Janet Shouse
Program Coordinator, IDD Toolkit
Staff - UCEDD
Overview of Interests
Janet Shouse works at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville, TN, as the program coordinator for the IDD Toolkit, www.iddtoolkit.org, an online resource for health care clinicians to enhance the care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
She is also a Hub team member for Dr. Beth Malow's Vanderbilt Wellpoint IDD ECHO: Adult Health Care Training for Clinicians, serving as a family navigator. In addition, she coordinates other training activities to help build the capacity of primary care providers as well as other clinicians to treat adults with IDD. She currently is part of the IDD Advocate Corps for the National Roadmap for Disability-Inclusive Healthcare.
Janet has been active in the disability community for many years and has worked on a number of legislative efforts to improve services for Tennesseans with autism and other developmental disabilities. She is the parent of three young adults, including a son on the autism spectrum.
Website
www.iddtoolkit.org