CDHD Products

• CDHD – Idaho's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilites Education, Research, and Service (PDF)PDF
• Idaho Assistive Technology's Alternative Financing Program (PDF)PDF
• IdahoSTARS – Quality Child Care Matters (PDF)PDF

Transition Portfolios

This first booklet has been written to assist teams in developing a transition portfolio that documents important information about an individual, and to be able to provide this kind of information as they plan a student's transition to a new setting.

Transition Portfolios: A Strategy for Making Easy Transitions (PDF)PDF

Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)

The content of this second booklet is to provide practical information to families and service providers focusing on Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) which has been identified as the leading cause of visual impairment in the western world.

Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI): Characteristics and Intervention Strategies (PDF)PDF

Communication is for Everyone!

The focus of this third booklet is to provide you with some basic, but critical things, to think about when developing a communication system for a child who is deafblind and may have additional disabilities.

Communication is for Everyone! Elements and Strategies (PDF)PDF

This study, “Choice and Community: Seeking the Voice of Adults with Developmental Disabilities” was conducted by the Center on Disabilities and Human Development at the University of Idaho and the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare from August 2015 - April 2016. The purpose of the study was to identify the perceptions of adults with developmental disabilities who were receiving Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) (Medicaid Program: State Plan Home and Community-Based Services, 2014) or their guardians regarding the extent to which individuals were integrated into the community, had choices, individual rights, and autonomy within a living setting.
See the accompanying PowerPoint presented at the AUCD meeting in December 2016 (PDF). PDF

Child Care in Idaho is a summary report of the 2015 Child Care Workforce Study conducted by the University of Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development and IdahoSTARS. The report examines the outcomes of IdahoSTARS training and professional development for child care providers. The report also includes a profile of Idaho’s child care providers and of children enrolled in child care in Idaho, including children with special needs.