Education
Cooper University Health Care is proud to serve a regional resource for professional education around care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilites. We are committed to providing training to all health care professionals, inlcuding physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, allied health professionals, and medical students. We can provide on-site training for your team or virtual training. Please contact us at Patient-Relations@cooperhealth.edu to discuss your training needs.
Video Series
Cooper University Health Care has created a series of educational videos aimed at helping health care professionals care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Watch these videos here to learn more about Cooper's IDD Program and for strategies around specific topics such as communication, behavior, care coordination, decision-making, and more.
Conferences
The first educational component of Cooper's I/DD program was launched in spring 2023 with a conference co-sponsored by Cooper, Bancroft, and Autism New Jersey. Titled Better Health for Those Living with Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, the program brought together more than 100 health care professionals from throughout the region to focus on improving the health care landscape for people with autism and I/DD. Cooper has also developed specialized training available for all of its inpatient and ambulatory care nurses, critical care techs, and other clinical staff to better understand best practices and protocols for caring for patients with I/DD.