Family to Family: March 2018

[Familyhealthnotes] Family Health Notes - Special Edition - Medical Home/Transition Trainings

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Family Health Notes

Special Edition – Register Now-Medical Home/Health Care Transition Trainings – March 22 – April 26

A medical home is a key component to a successful transition to adulthood. These medical home and health care transition trainings scheduled for three locations—Long Beach, Jackson and Tupelo—will benefit parents, advocates, educators and medical professionals. Sponsored by Mississippi Family to Family (MS F2F) and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs at the Mississippi State Department of Health, these no cost trainings will help families understand what to expect from a medical home and how this knowledge can help during the transition process. Register online at https://www.usm.edu/disability-studies/family-2-family-medical-home-transition-trainings or by phone at 601.432.6929.

Medical Home Training Dates: Health Care Transition Dates:

March 22, 10 a.m. - 12 Noon April 5, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon

USM Gulf Park USM Gulf Park

730 East Beach Boulevard 730 East Beach Boulevard

Long Beach Long Beach

April 4, 10 a.m. - 12 Noon April 9, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon

Institutes of Higher Learning Family Resource Center

3825 Ridgewood Road 425 Magazine Street

Jackson Tupelo

April 26, 10 a.m. to 12 Noon April 25, 10a.m. – 12 Noon

Family Resource Center (Tupelo) Institutes of Higher Learning (Jackson)

425 Magazine Street 3825 Ridgewood Road

Tupelo Jackson

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[Familyhealthnotes] Family Health Notes - March 2018

Institute for Disability Studies

Family Health Notes

March 2018

Inside this issue:

1) Adding to the Pain: The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Sickle Cell Patients – March 3, Jackson

2) Free Nutrition Education Workshops – March 9, Tupelo/March 21, Flowood/March 28, Greenwood

3) Register Now-Medical Home/Health Care Transition Trainings – March 22 – April 26

4) Adult Sibling Network

5) Early Childhood Program Linked to Higher Education Levels

6) Transforming the Early Education Workforce: A Multimedia Guidebook

7) New Translations for Families and Practitioners

8) Register Now – Family Voices of Mississippi Partners in Health Care: Advocacy and Leadership Summit – June 14, Pearl/June 28, Belden (Tupelo)

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1) Adding to the Pain: The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Sickle Cell Patients – March 3, Jackson

The Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation is holding an educational seminar about the opioid crisis on Sat., Mar. 3, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Topics include: what is the opioid crisis, the treatments for opioid addiction, alternate pain management and what happens when pain medicine is fraudulently distributed. The seminar will be held at the Willie Morris Library at 4912 Old Canton Road in Jackson. Lunch will be provided, and registration is required. Please RSVP at mssicklecellfnd@yahoo.com.

2) Free Nutrition Education Workshops – March 9, Tupelo/March 21, Flowood/March 28, Greenwood

Attend a free Nutrition is for Everyone education workshop for people with disabilities, their families and friends near you in March. Workshops are scheduled for: Fri., Mar. 9, at 10 a.m. in Tupelo, at the Family Resource Center at 425 Magazine Street; Wed., Mar. 21, at 1 p.m. in Flowood in the conference room of the G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library at 103 Winners Circle; and Wed., Mar. 28, at 1 p.m. in Greenwood in the conference room at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital at 1401 River Road. During the workshop, participants will learn about the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables, cooking more meals at home and making activity part of their lives. There will be a hands-on food preparation activity. For more information or to register, email Alma Ellis at alma.ellis@usm.edu or call toll-free at 1.866.883.4474.

3) Register Now-Medical Home/Health Care Transition Trainings

A medical home is a key component to a successful transition to adulthood. These medical home and health care transition trainings scheduled for three locations—Long Beach, Jackson and Tupelo—will benefit parents, advocates, educators and medical professionals. Sponsored by the Mississippi Family to Family (MS F2F) and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs at the Mississippi State Department of Health, these no cost trainings will help families understand what to expect from a medical home and how this knowledge can help during the transition process. Register online at https://www.usm.edu/disability-studies/family-2-family-medical-home-transition-trainings or by phone at 601.432.6929.

Medical Home Training Dates: Health Care Transition Dates:

March 22, 10 a.m. - 12 Noon April 5, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon

USM Gulf Park USM Gulf Park

730 East Beach Boulevard 730 East Beach Boulevard

Long Beach Long Beach

April 4, 10 a.m. - 12 Noon April 9, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon

Institutes of Higher Learning Family Resource Center

3825 Ridgewood Road 425 Magazine Street

Jackson Tupelo

April 26, 10 a.m. to 12 Noon April 25, 10a.m. – 12 Noon

Family Resource Center (Tupelo) Institutes of Higher Learning (Jackson)

425 Magazine Street 3825 Ridgewood Road

Tupelo Jackson

4) Adult Sibling Network

SiblingResources.org has announced the launch of two free, online self-paced courses to provide information and resources about the experiences of siblings of people with disabilities. One course is for siblings of adults with disabilities and the other is written for service providers. These courses contain written resources, video presentations, audio clips, and a reflective question journal to download and print. Find the course at https://siblingresources.org/course.

5) Early Childhood Program Linked to Higher Education Levels

Early learning paves the way for learning at school and throughout life. What children learn in their first few years of life—and how they learn it—can have long-lasting effects on their success and health as children, teens, and adults. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides information on their research online at http://bit.ly/2EpOp9P.

6) Transforming the Early Education Workforce: A Multimedia Guidebook

New America recently published Transforming the Early Education Workforce: A Multimedia Guidebook (December 2017), an interactive resource designed to promote awareness of the science of early learning and guide school administrators and policymakers to train and support early educators of children (ages birth through 8). The guidebook aligns with the 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children from Birth through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, published by the National Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council (now the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine). For a copy of the guide, visit http://bit.ly/2EtBdRm.

7) New Translations for Families and Practitioners

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University recently expanded its online library to include French translations of the Center's Executive Function Activities Guide and InBrief, as well as, Mandarin translations of Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development and other resources. To view the new translations, visit https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resourcecategory/french-resources/.

8) Register Now – Family Voices of Mississippi Partners in Health Care: Advocacy and Leadership Summit – June 14, Pearl/June 28, Belden (Tupelo)

Family Voices of Mississippi (FVMS) will present Partners in Health Care: Advocacy and Leadership Summit, an interactive mini-conference, in two locations in June. The summit will focus on helping participants learn the importance of partnership/collaboration within the health care transition process for individuals with disabilities and their family, friends, service providers, and professionals. FVMS wants to share the “how, when, and why” of the health care transition process and help families to understand the goal is not about total independence, but rather effective interdependence. To register, visit the FVMS website http://www.familyvoicesofms.org/fvms-partners-summit . For questions, contact Keishawna A. Smith at 601.432.6929 or send an email to info@familyvoicesofms.org.

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