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YAI DVDs and manuals are created to meet the needs of staff who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities every day. We use real-life scenarios to demonstrate to learners ways to ensure the delivery of high quality support. Shop now for YAI training materials!
This curriculum guides staff when creating a program to help people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) enhance their social skills to better enjoy their life.
Staff in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often make the well-intentioned mistake of teaching people only how to complete a task instead of teaching them how to strategize effectively.
Questions and answers about sex and relationships are discussed using real life scenarios.
Outlines the differences between relationships and the importance of friendship.
Explores how to initiate, build, and maintain a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.
The Relationship Series includes: Friendship, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, and Sexuality DVDs.
The Management Series Includes: Running Effective Meetings, The Challenges of Supervising Staff, Interviewing Skills for Managers, and Staff Retention.
A tool to help supervisors communicate effectively, with an emphasis on first-time supervisors.
A training tool to help viewers understand what it means to sexually consent.
A parent training for in-home behavior management.
Recommendations for how to reduce unsafe acts and conditions in the workplace.
An introduction to ensuring professionalism in the workplace.
On overview on people with developmental disabilities who are facing aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Strategies on working more effectively with people with autism, on a day-to-day basis.
This activity guide provides rationale, strategies, and activity goals and outcomes to ensure that staff respect, advocate for, and educate people about their rights and responsibilities.
This program manual provides staff with a resource for creating and implementing a comprehensive system of functional programming, specifically for adults needing a profound level of support.
The updated introduction to the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the HITECH provisions.
The original bestseller Is This Abuse? is designed to elicit discussion among staff to recognize and eliminate various abusive situations which could occur in their daily interactions.
The sequel to the definitive Is this abuse? addresses physical, psychological and sexual abuse, civil rights violations, neglect and maltreatment.
Tips on asking the right questions to assess abilities and strengthen your interviewing skills.
Techniques for teaching while running group activities.
Preparing appealing pureed foods and thickened liquids. Available in Spanish.
Re-enactments of unsafe practices and the appropriate steps taken to prevent accidents in a residential and day setting.
Management solutions for working with challenging early childhood behavior.
Skills for staff to utilize when working on community inclusion.
Applied Behavioral Analysis and B.F. Skinner are highlighted to help create a classroom and therapy session settin
2009 Pegasus Award Winner! A light-hearted approach to addressing detrimental compliance-related situations and their solutions.
A guide for staff on helping people with developmental disabilities and mental health issues better cope.
