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Wednesday May 06, 2020
Ep. 09 Interview with Janet Shouse
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Ep. 09 Interview with Janet Shouse show notes
In this episode, we had the opportunity to interview Janet Shouse, a program coordinator at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and parent advocate. You may remember Janet from a group interview we did (linked below), but she is involved in so many projects, we interviewed her again about some of the things she is working on.
In this episode, we discuss a toolkit that she helped develop that is for healthcare professionals to better meet the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She discusses some of the other resources that she has helped develop and is full of information and experience.
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Bio:
Janet Shouse works at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville, TN, as the program coordinator for the IDD Toolkit, www.iddtoolkit.org, an online resource for medical providers to better serve adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Janet also serves with TennesseeWorks, a partnership of state agencies and disability organizations aiming to improve the employment landscape for people with disabilities. As part of that work, she writes and edits a blog called “Rise to Work,” www.tennesseeworks.org/blog/. Janet is also involved with the new multi-site Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities, and she is the study coordinator for a Department of Defense Autism Research Grant to create a provider-focused training program to serve adults with autism spectrum disorder. This effort will use the Project ECHO model (live videoconferencing and case-based presentations) to enhance primary care providers’ ability to care for autistic adults. Janet has also been a member of the advisory board of a national research project examining the needs of young adults with IDD and mental health conditions. She is the parent of three young adults, including a son with autism.
Janet is connected to hundreds of families of children and adults with disabilities through her work with Autism Tennessee, TennesseeWorks, The Arc Tennessee and the IDD Toolkit.
Link to transcript: https://www.mhddcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Interview-with-Janet-Shouse.pdf
Links to resources mentioned in this episode:
IDD toolkit: www.iddtoolkit.org
Here’s the TennesseeWorks website and a few key blog posts:
https://www.tennesseeworks.org/each-of-us-must-help-protect-our-community-at-this-time/
https://www.tennesseeworks.org/the-dignity-of-risk/
Some of the source curriculums: http://psip.vueinnovations.com/
A press-release https://hdi.uky.edu/project/center-for-dignity-in-healthcare-for-people-with-disabilities
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