Preparing meals is an essential part of everyone's day. You may be responsible for helping the people you support to prepare their meals. It is important that you know the basics of how to plan and prepare meals with and for the people you support. In this course, you will learn about key considerations in preparing meals, including kitchen safety. You will also learn how you can help the people you support get involved with preparing their own meals. Basic cooking skills are beyond the scope of this course.
The goal of this course is to introduce DSPs in IDD service settings to common issues with meal preparation.
Preparing meals is an essential part of everyone's day. You may be responsible for helping the people you support to prepare their meals. It is important that you know the basics of how to plan and prepare meals with and for the people you support. In this course, you will learn about key considerations in preparing meals, including kitchen safety. You will also learn how you can help the people you support get involved with preparing their own meals. Basic cooking skills are beyond the scope of this course. The goal of this course is to introduce DSPs in IDD service settings to common issues with meal preparation.
This activity is approved for 0.50 contact hours.
Outline:
Section 2: Planning and Cooking
Katy Kunst received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Master of Business Administration from Elon University. She has 15 years of experience serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their supporters, including roles as direct support professional, program director, and training facilitator. She has created and facilitated training on topics including non-violent crisis interventions, person-centered planning, cultural competence, quality service delivery, regulatory compliance, and a variety of topics related to IDD services. Disclosure: Katy Kunst, MBA, QIDP has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
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