Communicating With People With Developmental Disabilities

• Category: Advocacy
• Materials: “What is People First Language?” by ARC of United States, www.the.arc.org/who-we-are/media-center/people/-first-language, “People First Language” by Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities, www.tcdd.texas.gov/resources/people-first-language/
• Goal: Provider knows how to appropriately communicate with an individual with a developmental disability
• Credit Hours: 1 Hour
• Date Developed: March 2014, Updated February 2017
• Developed by: Donna McCune, SFC Program

Training Objectives:

1. Specialized Family Care Provider can define and use people first language
2. Specialized Family Care Provider knows how to address persons with a disability
3. Specialized Family Care Provider advocates for the use of appropriate language in communications with persons with a disability

Training Procedures:

• *Provider initiated self-study. Alternate formats of the study materials are available upon request. (Course Materials)
• Test completed by Provider (Take the Test Below)
• Review of test responses by Family Based Care Specialist and Provider