Program Archive

Community Living

Community Connections Supporting Reentry – This series of trainings brings together staff from the many service systems that support individuals reentering the community after incarceration.

Creating Accessible Homes and Workplaces through Universal Design – The primary audience for this training includes professional home builders, remodeling contractors, and those in related building trades.

Living Well Iowa - Emergency Preparedness – Training programs for individuals with disabilities, their families and service providers to help them develop emergency plans and grab and go kits.

Used Equipment Referral Service – A free statewide resource to sell or purchase used assistive devices, accessible vehicles or home modifications. This is now known as the Iowa Assistive Technology Exchange Program, available through Easter Seals of Iowa.

Education

Challenging Behavior Training Service - Initiated in 2009 with contracts from the Iowa Department of Education, a service to create "Advanced Level" practitioners in the area of behavior assessment in the school setting.

Health & Wellness

Iowa Healthy Child Development Initiative – Promotes actitivies the provide early identification and interventionf for children at risk of disabilities.

Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council – An independent state body that is responsible for facilitating the development of collaborative initiatives, analyzing policy and advising the Governor and Iowa General Assembly about state priorities for the prevention of primary and secondary disabilities.

Living Well Iowa – Technical assistance to state and community partners to improve the health of Iowans with disabilities.

Since 1996, the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) has partnered with the Office of Disability and Health at the Iowa Department of Public Health since 1996 in a series of successful applications to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for disability and health state capacity building grants. THe LIving Well Iowa website is no longer available.

Policy

Challenging Behavior Training Service - Initiated in 2009 with contracts from the Iowa Department of Education, a service to create "Advanced Level" practitioners in the area of behavior assessment in the school setting.