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I Want to be Healthy ARCA believes that individuals with developmental disabilities have a right to receive basic health information in an understandable format to learn to improve their personal health. ARCA Direct Support Professionals receive training and mentoring on how to help individuals receiving services learn how their body works, how to make healthy choices, and engage in planned activities that improve their flexibility, aerobic capacity, balance and strength. Health Matters is a tool that helps each person develop a healthy lifestyle and reduce their risk for preventable secondary health conditions. |
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ARCA collaborates with a national leader in the field, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development, to deliver evidence-based health promotion programming. For more information contact Arielle Bernier Oetzel, Community Associate at (505) 332-6855, or Leslie Hoelzel, Health Matters Certified Advanced Instructor at (505) 332-6847. Announcing Health Matters CAP (Community-Academic Partnership), a project that promotes bi-directional knowledge flow between academic institutions and community organizations serving people with developmental disabilities through service learning; the development of relevant local research questions/studies, and the delivery of Health Matters training under funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. See the project brochure to become engaged: |
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