Coalition for the Mental Health Safety Net Meeting Scheduled for Feb. 22
Registration
ANCOR Webinar for Members: Unwinding of the Public Health Emergency
RCPA Member Woods Services to Host Employee Engagement Symposium on February 16
Join Lydia Dawson, Erin Drummond, Marco Giordano, and Toni Pergolin as they present the Employee Engagement Symposium, moderated by Tine Hansen-Turton.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Virtual Event
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Description:
How do you promote workplace practices and cultures that lead to satisfied employees and improved business outcomes in the health and human services sectors? How do you draw on employees’ knowledge and ideas to improve and grow services? Our panelists will address these questions and share their best strategies for successful employee engagement. This symposium is moderated by Tine Hansen-Turton, President and CEO of RCPA member Woods Services.
Thriving Through Transformation Symposia Series:
This symposium is the second in a series of four symposia that stem from key themes in the newly released book Thriving Through Transformation: A Practical Guide to Creating Organizational Change in the Social Sector by Woods Services. For more about the book and the series, see below.
Visit here to purchase a paperback copy of the book.
Visit here to download the free digital version.
Learn more about the speakers, agenda, and registration details here.
IPRC Webinar & Panel Discussion: Education and Rehabilitation — March 13
Education and Rehabilitation: Maintaining Continuity Through Rehabilitation to School Re-Entry
Monday, March 13, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST;
10:00 am – 11:00 am MST; 9:00 am – 10:00 am PST
Debbie South, MEd
Jodi Krause, MA, CBIS
Emily Frank, CBIS
Stephanie Volker, MS, CCC-SLP
Speaker/Panelist Bios:
Debbie South
Debbie South is a School Liaison Specialist with the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a member of the multidisciplinary team in the Complex Brain Health and Wellness Clinic. For the past nine years, she has provided support and recommendations to families and school teams when planning patients’ return to school after hospitalization with inpatient rehabilitation. Prior to her liaison position with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Debbie taught science for 22 years in both the private and public school settings.
Debbie received both her undergraduate and master’s degrees in education from Xavier University, with a graduate certification from George Washington University in Brain Injury and Transition Services. She is currently obtaining her certificate as a Brain Injury Specialist through Brain Injury Association of America.
Jodi Krause
Bringing experience from teaching in both public and private schools, Jodi Krause joined Children’s Hospital Colorado in 2010 as a Learning Specialist in the Learning Services Clinic, where she provided educational evaluations and therapy for students with developmental reading disabilities. In 2011, she transitioned to the inpatient teaching team.
Collaborating with a rehab psychology colleague, Jodi created a new model for education on the rehabilitation unit. In 2012, they launched a multidisciplinary classroom experience to improve the return to school process for patients, families, and school teams. In 2017, she transitioned into her current role, where she sees patients in the Acquired Brain Injury Clinic alongside physicians, psychologists, and other members of the therapy team.
Emily Frank
Emily Frank currently serves as the Inpatient School Specialist for Rehabilitation at Children’s Hospital Colorado, bringing to the role her prior experience teaching in both public and charter schools. She leads a daily school group for the rehabilitation patients and supports the return to school process for patients, families, and school teams.
Emily joined Children’s Hospital Colorado team in 2018, gaining valuable training and experience working in the rehabilitation classroom. She developed an understanding of the learning needs of children with brain injuries and the long-term impact on their return to school. She provided education support for children with rehabilitation needs as well as those served in the Center for Cancer Care and Blood Disorders Specialty areas. In 2021, she transitioned into her current role as the Inpatient School Specialist for Rehab and took over the inpatient classroom.
Stephanie Volker
Stephanie Volker is speech/language pathologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the Division of Speech Language Pathology, specializing in providing cognitive-communication rehabilitation to children and adolescents with impairments due to acquired brain injury (ABI) or chronic conditions.
