Online Training
The College of Direct Support is an online curriculum and learning management system designed to train members of the direct support workforce who work with individuals with disabilities. Access to this curriculum is available in Iowa at no cost to individuals and their families and direct support providers participating in the state’s Money Follows the Person program. To learn more about this opportunity, get in touch with Meredith Field at meredith-field@uiowa.edu or 319-384-6797. More information about the College of Direct Support curriculum is available at the following website at: http://info.collegeofdirectsupport.com/.
Three Iowa Healthy Child Development online training modules teach primary health care providers to provide state of the art developmental surveillance, screening, referral and intervention for young children birth to age 5. These modules focus on identification of social-emotional risk factors in the young child and detection of parental risk factors that may affect the child’s development, as well as more traditional development problems including autism. They are available at no cost at: http://iowahealthychild.learnpublichealth.com/.
The Accessible Home and Workplaces through Universal Design initiative developed five online training modules to increase awareness of universal design concepts for home and workplace modifications. These modules are available online at no cost at: http://universaldesign.learnpublichealth.com/.
Three new training modules on brain injury are being developed by the Institute for Public Health Practice at the UI College of Public health with funding from Iowa’s Department of Education and Iowa’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program. Primary target audiences for these modules include teachers, para-educators and school nurses. The three modules will be available online at no cost and are expected to be completed by fall of 2011.
The Georgia Institute of Technology's courses in Assistive Technology can provide you with deep understanding of devices, strategies, equipment, and practices to maintain, increase or improve the functional performance or life satisfaction of individuals with disabilities, and even those without: http://www.catea.gatech.edu/courses.php/.