Institute for Disability Studies
Family Health Notes
September 26, 2017
Inside this issue:
18th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference
Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care Broadcast
Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jackson and Hattiesburg
Less than 50% of families nationwide indicate their children with special health care needs have received the services necessary to make appropriate transitions to adult health care, work, and independence. Preparation and planning for health care transition is often inadequate. Because of increased awareness of transitioning to adult-based care, clinicians are required to update their knowledge of the changing strategies for integrating emerging adult-based care into practice. Join the Mississippi Family2Family Health and Information Center for the 18th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: "Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care" on Oct. 5-6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Technology Room in the basement of the IHL Building at 3825 Ridgewood Road in Jackson or in the library at the Institute for Disability Studies on the 4th floor of Bond Hall on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
The target audience for the broadcast includes physicians in internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, psychiatry and physiatry; other health care providers including psychologists, social workers, nurses, dieticians, case managers, counselors and primary care providers; and youth and young adults who have a chronic illness or disability and their parents or guardians.
**Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) for physicians, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for social workers and Contact hours (CCUs) for occupational and physical therapists are available. Sign up on-site.**
After the conference, participants should be able to
· Describe strategies for setting up a transition program.
· Identify barriers and successful strategies when placing youth and young adults with special health care needs, behavioral health, or intellectual disabilities into employment, housing, and available medical transition services.
· Discuss strategies for setting up a youth and young adult advisory board to assist with transition program development.
· Describe successful methods for discussing reproductive health topics with youth and young adults with intellectual delays, and/or behavioral, emotional or psychological disorders.
· Develop a practice-based framework for implementing health care transition services.
To register, visit https://www.usm.edu/disability-studies/f2f-conference.
For additional information about the local broadcast sites and CEUs, contact Shawn Smith at 601.432.6929 or ksmith@ihl.state.ms.us in Jackson and Dr. Jerry R. Alliston at 601-266-5979 or jerry.alliston@usm.edu in Hattiesburg.
This broadcast is co-provided by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital and is supported by the AUCD through HRSA.
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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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