Stephanie was instrumental in creating and developing Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neuro-rehabilitation Team: a family-centered, collaborative, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program for children and adolescents who have sustained an ABI. She serves as an expert clinical leader and mentor to clinicians on her teams. Stephanie lectures on a variety of topics related to ABI and cognitive-communication rehabilitation for the adult and pediatric populations at the local, state, and national levels.
Stephanie received her Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology at Miami University in 1994 and 1995 respectively, and achieved Certified Brain Injury Specialist Certification in 2005.
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will:
- Understand key stakeholder perspectives regarding the school re-entry process for students with acquired brain injuries;
- Review models, approaches, processes, and protocols of 2 different multidisciplinary rehab school programs in pediatric institutions (inpatient and outpatient);
- Identify practical strategies for rehab professionals when interfacing with school districts/education partners; and
- Discuss the importance of ongoing collaboration among stakeholders and with other institutions to support all children to ensure the best outcomes following an acquired brain injury.
Audience: This webinar is intended for all members of the rehabilitation team, including medical staff, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, licensed psychologists, mental health professionals, and other interested professionals.
Level: Intermediate
Certificate of Attendance: Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. No CEs are provided for this course.
Registration: Registration is complimentary for members of IPRC/RCPA. Registration fee for non-members is $179. Not a member yet? Consider joining today. Multiple registrations per organization are permitted.
2023 Virtual Speaker Series: Free DEI Resources Available in Honor of Black History Month
February is Black History Month
Black History Month focuses attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States. It honors all Black people from all periods of United States history.
Friday, February 10, 2023
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Structural Racism and Psychiatric Practice: A Call for Sustained Change
Rachel Talley, MD
Structural racism has received renewed focus, fueled by the convergence of major political and social events. As a result, psychiatry as a field has been forced to confront a legacy of systemic inequities.
Dr. Talley will use examples from her clinical and supervisory work to highlight the urgent need to integrate techniques addressing racial identity and racism into psychiatric practice and teaching. This urgency is underlined by extensive evidence of psychiatry’s long-standing systemic inequities. Our field suffers not from a lack of available techniques but rather a lack of sustained commitment to understand and integrate those techniques into our work; indeed, there are multiple published examples of strategies to address racism and racial identity in psychiatric clinical practice.
She will provide recommendations geared toward more firmly institutionalizing a focus on racism and racial identity in psychiatry and suggest applications of existing techniques to our initial clinical examples.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Making One’s Way in the World
Illya Eliphis Davis, PhD
Illya Eliphis Davis serves as the Director of Freshmen and Seniors’ Academic Success Programs and Professor of Philosophy at Morehouse College. He is a 1989 philosophy graduate of Morehouse College. He pursued a Master’s degree in Religion and Culture at Harvard University and doctoral studies at The University of Chicago in Philosophy of Religion.
He has published on the political thought of former Morehouse College president Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, African American Religious Experiences, Black existential thought, Black fraternities and sororities, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Professor Davis has provided invited lectures at the United States Department of Labor, The University of Chicago, Duke University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Notre Dame. Most recently, he provided the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day talk for the United States Department of Labor.
Professor Davis is a frequent social and political contributor to NPRs WABE-Atlanta. He teaches and researches Africana Philosophy and Race, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion. He is the proud father of two young ladies: Ilan, a 2021 graduate of Spelman College, and Anya, a sophomore at Spelman College. He is a member of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated.
If you have any questions, contact Nancy Massey.
Emergency Preparedness Summits Hosted by PA Family Network — Additional Summit in April
The PA Family Network has a series of events happening this March and April – six in-person Summits on Emergency Preparedness. These summits will be regional, happening in York, Wilkes-Barre, State College, Philadelphia, and Cranberry, and will provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities, families, and interested individuals to learn more about Emergency Preparedness, Safety, Interactions With First Responders, and more.
There will be no fee to attend, and breakfast and lunch will be provided. Each day will be from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm.
