Be Well
Take Charge of Your Health Healthcare Transition Toolkit
Comprehensive toolkit to empower people with disabilities, their families, and other disability advocates to help youth with disabilities manage their own health care as they transition to adulthood.
Practical Tips for Supporting a Person’s Preferences in Their Health and Wellness Goals
Ideas and strategies for supporting a holistic sense of health and wellness.
Link Center: Bridging I/DD and Mental Health System
Established in 2022, The Link Center works to improve access through systems change, workforce capacity building, and information sharing about emerging and promising practices that are person-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.
People With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD): Telehealth Overview
Brief for health plans to further expand understanding of how telehealth modalities can improve access to person-centered care for people with I/DD.
Polypharmacology and Diagnostic Overshadowing
Video that explains polypharmacology and diagnostic overshadowing related to individuals with complex mental and behavioral health needs and I/DD.
Healthy Behavior Check-in: Supporting Well-being for People with Disabilities
Checklist that provides a template to learn about the needs of people with disabilities, and what their actions and non-verbal cues say about their needs.
Getting Back-on-Track after Illness
Easy Read version of the report called: Supporting Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Patients With a Dual Diagnosis to Transition From Hospital to Home: Practice Guidance. Document that describes the things that will help people with a dual diagnosis who are hospitalized to leave the hospital and have a successful transition home.
Provides guidance for possible medical issues that might be triggering certain behaviors and steps to consider when weighing whether to prescribe psychotropic medications.
BETA Illinois Dual Diagnosis Training Initiative 