Monitoring Health and Safety of Individuals with IDD

Course Code: REL-IDD-0-MHSIIDD

Hours: 1

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028

Learning Objectives:
Identify common health and safety issues for people with IDD.
Describe a DSP's role in monitoring the health and safety of people with IDD.
Identify strategies to effectively monitor health and safety.

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Health and Safety Concerns

Meet Lorraine

Behavioral Concerns

Suicidal Ideation

Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation

Signs of Abuse and Neglect

Medical and Medications

Disaster Situations

Poor Safety Awareness

Review

Summary

Section 3: The DSP’s Role in Monitoring Health and Safety

Getting to Know People

Reporting

Documenting

Training

Educating and Teaching

Advocating and Supporting

What Isn’t Your Role?

Medication Administration

Review

Summary

Section 3: Monitoring in Action

Meet Jeanette

Effective Monitoring

Different Levels of Supervision

Know Each Person’s Baseline

Think Ahead and Be Prepared

When to Ask for Help

Monitoring in Different Settings

Technology

Meet Diane

Review

Summary

Section 4: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

Resources

References

Subject Matter Expert: Jessica Edwards, BS, QIDP

Jessica is a SME Writer at Relias. Her primary writing responsibilities are in the Health and Human Services vertical, in the content area of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Jessica received her Bachelor of Science in Health Science, with a concentration in Disability Studies and Human Development, from Stony Brook University. She has over eight years of experience serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their supporters, including roles as a direct support professional, case manager, and qualified professional. Her experiences and coursework over the years have allowed her to develop a strong knowledge of person-centered planning and care, community resources, and service delivery.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Direct Support Professionals; in the following settings: Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.

Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.

Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.

All courses offered by Relias Learning, LLC are developed from a foundation of diversity, inclusiveness, and a multicultural perspective. Knowledge, values and awareness related to cultural competency are infused throughout the course content.

To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.

Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.