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College Students with Mental Health Needs

This video describes mental health conditions and dispels common misconceptions regarding college students who experience them.

  • Topics: Postsecondary Education, Mental Health
  • Duration: 10 min
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December 2021 110 Postsecondary Education, Mental Health

How Mental Health Conditions Shape Academic Participation

This video summarizes ways in which having a mental health condition can impact a student’s academic performance.

  • Topics: Postsecondary Education, Mental Health
  • Duration: 12 min
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December 2021 76 Postsecondary Education, Mental Health

Understanding Accommodations for College Students with Mental Health Conditions

This video details the purpose and nature of academic accommodations for college students with mental health conditions and offers examples of such accommodations.

  • Topics: Accommodations, Postsecondary Education, Mental Health
  • Duration: 15 min
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December 2021 62 Accommodations, Postsecondary Education, Mental Health

What is Health Care Transition? HCT 101

This video provides an overview of Health Care Transition (HCT) with tips and information for youth and young adults who are transitioning from pediatric to adult health care.

  • Topics: Health
  • Duration: 2 min
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August 2021 4225 Health

Consent and Kids with Disabilities

Talking about consent may feel like a daunting task, but Daisy discusses why understanding consent is important for all kids, and especially kids with disabilities.

  • Topics: Health, Sexuality, Self-Advocacy, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 4 min
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May 2019 433 Health, Sexuality, Self-Advocacy, Self-Determination

Disability and Sexuality

All people are sexual beings, no matter what their bodies can or cannot do physically or what type of support they may need from time to time or all of the time. It�s important for young people living with disabilities or differently abled young people to learn about sexuality.

  • Topics: Health, Sexuality
  • Duration: 3 min
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March 2019 27896 Health, Sexuality

#ABLEtoSave: Qualified Disability Related Expenses

This video from the ABLE National Resource Center provides very straightforward descriptions and explanations of the type of expenses that ABLE funds can be used for. The ABLE NRC Director, Chris Rodriquez, goes through broad categories like education, transportation, assistive technology and more and gives examples of the type of services that are covered.

  • Topics: Financial Planning, Self-determination, Employment, Postsecondary Education, Transportation, Health
  • Duration: 3 min
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August 2017 265 Financial Planning, Self-determination, Employment, Postsecondary Education, Transportation, Health

Dealing with Pain

A young woman with cerebral palsy and her father talk about the impact of pain and how effective strategies for pain management have made a difference in her life.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Perseverance, Supportive Adults
  • Duration: 2 min
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February 2017 527 Health, Independent Living, Perseverance, Supportive Adults

The Truth about Sitting – Partnership in Wellness

This video was produced by the Partnership in Wellness project at the U of MN's Research and Training Center on Community Living. It is part of a universally-designed health curriculum for adults who require ongoing daily supports, have limited reading skills, and would benefit from learning about improved nutrition, activity, and relationships.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living
  • Duration: 3 min
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January 2017 132 Health, Independent Living

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: Supporting Your Child at Home and in the Community

In this video Renelle Nelson, who directs from PACER's Children's Mental Health & Emotional or Behavioral Disorders Project, explains to parents how Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) can be used to teach and encourage appropriate behaviors at home and in the community.

  • Topics: High Expectations, Mental Health, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Social Skills
  • Duration: 7 min
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September 2016 328 High Expectations, Mental Health, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Social Skills

Who Helps You Coordinate Your Health Care?

Teens discuss who helps them coordinate their own health care and the strategies they use to organize themselves. The role of a “care coordinator” is defined. This video is the first in a 4-part series Preparing for Adulthood: Taking Charge of My Own Health Care.

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August 2016 227 Health, Self-Determination, Youth Produced Preparing For Adulthood:
Taking Charge of My Own Health Care

What Can Medical Providers and Teachers Do To Help You Take Charge of Your Own Health Care?

Teens respond to questions about their preferred method of communication for health care information. This video is the second in a 4-part series, Preparing for Adulthood: Taking Charge of My Own Health Care.

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August 2016 183 Health, Self-Determination, Youth Produced Preparing For Adulthood:
Taking Charge of My Own Health Care

How Do You Prepare For A Medical Appointment?

Teens describe how they prepare for a doctor’s appointment. Strategies that work for them include: making a list of concerns and questions for the doctor, having your insurance card with you, checking in, scheduling an appointment and arranging for transportation to the appointment. This video is the third in a 4-part series, Preparing for Adulthood: Taking Charge of My Own Health Care.

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August 2016 81 Health, Self-Determination, Youth Produced Preparing For Adulthood:
Taking Charge of My Own Health Care

What Does Guardianship Mean to You?

