Educational Tools

Acute Behavior and Emergency Room Care

Family Crisis Handbook – PDF
Guidelines for Managing the Client with Intellectual Disability in the Emergency Room – PDF

Educational PowerPoints:

Dementia Care and DD.pptx
Refractory Epilepsy and DD.ppt
Spasticity Care and DD.ppt
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Pharmacology Tools:

Medication Side Effect Watch List – PDF
Medication Dental Side Effect Watch List – PDF

Recommended Reading:

Community Supports for Aging Adults With Lifelong Disabilities

Genetics and Mental Retardation Syndromes: A New Look at Behavior and Interventions

Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society)

Medical Care for Children & Adults With Developmental Disabilities

Medical Issues for Adults with Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (High Tide Monograph Series) (High Tide Disability)

Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader (The History of Disability)

Smith's Recognizable Patterns Of Human Malformation Sixth Edition (Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation)

The Willowbrook Wars

Links to Resources from Other Organizations: