JFK Partners and HCP are providing a collaborative lecture series on the topic of maternal child health and children with special health care needs. This is the first lecture in the 2012 series.

Please join us in a presentation by Eileen Bennett and Deb Efird for an opportunity to learn from Assuring Better Child Health & Development team members how the use of standardized developmental screening tools are being used in Colorado for the purpose of early identification and referral.

Objectives:

• Understand the landscape in Colorado around efforts to increase screening and referral
• Learn the policy recommendations for standardized developmental screening
• What are the components to ensuring screening and referral and follow-up are integrated into a “coordinated system of care”
• What are the roles and opportunities for public health teams in screening and referral

Registration: All attendees and web participants must register. Look for the Yellow Register Now button.

You may either attend the LIVE site at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO or you may join via the web. Web participants please look for an email to arrive 2 business days before the event with a link and instructions for connecting.

LIVE Site Location:

Anschutz Medical Campus, Education 2 North

13120 E. 19th Ave, 1st Floor, Room 1103

Aurora, CO 80045

Webinar technical requirements:

• computer with high speed internet connection
• speakers
• Adobe Flashplayer installed (free at www.adobe.com)

Note: There will not be a dial in phone number. All sound will go through your computer. Questions can be asked by typing in the chat room.

Questions about event logistics can be directed to dina.johnson@ucdenver.edu or 303-724-7673.

Handouts

The Traumatic Brain Injury Network Team (TNT) met on November 18, 2011. Click here to access the handouts and archived webinar recording of the event.

HIMAT mandates coverage of certain Autism treatments by certain private health insurance plans.  This event was an opportunity for parents, providers and others to discuss the implications of the law.  The event covered an overview of the law, general insurance tips and strategies, in-network credentialing, services in non-office settings and obtaining coverage/authorization.

This 4-hour event recording and handouts are available by clicking here.

Speakers:

• Travis Blevins, MS, BCBA, Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado Denver, Executive Director, Behavior Services of the Rockies
• David Hatfield, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Director, Colorado Coalition of Autism Professionals, Chief Executive Officer, Developmental Behavioral Health, Inc.
• Heidi Loeffel, Paralegal at Ewing & Ewing, P.C.
• Jill Tappert, J.D. (inactive), Director of Private Insurance Policy, Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Public Policy Committee, Autism Society of Colorado