Teens discuss what guardianship means. For these young adults, guardians are seen as coaches, leaders, decision makers, record keepers and as the gateway to health care.This video is the fourth in a 4-part series, Preparing for Adulthood: Taking Charge of My Own Health Care.

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August 2016 281 Health, Self-Determination, Youth Produced, Guardianship Preparing For Adulthood:
Taking Charge of My Own Health Care

The Road to Recovery

A young woman talks about her first experience with bipolar disorder as a college student, her family's support, and her road to recovery, degree completion and successful employment.

  • Topics: Family support, Mental Health, Postsecondary Education, Self-Awareness
  • Duration: 7 min
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June 2016 284 Family support, Mental Health, Postsecondary Education, Self-Awareness

Health Care in the Transition Plan

Helping students learn to manage their health care is the responsibility of parents, teachers, and the student. This video provides information about how to include health care in the transition plan.

  • Topics: Health, Transition Planning
  • Duration: 4 min
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March 2016 139 Health, Transition Planning

Questions of Discrimination

Before someone can practice law, they must not only graduate from law school but pass the state’s bar exam. Currently, 41 states include questions in their bar exam application asking about the applicant’s mental health history, diagnosis or treatment. If an applicant answers “yes” to these questions, they are required to fill out a form revealing private information and may be forced to turn over confidential treatment records before being allowed to take the bar exam. The video below discusses the impact these questions have on applicants and the diversity of the legal profession.

  • Topics: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Civil Rights and Legal Protections, Disability Rights, Disclosure, Employment, Mental Health, Postsecondary Education
  • Duration: 4 min
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March 2016 514 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Civil Rights and Legal Protections, Disability Rights, Disclosure, Employment, Mental Health, Postsecondary Education

History of the Disability Movement in the United States

A dry but informative presentation by University of Kansas Professor Michael Wehmeyer that characterizes the history of people with disabilities, particularly people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as having 3 distinct waves. Firstly, the Professional Movement, predominant from 1850 to mid 20th century; secondly, the Parent Movement that emerged in the 1950s; and thirdly, the Self-Determination Movement.

  • Topics: Community Inclusion, Civil Rights and Legal Protections, Community Supports, Family Support, Health, Independent Living, Intellectual Disability, Self-Determination, Special Education, Transportation
  • Duration: 9 min
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February 2015 474 Community Inclusion, Civil Rights and Legal Protections, Community Supports, Family Support, Health, Independent Living, Intellectual Disability, Self-Determination, Special Education, Transportation

Understanding Your Health Insurance Costs

Baffled by premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums? Here is an overview of health insurance that will help clear things up and give you a better sense of how your money is spent.

  • Topics: Health
  • Duration: 5 min
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December 2014 69563 Health

Health Insurance Explained

This cartoon explains health insurance using fun, easy-to-understand scenarios. It breaks down important insurance concepts, such as premiums, deductibles and provider networks. The video explains various the basics of various health care coverage options, including Medicaid.

  • Topics: Health
  • Duration: 5 min
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November 2014 203972 Health

Words to Know – from Coverage to Care

This video goes over key terminology youth need to learn to manage their health insurance coverage as adults.

  • Topics: Adult Services, Health, Independent Living
  • Duration: 2 min
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July 2014 9318 Adult Services, Health, Independent Living

How To Talk To Your Doctor

A young woman who is a wheelchair user shares tips for working with your doctor to develop an appropriate treatment plan.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 6 min
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May 2014 7532 Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Making a Smooth Transition from High School to Adult Living: Successful Collaboration

All students and their families benefit from collaboration — teamwork, group effort, and cooperation — between family, school, and others as they make the transition to adult life. Students with disabilities often require extra collaboration and support to achieve their employment, educational, and independent living goals, sometimes for their entire lives. This 2012 webinar for parents of youth with disabilities explores how to use the concept of collaboration to ensure their son or daughter’s transition to adulthood is as smooth as possible. Originally developed for Minnesota families, most content is relevant to families residing in other states as well. Presenters: Carolyn Anderson, PACER Center | Barb Ziemke, PACER Center | Sean Roy, PACER Center.

