning objectives:
Participants will understand the background which led to the development of DSM-5 criteria for autism.
Participants will understand which individuals are most likely to not be diagnosed with autism by DSM-5.
Participants will understand the strengths and weaknesses of DSM-5 criteria for autism and appreciate future directions in diagnosis of the condition.

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Newsletter

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Supplemental Handout
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Autism and Church Book

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