Training
Building Relationships with the Broader Medical Community
Watch this video for disability advocacy organizations to learn how to build relationships with the broader medical community on national, state, and local levels.
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Let’s go on a treasure hunt: Uncover your state’s best-kept secrets for medical outreach
Watch this video to find state-level partners who can help local disability advocacy organizations engage in medical outreach. Funding, Collaboration, Advertisement, Training, and Support UCEDD/LEND programs: https://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm Protection and Advocacy Organizations: https://acl.gov/programs/find-your-pa-agency DD Council: https://nacdd.org/councils/ Parent Center: Parent to Parent and Family Voices: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-your-center/ DPH: Down Syndrome Information Acts: https://www.lettercase.org/issues/state-laws/ State Read more…
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Setting Medical Outreach Goals for the New Year
At our last Medical Outreach meeting for local Down syndrome organizations, we discussed how you can grow medical outreach programs by starting the new year with 3-5 medical outreach goals and then evaluating your progress at the 6 months mark with a trusted colleague, peer mentor, board member, or staff Read more…
Resources
Standards for Down syndrome Organization Medical Outreach Pages
For Health Professionals Supporting New and Expectant Parents: For Health Professionals Supporting Patients Across the Lifespan: Other Information to Share:
Training
Seeking grant funding for medical outreach
Watch our webinar about strategies that local Down syndrome organizations can use to apply for grants to fund medical outreach efforts: Finding grants. Local Mission specific Relationships with funders Check out funders and other projects funded Federal: Get partners with experience getting federal grants, like universities Applying for grants. Follow Read more…
Training
Creating a Medical Outreach Plan
Learn how to create your own customized medical outreach plan based on the plans we developed through our grant-funded medical outreach team, including 12 local Down syndrome organizations of varying sizes and demographics nationwide. Access the video demonstration here: You can also access the Powerpoint file below: Any organization is Read more…
Training
How to Support Families in Another Language
Burmese Example Check understandingdownsyndrome.org and click on globe. All resources translated by a American Translation Association certified translators and include links to associations in native countries. Find out which countries speak the language. Example: Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma) Visit Down Syndrome International to find the Ds orgs in those Read more…
Training
Building a Sustainable Medical Outreach Program Webinar
Listen to leaders of local organizations with strong medical outreach programs and resilient budgets who can offer insights about how to build sustainable medical outreach programs. Maggie Ranz from the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, Kim Baich from the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio, and Amy Allison from Read more…
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Down Syndrome Representative Information Form
Down Syndrome Representative Information Form for a Down Syndrome Representative representing a local organization: DSRepIntro
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Medical Outreach Script
Script for a Down Syndrome Representative approaching a medical office for the first time. Download.