The Disability Practice Institute (DPI) invites you to attend its Disability-Competent Care Interactive Webinar Roundtable Series: Training in Disability-Competent Care and Supports. Eight webinars will be presented live on a weekly basis (every Tuesday) with a two-week break from March 4 to March 11, 2014. The first session is scheduled for February 4. The series is designed for interested providers and health care professionals, front-line staff with health plans and practices, and stakeholders involved in efforts to improve care to adults with disabilities.
This webinar series will be practically focused and participatory in nature. The topics identified arose from the introduction of the Self-Assessment Tool and the comments provided during DPI’s initial 9-part webinar series that was presented last fall. Each webinar will include 2–4 topic experts who will lead a 15–20 minute discussion to introduce the specific topic. Following, there will be 30–40 minutes reserved for Q&A, practical discussion and dialogue between participants and experts. All presentations will be recorded and materials will be available for download at www.ResourcesForIntegratedCare.com.
Interested participants are encouraged to pre-register for each webinar in the series. Descriptions of the first four webinars are below.
Please contact RIC@lewin.com or Kerry.Branick@cms.hhs.gov if you have questions.
- Webinar 1: Dignity of Risk
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Date/Time: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly care coordinators in AAA’s, disability resource centers, and demonstration health plans.
Presenters: Kathy Thurston, Mary Lou Breslin, and Christopher Duff will facilitate a discussion around understanding and respecting the concept of dignity of risk and will teach the audience how to engage a participant in a discussion respecting participant choice within the context of informed risk-taking.
- Webinar 2: Strategies to Stimulate and Support Participant Engagement
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Date/Time: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates.
Presenters: Chris Duff, Ben Jauragui, and June Kailes will facilitate a discussion around understanding what makes for meaningful participant involvement, the benefits of participant and advocate engagement and multiple strategies for participant engagement and involvement of advisory groups.
- Webinar 3: Mobility and Seating Assessments, and Equipment Procurement
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Date/Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates and DME suppliers.
Presenters: Jean Minkel, Chris Duff, and June Kailes will facilitate a discussion around understanding the process of assessing mobility needs of participants, the opportunity for improved procurement process within Dual Integrated Care models, and Understanding prevention of secondary conditions as a primary goal of mobility equipment assessments.
- Webinar 4: Using and Maintaining Mobility Equipment
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Date/Time: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates, DME suppliers.
Presenters: Jean Minkel, Chris Duff, and Mary Lou Breslin will facilitate a discussion around understanding the need for mobility training and the benefits of wheelchair maintenance
Note: The remaining four webinars in this series will begin Tuesday, March 18.