Institute for Disability Studies
Family Health Notes
Special Edition - Health Care Day for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, May 24, Pearl
Are you searching for quality health care for your child or youth with special health care needs (CYSHCNs)? Are you a partner at all levels in the decisions made about your child’s health care? Is finding a medical home in your community a challenge? Do you have adequate insurance to pay for the services you need? Learn more about these key measures of quality health care for your CYSHCNs and others at a FREE special health care day for families and health care providers scheduled from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, at the Muse Center at 515 Country Place Parkway in Pearl.
Agenda
8 – 8:30 a.m. - Registration/ Welcome
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. - Early and Continuous Screening- Shelley Ezelle, MS, and Leslie Lavern, PhD, Early Years Network, Institute for Disability Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi
9:40 – 10:40 a.m. - Insurance Coverage for CYSHCN - David C. Williams, MD, Medical Director for United HealthCare
10:50 – 11:50 a.m. - Transition to Adulthood - Jerry Alliston, PhD,
11:50 a.m. – 1 a.m. - Networking Lunch/Community-Based Services/Mississippi Sibling and Supporter Network/Family Voices of Mississippi
1:10 – 2:10 p.m. - Medical Home: HealthCare We All Deserve- Keishawna A. Smith, BA - Family2Family Health Information and Education Center, Institute for Disability Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi
2:20 – 3:20 p.m. - Family Participation- Joy Hogge, PhD, Executive Director MS Families As Allies
Box lunches will be provided by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities.
For more information, please contact MS F2F Parent Coordinator Keishawna Smith at 601.432.6929 or ksmith@ihl.state.ms.us. To register online, visit https://www.usm.edu/disability-studies/f2f-health-day-registration.
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Family Health Notes is sponsored by the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at The University of Southern Mississippi. IDS provides university training, community service activities, research and information that promote the independence, productivity, and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities and their families. For more information about IDS, visit http://www.usm.edu/disability-studies or call 1.888.671.0051 (TTY). To make a tax-deductible gift to IDS, visit http://www.usm.edu/disability-studies/support-ids.
The Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Center (F2F) is a family-focused, family managed resource center that empowers families of Mississippi children with special health care needs to be partners in the decisions made concerning the health of their children. F2F is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (GR#H84MC07948).
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