Curricula for Health Care Professionals

• Physicians Assistants
• Family Practice
• Nurse Practitioners
• Primary Care of Elders with Disabilities

Physicians Assistants

• Community Health Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilties by Doug Cook, PhD
  • Slide Presentation - 41 slides/screens (viewable only using Internet Explorer)
  • Text version

Family Practice

• Primary Care for the Adult with Developmental Disabilities* by Karen Anderson, MD, MPH
  • Slide Presentation - 20 slides/screens (viewable only using Internet Explorer)
  • Text Version

• Additional Resources:
  • Practice Guideline: Annual Medical Review of Adults with Developmental Disabilities*
  • Practice Guideline: Epilepsy management in persons with mental retardation*
  • Practice Guideline: Evaluation and use of psychotropics for challenging behaviors in persons with mental retardation*

*These practice guidelines have been developed by Community Services Network of West Tennessee, Inc. to assist physicians and other healthcare professionals. Practitioners are encouraged to use the information provided in the guidelines. It is no the intention of CSN to provide specific medical advice for particular patients and the recommendations contained in the guidelines may not be appropriate for use in all circumstances. Any decision to adopt a particular recommendation must be made by the practitioner based upon available facts and circumstances presented by individual patients.
It is not the intention of CSN in promulgating these guidelines to interfere with the provider/patient relationship, nor are these guidelines intended to represent the standard of care in any given circumstance. These guidelines are recommendations to be used in the sole discretion of the provider and are not meant to dictate the manner or style of clinical practice employed in rendering services to a particular patient.

Nurse Practitioners

• The Nurse Practitioner’s Role in Caring for Adults with Developmental Disabilities by Lisa Krogman, RN, MN
  • Slide Presentation - 29 slides/screens (viewable only using Internet Explorer)
  • Text Version

Primary Care of Elders with Disabilities

• Developmental Disabilities in the Elderly by Les Sauvage, MD
  • Slide Presentation - 31 slides/screens (viewable only using Internet Explorer)
  • Text Version