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Individual-Use IDD Healthcare eLearn Courses for Clinicians & Supporters

Purchase custom IDD-specific training eLearns available for individual-use licensing.  

Welcome to IntellectAbility’s Individual-Use IDD Healthcare eLearning store. 

Our online courses are specifically designed for individual use and focus on enhancing the recognition and response to signs and symptoms in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Each course features clear, accessible content supported by engaging visuals, interactive knowledge checks, and real-world case studies—ensuring learners gain both understanding and confidence in applying what they’ve learned.

Official Provider of NADSP accredited education for direct support professionals and frontline supervisors.

NADSP accreditation demonstrates that programs effectively teach the ethics, knowledge, and skills that constitute best practice in community support, and can prepare staff for NADSP certification. 

Click the tab below to view our selection of courses that count towards E-Badges in pursuit of NADSP certifications. 

IDD Healthcare Training eLearn Courses

Understanding and Recognizing Pain in People with IDD eLearn Individual License

Pain is often underrecognized and undertreated in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)—especially for those who do not communicate using words. Pain may present through changes in behavior, mood,...

$25.00

Understanding Polypharmacy eLearn Individual License

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often prescribed multiple medications, including psychotropic drugs, at higher rates than the general population. While medications can be necessary, polypharmacy—the use of...

$25.00

Techniques in Proper Maintenance of Durable Medical Equipment eLearn Individual License

Durable medical equipment (DME) plays a critical role in safety, comfort, mobility, and quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). When equipment is poorly maintained, improperly...

$25.00

Plate it Safe: Avoiding Mealtime Risks eLearn Individual License

Mealtimes present one of the highest daily health risks for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Unsafe practices, environmental distractions, and failure to follow prescribed diets or texture modifications...

$25.00

Diet and Meal Planning for Provider Agency Staff eLearn Individual License

Meal planning is a daily responsibility for many provider agency staff—but it is also a high-risk area that directly impacts health, safety, and quality of life for people with intellectual...

$25.00

Trauma Informed Support eLearn Individual License

This five-module, self-paced course gives frontline supporters a clear, practical understanding of how trauma affects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and how to respond in ways that promote safety,...

$125.00

Orientation to Person-Centered Thinking (PCT) eLearn Individual License

Start your journey into the life-changing world of person-centered approaches.  Key tenets of person-centered approaches and how you can implement them today Information that reframes how we think about those...

$25.00

Actions Speak Louder Than Words eLearn Individual License

Recognizing behaviors as signs of underlying medical conditions in people with IDD. Using real-life case studies, this course effectively illustrates how numerous challenging behaviors may point to specific, underlying medical...

$50.00

Fatal Five for Case Managers eLearn Individual License

The Fatal Five for Case Managers includes the bulk of information from the Fatal Five Fundamentals courses with added direction on how to use this information as a Case Manager. The...

$125.00

Fatal Five Fundamentals eLearn Individual License

This course delivers essential knowledge on the Fatal Five for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and general staff. The Fatal Five (previously known as the Fatal Four) refers to the top...

$100.00

Reference Books & Materials

Purchase easy-to-understand, informative books, such as Clinical Pearls in IDD Healthcare, and other reference materials designed for those who support people with IDD. 

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DURATION: 1 HR

Recognizing behaviors as signs of underlying medical conditions in people with IDD

Using real-life case studies, this course effectively illustrates how numerous challenging behaviors may point to specific, underlying medical conditions in people with IDD. 


DURATION: 4 HRS


This course delivers essential knowledge on the Fatal Five for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and general staff.


Being aware of the Fatal Five fundamentals is critical for providing adequate support and for appropriately targeting treatment needs.

DURATION: 6.5 HRS
7.75 CEU CREDIT HOURS

The Fatal Five Advanced Course was designed specifically for clinicians. It covers each Fatal Five item in greater depth with an eye to precise signs and symptoms and greater stress on health and safety repercussions.

It stresses how to train staff on each item and how to help staff act as a set of eyes and ears so that health issues can be reported clearly as they happen.

DURATION: 5.5 HRS
7 CEU CREDIT HOURS (for IL QIDPs only)

The Fatal Five for Case Managers includes the bulk of information from the Fatal Five Fundamentals courses with added direction on how to use this information as a Case Manager.

The message is,“Just because you are not a clinician does not mean you cannot clinically advocate for someone.”

DURATION: 4.5 HRS
5 CME / 6 CEU CREDIT HOURS


Specifically created for clinicians including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, allied health
professionals and students of these disciplines.

Teaches the fundamentals of IDD healthcare every clinician should know.

Reference Materials & Posters

A convenient book of our posters that cover all of the Fatal Five+1, the top disorders linked to preventable deaths in vulnerable populations.

This 3-ring binder manual helps provide healthcare practitioners with removable pages of information about delivering medical and dental care for people with IDD.

We’ve published our hardcover manual as a convenient eBook, making it that much easier to provide healthcare practitioners with information about delivering medical and dental care for people with IDD.

Hang this poster anywhere to easily spot ways to prevent falls and the effects that falls can have in people with IDD.

A full set of all 6 quick reference posters that cover all of the Fatal Five, describing top disorders linked to preventable deaths in vulnerable populations.

Hang this poster anywhere to quickly spot symptoms of COVID-19 in people with IDD as well as prevent and respond to infection.