Best Practices Resource Guide for Health Centers Serving Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

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Year Developed: 07/08/2026

Resource Type: Guide

Primary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: NACHC

Annotation: The Best Practices Resource Guide for Providers Serving People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) is a professionally designed, easy to use digital toolkit created for community health center teams. It provides ready to implement communication frameworks, sensory friendly considerations, plain language tools, de escalation strategies, and quick reference job aids to reduce communication barriers, strengthen patient trust, and enhance inclusive care delivery across clinical and front line settings.

Resource Subtopic:
Quality: Patient Safety
Quality: Quality Improvement
Operations: Practice Transformation.

Keywords:
Integrated Care
Care Coordination
Communication and Outreach.