How will participation in a performance-based healthy meal preparation curriculum support health literacy and meal preparation skills for adults with intellectual and/or development disability (IDD)?

Presenter(s): Rachel Delman, OTD; Monika Robinson, DrOT, OTR/L

Contributing Author(s): Meredith Saletta Fitzgibbons,, Ph.D. CCC-SLP; Omar Khan, MD, QIDP; Charlotte Bolch, Ph.D., M.S.

Content Areas: Home & Community Health; Developmental Disabilities

Target Audience: Entry-level

Course Description: Assess how participating in an intervention program that focuses on health literacy and meal preparation skills can help develop self-determination and nutritional knowledge for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disability. Understand how the social and physical environments can serve as an enabler or barrier for participation in meal preparation and food choice.