HealthMatters4Kids
Diabetes prevention program
Children and teens with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often have limited opportunities to learn healthy habits. With obesity and diabetes on the rise, early prevention is critical. The HealthMatters 4Kids - Today Counts Diabetes Prevention Workshop is a 3-hour training that addresses barriers to healthy eating, physical activity, and stress management, while offering practical strategies for families, educators, and health care providers to support healthier choices—because what children do today counts.
THE TRAINING
TEAM
AUDIENCE
Parents/Caregivers, Educators, and Healthcare Providers who support children with DD.
LENGTH
2-hour in-person or online training
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Increase knowledge go diabetes prevention among children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
Enhance self-efficacy related to supporting children and adolescents with developmental disabilities to eat smart, move more, and stress less.
Improve health advocacy skills for motivating children and adolescents with developmental disabilities to eat smart, move more, and stress less.
COST
$50/person (min 6 attendees); $500/organization (max 100 attendees)
CEUs
Three (3) CEUs/CPEUs provided for Advance Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LSW, LPC, LCPC), Licensed Dietitian Nutritionists (RD), Nursing Home Administrators, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professionals (QIDP), Speech Language Pathologists, and Illinois Teachers (CPDUs). $15 per person for CEUs.
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
This project was made possible by the funds received from the Illinois Department of Public Health.