Resources

Take your learning further with the following resources.

• My Essentials Plan for Medical: Health and Wellness

  Use the My Essentials Plan for Medical: Health and Wellness to develop your own path to developing skills and applying your knowledge about health practices that support learning and positive behavior.

• Medical Moments

  Laura Sorg, MD, FAAFP, Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities Medical Director, offers advice on preventative care for individuals with developmental disabilities through a set of short videos on timely health and wellness topics.

• Generation RX

  Includes training materials to use with children, teens, and adults to teach about safety with medications. Interactive resources and guidance materials are included in the toolkit packages.

• Nemours Kid's Health

  This site offers information and resources on children's health, behavior, and growth through the teen years. The Kid's Health in the Classroom section is dedicated to supporting teachers with fact sheets, videos to use in the classroom, and teachers’ guides. There are also dedicated sections for families and for youth.

• School-Based Health

  School-based health services integrate health services into the school environment to reduce barriers to receiving care, promote student well-being, and increase opportunities for student engagement. This Ohio Department of Education and Workforce webpage offers resources and information for Promoting Student Health, Creating Healthy Environments, Medication in Ohio Schools, and learning about School-Based Health Centers.

• Healthy Body Toolkit

  These toolkits provide information for boys and girls with disabilities as they approach puberty and adolescence. The information can be used by staff to create supports for youth as they learn about caring for themselves.

• Autism Speaks – Nutrition and Autism

  Autism Speaks resources provide information and guidance on eating problems that may arise in people with autism and other developmental disabilities.

• Healthy Behavior Check-In Basic Checklist

  This simple tool is a place to begin when considering one’s understanding of behaviors. Medical and health issues are highlighted in the checklist.