Delco Teen Develops Boards to Help First Responders Communicate With People With Disabilities
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Tarrytown Expocare Pharmacy to Host “Medication Administration Compliance 2.0” Webinar on January 12
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION COMPLIANCE 2.0
Thursday, January 12, 2023
10:00 am – 11:15 am CST | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST
Complimentary 1 CE — Nurses & QIDPs
Presented by:
Deb Maloy, RN, CDDN, President-Elect, DDNA
Jess Jacobs, Business & Education Development
If you’re interested but not able to attend this live webinar, register anyway and we’ll send you a link to the recording and presentation slides once they’re ready.
For any education-related questions, contact Tarrytown Expocare.
ODP Announces New Program: Just SO (Short-Term Online) Speech Services
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is excited to announce a new program available for any individual registered with ODP. ODP has funded online Speech and Language Pathology services, Just SO (Short-Term Online), through TechOWL at the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Individuals and their families/teams can receive up to 10 hours of virtual services from a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist (SLP). An SLP can work with your team to:
- Assess current communication;
- Recommend a communication focus;
- Develop a communication support plan;
- Teach practical strategies for communication;
- Select, set up, and/or customize a communication device, if recommended;
- Plan for getting an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device, including writing an insurance report, if necessary; and
- Troubleshoot communication strategies, AAC devices, and more.
Visit here if you are interested in this new, free program. For questions, contact TechOWL at 800-204-7428 or via email.
ODP’s Division of Quality Management’s Winter QM Spotlight Now Available
The Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) Division of Quality Management’s QM Spotlight is now available. This is the third in a series of quarterly publications that are intended to shine a light on ODP’s revised Quality Management Plan & Action Plan Review Checklist. Administrative Entities (AEs), Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs), Providers, Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) reviewers, and anyone who reviews QM plans – including their own – should reference this information as they develop/evaluate QM plans.
ODP Training Needs Survey
To better support professionals assisting individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) and the Autism Services, Education, Resources, and Training Collaborative (ASERT) want to learn more about the training needs of professionals. The data collected from this survey will be used by ODP to inform trainings to reflect the needs of provider and professional organizations throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact ODP via email.
Note: This survey is anonymous, and any contact information that you provide will be kept separate from your survey responses.
Please use this link to complete the survey. This survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Please complete by February 10, 2023.
Weathering the Staffing Crisis — Guidance From RCPA Member MITC
Shared by RCPA member MITC:
Much of this content was originally published by OPEN MINDS in September 2022. In turn, this content was derived from a presentation by Dee Werline, President and Chief Executive Officer at New Vista, and Dee DeWitt, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Momentum for Health. The article matched a lot of our own thinking at MITC and thought the content deserved a wider audience.
Download Weathering the Staffing Storm.
Check out these recommendations and best practices: Guidelines for Better Recruiting and Hiring.
Email MITC to talk to a hiring specialist.
PA Family Network Workshops Announced for January 2023
PA Family Network is offering several workshops in January. The next topic of focus in Community Engagement will be Emergency Planning. January will feature three workshops on the subject, including “Emergency Preparedness,” “Snapshot of Me: Creating a One-Page Profile,” and “Planning For Community Safety.”
| Waiver Basics Part 1 | 1/4/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Waiver Basics Part 2 | 1/5/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Using LifeCourse to Plan for ISP | 1/6/2023 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| Waiver Advanced Part 1 | 1/9/2023 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| Waiver Advanced Part 2 | 1/9/2023 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
| Community Safety | 1/11/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Community Safety (Spanish) | 1/12/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Emergency Preparedness | 1/17/2023 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Emergency Preparedness | 1/17/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Family Forum | 1/18/2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
| Waiver Basics Part 1 | 1/19/2023 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| Waiver Basics Part 2 | 1/19/2023 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
| LEAD the Way to Healthy Relationships | 1/23/2023 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| Good Life Group | 1/23/2023 | 6:30 pm |
| Snapshot of Me, Creating a One-Page Profile | 1/24/2023 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Snapshot of Me, Creating a One-Page Profile | 1/24/2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
| Waiver Advanced Part 1 | 1/25/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Waiver Advanced Part 2 | 1/26/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Waiver Basics Part 1 – Sibs | 1/30/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Planning for Community Safety | 1/31/2023 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Planning for Community Safety | 1/31/2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
For more information and links to these workshops, visit their website or call 844-723-2645.
Congress Passes ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Treasurer Stacy Garrity and disability advocates across Pennsylvania hail Congress’s passage of the ABLE Age Adjustment Act, which will expand ABLE program eligibility to include an estimated 6 million more Americans, including one million veterans, by raising the age limit for onset of a disability from 26 to 46 starting in 2026. ABLE accounts are a tax-free way to save for disability-related expenses while maintaining means-tested government benefits.
ODP Distributes Updated Acronym Guide
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is distributing an updated Acronym Guide for external stakeholders. The guide is current as of December 29, 2022.
If there are additional acronyms that you would like to have added to the Guide, please feel free to submit them to the ODP Outreach inbox. The Guide will be updated periodically to allow for the addition of new acronyms.
ODP Health Report: Easy Care First Aid Burn Cream Recalled Due to Potential Contamination
The Office of Developmental Programs is issuing this Health Alert to bring awareness that GFA Production (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Easy Care First Aid® AfterBurn® Cream, 0.9 g single-use packets. FDA analysis found the product to be contaminated with Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus sonorensis.
This recall is to the consumer level. The single use packets are sold in:
- boxes of 10; or
- packaged in certain First Aid kits.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Safety Communication that provides additional details and information, including guidance for people who have used or have purchased the affected product and their caregivers.
If you have used or have purchased one of these affected products, talk to your health care provider to decide on a suitable alternative and discuss if additional treatment is necessary because of using the recalled products. Additionally, please follow the recommendations provided by the FDA.
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