Caring for Our People Training (COPT)

Improving Care for Tribal Members with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs

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ABOUT OUR PROJECT

This website is designed to provide information to people working with tribal members with disabilities or health care needs. We have tried to make this site easy to use by separating information into different categories. There is some overlap in these areas, so if you don't find what you were looking for under one category, you should try the other areas as well. Click on the button or link below to learn more about your area of interest.

	INTRODUCTION - to Native American families, culture and disability, common issues facing programs in Indian country, facts about education, diagnosis and resources for those who are new to reservation communities or the disability field.
	GENERAL INFORMATION ON DISABILITY:
	EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: What they and their families need to know
	GETTING AND KEEPING A JOB: EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

	PERSONAL AND FAMILY ISSUES: PROBLEMS, RESOURCES & INFORMATION
	HOME-BASED CARE: Involvement of family members, medication administration, bed baths, dental care, injury prevention, making your home injury-free.

	PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES: Maintaining a healthy weight, obesity, nutrition, exercise and physical fitness, environmental health
	INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC DISABILITIES; From Alzheimer's to Traumatic Brain Injury

The project was supported by the Small Business Innovation Research program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, grant number # 2004-33610-14307.

WHO WE ARE for an introduction to the staff members working on the Caring for Our People Training Project, click here.