  • Topics: Webinar, Transition Planning, Collaboration, Adult Services, Connecting Youth, Vocational Rehabilitation, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Transportation, County Services, Independent Living, Employment, Health, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Postsecondary Education, Family Support
  • Duration: 57 min
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March 2014 555 Webinar, Transition Planning, Collaboration, Adult Services, Connecting Youth, Vocational Rehabilitation, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Transportation, County Services, Independent Living, Employment, Health, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Postsecondary Education, Family Support

Dr. Right: The Right Way to Discuss Transition

A young woman updates her health care transition plan with her doctor before she goes off to college.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Postsecondary Education, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 8 min
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March 2014 1018 Health, Independent Living, Postsecondary Education, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Dr. Knotright: the wrong way to discuss transition

See the wrong way for a primary care physician to discuss health care transition with a young adult patient!

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Postsecondary Education, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 6 min
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March 2014 602 Health, Independent Living, Postsecondary Education, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Becoming an Adult: Taking Responsibility for Your Medical Care

Moving out of the pediatric health care world is a major milestone in every young adult's life. This video shows and describes ways for young people to be more involved in their health care, what skills they will need to be successful and how being a patient in the adult health care world will be different from their pediatric experience.

  • Topics: Health, Self-Advocacy, Independent Living
  • Duration: 7 min
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December 2013 3635 Health, Self-Advocacy, Independent Living

How Can Parents Help Providers When Their Young Adult Transitions to Adult Health Care?

Pediatrician and researcher Dr. Robert Rohloff describes the partnership between parent, youth and provider when their young adult transitions to adult health care.

  • Topics: Adult Services, Family Support, Housing, Independent Living, High Expectations, Health
  • Duration: 2 min
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August 2013 172 Adult Services, Family Support, Housing, Independent Living, High Expectations, Health

Talking With Your Doctor and Other Health Care Providers

This video teaches teens how communicate effectively with health care providers so that they answer teens' questions and give the information and supports teens need to be more in charge of their own health. Teens will also learn how prepare and give health care providers the information they need to give teens the best possible medical care.

  • Topics: Health, Self-Advocacy, Independent Living
  • Duration: 18 min
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November 2012 504 Health, Self-Advocacy, Independent Living

Bringing Medications to Your Medical Appointment

This video demonstrates how you can actively participate in the proper management of your health care by bringing all of your medications to every medical appointment.

  • Topics: Health, Self-Advocacy
  • Duration: 2 min
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October 2012 70 Health, Self-Advocacy

Making the Move to Managing Your Own Personal Assistance Services

Youth with disabilities discuss how they use personal assistance services (PAS) and what’s involved in finding and managing their own services. This video is a companion to the publication, Making the Move to Managing Your Own Personal Assistance Services (PAS): A Toolkit for Youth with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 4 min
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September 2012 3753 Health, Independent Living, Self-Determination

Health Care Transition: A Parent Perspective

A father talks about the challenges of preparing his daughter to becoming more responsible for her own health care. He likens it to teaching your young adult to drive. "You know you have to let them go and make their mistakes."

  • Topics: Health, Family Support, High Expectations, Independent Living, Transition Planning
  • Duration: 2 min
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July 2012 134 Health, Family Support, High Expectations, Independent Living, Transition Planning

Jamar's Story, Let's Stop HIV Together

Jamar Rogers discusses living with HIV, fighting stigma around HIV, and the strong support of his mom, Danielle.

  • Topics: Disability Self-Awareness, Family Support, Health, HIV, Self-Advocacy
  • Duration: 2 min
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July 2012 444588 Disability Self-Awareness, Family Support, Health, HIV, Self-Advocacy

How does student health insurance work?

This video describes health insurance options for college students who are not covered on their family's policy through age 26.

  • Topics: Health
  • Duration: 5 min
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August 2011 8358 Health

Schedule a Medical Appointment

This video goes over the information you need to have at hand when you make a doctor's appointment over the phone and what you need to say and do.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 1 min
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June 2011 298 Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Healthy Hobbies: Skills for Life

Several high school students speak about their disabilities and how their hobbies translate into skills for future employment, community involvement, and self-confidence.

  • Topics: Independent Living, Youth Produced, Health, Recreation and Sports
  • Duration: 5 min
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December 2010 1702 Independent Living, Youth Produced, Health, Recreation and Sports

Jeff on Medical Decision-making

Jeff talks about how he gradually assumed more responsibility for medical decision-making. Although he makes decisions for himself as an adult, he continues to consult his parents as part of his decision-making process.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 2 min
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June 2009 369 Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Let Children and Teens Speak for Themselves

Dr. Dawn Greninko explains why parents should let children and teens speak for themselves.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 1 min
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June 2009 313 Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination

Developing your medical independence

Dr. Dawn Grinenko talks about the importance of transferring responsibility for medication management and procedures from parents to youth.

  • Topics: Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination
  • Duration: 2 min
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June 2009 221 Health, Independent Living, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Self-Determination