Groups representing the nation’s doctors and dentists are committing to better prepare students in their fields to treat those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a move that could ...

Federal health officials are putting millions into a new effort to train future doctors on how to better care for individuals with developmental disabilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For 24-year-old Marquez Jones and his mother, it's a bridge to a brighter future. "It's life-changing. It's life-changing to be able to give him the skills that he needs to be, to ...

Mar. 8—ATHENS — On Feb. 7 in Athens, Athens Police Department, Limestone Sheriff's Office, Limestone Correctional Facility and Athens Fire Department participated in a 6-day training on how to ...

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...

In 1987 President Ronald Reagan dedicated March as National Developmental Disabilities Month to increase awareness for Americans with developmental disabilities and to provide “both encouragement and ...

GETZVILLE, N.Y. — A Western New York non-profit that works with adults and children with developmental disabilities just launched a new training academy. It is helping to address a staffing shortage ...

Nov. 14—MIDLAND — The 2024 IDD (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) Training co-hosted by The United Way of Midland and Senior Life Midland is a two-day training that will take place on Nov.

A new program at the Shasta Family YMCA is supporting adult community members with intellectual and developmental ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon ...