Programs
Research
Break The Cycle This program invites students and faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to develop projects that will Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability and of Environmental Health Disparities. The project findings are presented at a conference and published in monographs and international journals. This annual program focuses on cultivating future leaders.
Healthcare Without Walls: A Medical Home for Homeless Children (HWW) HWW is a comprehensive community-based model addressing the health care needs of children who have been homeless. ISDD works in collaboration with Mary Hall Freedom House, the Morehouse School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia State University and Emory University School of Public Health.
Service Programs
Project GRANDD is a program that provides a network of supports to grandparents in the greater metropolitan Atlanta who are raising their grandchildren who have disabilities, chronic illness, and behavior or learning difficulties.
Adult Down Syndrome Program is an interdisciplinary program that provides coordination of medical, educational, nutritional and life plans for adolescents and adults with Down syndrome and their families.
Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University (PEHSU) is one of 10 programs around the country established by EPA and ATSDR to provide consultation, education and referral for questions concerning children’s health and the environment.
Interdisciplinary Clinical Programs for autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and developmental disabilities are held at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta - Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine.
Education, Training & Outreach
- Morehouse School of Medicine Medical Student & Pediatric Residency Programs
- Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; School of Nursing; and School of Public Health
- Interdisciplinary leadership training of the students from many universities and colleges in the Break the Cycle Projects
- Local, regional, national and international presentations and conferences
- Partnerships with local, regional, national and international associations, universities and agencies.
Advocacy –Health Care Policy
Break The Cycle projects serve to cultivate future leaders and influence health care policy.
ISDD collaborates with local, regional, national and international disability groups with similar missions.
We accomplish our mission by:
Research
Supporting research that may reduce health disparities in children
Service
Providing programs that reduce the impact of social and economic disadvantage on the health, growth and development of children
Education
Training of professionals and community partners and cultivating future leaders
Support
Assisting parents, grandparents and caregivers to understand the needs of their children and help them to assure optimal health, development and education.
Advocacy
Influencing health care policy and practices through many of our programs and projects most notably through the Break the Cycle series
