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  <strong>Our collaboration with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been recognized as a <a href="http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=787">CDC Grantee Success Story</a> (click on Kansas on the map).</strong>
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  The <a href="../documents/Kansas healthcare success story.pdf">story features the online course for healthcare providers</a> that Amanda Reichard, PhD, and Jamie Simpson, MS, co-developed.</p><hr />
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<h3>Collaborators
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<p><a href="http://www.kdheks.gov/disability/" target="_blank"><img src="../images/KDHE Disability.jpg" width="112" height="64" alt="Disbiity and Health logo" /></a></p>
<p>Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Disability and Health Program</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="../images/CDC logo.jpg" width="91" height="62" alt="CDC logo" /></a></p>
<p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</p>
<p><a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="../images/NIDRR logo.jpg" width="100" height="32" /></a></p>
<p>National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research</p>
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<h2 align="center"> Collaborations to Enhance Independent Living</h2>
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The RTC/IL collaborates with numerous organizations to produce research and trainings that benefit people with disabilities. Our collaborators include:</p>
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  <li>The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, <a href="http://www.kdheks.gov/disability" target="_blank">Disability and Health Program</a><br />
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  <li>The <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/index.html" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a><br />
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  <li>Other research centers at the University of Kansas and other universities</li>
  <li>Funding for our major research project comes from the <a href="http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html" target="_blank">National   Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research.</a></li>
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These are  our latest collaborative products.
<h3 class="style2"><a href="https://ks.train.org/DesktopModules/eLearning/CourseDetails/CourseDetailsForm.aspx?tabid=62&amp;CourseID=1025624&amp;backURL=L0Rlc2t0b3BTaGVsbC5hc3B4P3RhYmlkPTYyJmdvdG89YnJvd3NlJmJyb3dzZT1zdWJqZWN0JmtleXdvcmQ9aGVhbHRoY2FyZSthY2Nlc3MrZm9yK3BlcnNvbnMrd2l0aCtkaXNhYmlsaXRpZXMma2V5b3B0aW9uPVRpdGxlJmNsaW5pY2FsPWJvdGgmbG9jYWw9YWxsJkJ5Q29zdD0w">Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities</a> (Online  training)</h3>
<strong>This course is available free to providers nationwide. One CME/CNE is offered for a $10.</strong>
<p>  This  online course for healthcare professionals is designed to provide a  better understanding of health, wellness and care issues for people with  physical and sensory disabilities. <br />
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Physicians, nurses,  social workers, other healthcare professionals and medical office staff will learn skills to increase effective communication and  tips for problem solving to enhance quality care for people with disabilities.</p>

<p><strong>To enroll:</strong><br />
    &bull; If you're in Kansas, go to Kansas TRAIN at <a href="http://ks.train.org">http://ks.train.org</a> or  to the  <a href="https://ks.train.org/DesktopModules/eLearning/CourseDetails/CourseDetailsForm.aspx?tabid=62&amp;CourseID=1025624&amp;backURL=L0Rlc2t0b3BTaGVsbC5hc3B4P3RhYmlkPTYyJmdvdG89YnJvd3NlJmJyb3dzZT1zdWJqZWN0JmtleXdvcmQ9aGVhbHRoY2FyZSthY2Nlc3MrZm9yK3BlcnNvbnMrd2l0aCtkaXNhYmlsaXRpZXMma2V5b3B0aW9uPVRpdGxlJmNsaW5pY2FsPWJvdGgmbG9jYWw9YWxsJkJ5Q29zdD0w">course information page</a>. <br />
    &bull; All others, go to  <a href="http://www.train.org">www.train.org</a>.<br />
    &bull; Search for &quot;Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities,&quot; course   number 1025624 (University of Kansas).<br />
    &bull; First-time users must create a   login name and password.<br />
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The RTC/IL developed the course in collaboration with KDHE's Disability and Health Program.</p>
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  In addition, the above course has been revised and expanded by Ohio State University:</strong><a href="http://nisonger.osu.edu/disabilityconted.htm"><strong><br />
  Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities</strong></a> - approved for continuing education by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
  These trainings build upon the course listed above on the Kansas TRAIN system.
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  <li>Part I: Persons with Physical and Sensory Disabilities</li>
  <li>Part II: Persons with Developmental Disabilities<br />
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For information about this course, please contact Steve Rosensweig, <a href="mailto:steven.rosensweig@osumc.edu">steven.rosensweig@osumc.edu.</a><a href="http://www.rtcil.org/documents/KansasDataInventory.pdf" target="_blank">
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Data Inventory on the Employment and   Health of Kansans with Disabilities</h3></a></p>
<p class="style2"><a href="../documents/KansasDataInventory.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="../images/KansasDataInventory_Page_01.jpg" alt="Cover of data inventory book" width="121" height="148" class="leftimage" img /></a></p>
  <p>This  publication  supports improved data sharing for people who run programs that serve people with disabilities in Kansas and people who are conducting disability-related research.<br />
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  This collaboration was funded by two grants: One from  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which contracts with the RTC/IL; and one from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Kansas Health Policy Authority, with a contract to KU's Center for Research on Learning.
  
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