The locations and dates of these events are:
- March 15: South Central — Wyndham Garden York
- March 20: Central — Penn Stater, State College
- March 21: West — Pittsburg Marriot North
- March 23: Northeast — Mohegan Sun Casino, Wilkes-Barre
- March 27: Southeast — Rivers Casino Philadelphia
- NEW!!! April 4: Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center, Erie, PA
For more information and to register for your local summit, visit here. Seminar sessions each day will include:
- Interacting With Law Enforcement;
- Tools to Use Before an Emergency;
- I-PREPARE: Make a Plan Using This Unique Tool Created by a Self-Advocate;
- Emergency Management & Red Cross: Not Just for Large-Scale Disasters; and
- Panel Discussion and Q&A With LOCAL First Responders Police/Ambulance (EMS)/Fire/Emergency Management Agency.
Support staff are welcome and encouraged to attend, and breakfast and lunch will provided for FREE.
DETAC Webinar on Ticket to Work Program for Job Seekers With Disabilities — Feb. 14
Join the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for a webinar about how Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and their programs serve ticket holders in the Ticket to Work program. The webinar will cover the structure of the Ticket to Work program, how involvement can lead to diversified funding for CILs, and how the program can help people with disabilities find employment in the community.
Speakers
- Robert Pfaff, Social Security Administration
- Kris Carrier, New Horizons Independent Living Center
The webinar will take place Tuesday, February 14, 2023, from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Register here to attend the webinar.
New Educational Opportunity: How To Measure and Improve Therapeutic Alliance — February 23
Greenspace Health has their next educational panel in the calendar, focused on a topic relevant to all of you — the value of therapeutic alliance. Dr. Brent Mallinckrodt, co-author of the 18-item “Brief Revised Working Alliance Inventory” (BR-WAI), will share the importance of the client-clinician relationship, the three vital components of a strong therapeutic alliance, and how to best use the BR-WAI in practice. To round out the conversation will be Emily Miller, a Master’s Level Psychotherapist and National Clinical Counselor from Pinebrook Family Answers in Pennsylvania, speaking on her experience of using the BR-WAI in practice and the impact it’s had on her clients’ outcomes.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn more about one of the most important predictors of positive symptom change for people in care: the working alliance.
Register here: How To Measure and Improve Therapeutic Alliance — February 23 at 1:00 pm EST.
Watch this short video for highlights from the last educational panel hosted by Greenspace Health, featuring the Yale Measurement-Based Care Collaborative!
Registration Now Open for March CI Forum
ODP Announcement 23-010 is to communicate that the Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator Program and the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) will be facilitating Forums for Certified Investigators (CIs) and others involved in the incident investigation process as well as to announce the posting of Q&A documents from past CI Forums on MyODP.
Please submit questions related to the Investigatory Plan that you would like answered during the forum to Amanda Black by close of business Friday, March 3, 2023. The next session date and time is Friday, March 10, 2023, at 10:00 am – 11:30 am. The topic of discussion will be “Investigative Planning.” Registration for March 10, 2023, is open.
For any questions regarding registration for the CI Forums, please contact Amanda Black.
DLTSS Training: Unwinding Home and Community-Based Services Public Health Emergency Flexibilities
Date: February 8, 2023
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Registration Required
Closed captioning will be available.
In this webinar, the Department of Long-Term Services and Supports (DLTSS) will be discussing state requirements and opportunities for resuming Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) operations when we approach the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). This includes:
- CMS resources to support states in unwinding PHE flexibilities, including considerations for HCBS;
- An overview of HCBS-related PHE flexibilities to unwind, with a focus on the 1915(c) HCBS in 1915(c) waivers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) approval process;
- An overview of HCBS-related PHE flexibilities that can be made permanent in 1915(c) waivers and the CMS approval process; and
- Other considerations for HCBS programs when unwinding from the PHE.
Following the presentation, webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
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