2022 New York Statewide Early Intervention Virtual Meeting
Day 1 – October 19th, 2022
- 9:30 am: Meeting Opens
- 9:45 - 10:00 am: Welcome
- 10:00 - 12:00 pm: Pre-Conference Workshop: Healthy and Equitable Communities Training
- w/ Institute for Public Health Innovation
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm: Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm: BEI General Updates w/ BEI
- 1:00 - 1:10 pm: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Updates
- w/ Zahra Alaali, EDHI Coordinator, BEI
- w/ Zahra Alaali, EDHI Coordinator, BEI
- 1:00 - 1:45 pm: BEI Provider Promotion Campaign
- w/ Lauren Miller, Senior Research Scientist, Data and Program Evaluation Unit, BEI
- 1:45 - 2:00 pm: Break
- 2:00 - 2:45 pm: Office for New Americans (ONA) Ramirez June Initiative & Connecting with ONA Services
- w/ Cynthia Steward, MS, Ramirez June Developmental Disabilities Navigator for the NYS Office for New Americans
- Objectives:
- Learn about free services for new Americans in NYS from the NYS Office for New Americans
- Understand the goals of the ONA Ramirez June Initiative to expand access to developmental disability services for new Americans
- PowerPoint: ONA Ramirez June Initiative
- Video: Office for New Americans (ONA) Ramirez June Initiative & Connecting with ONA Services
- w/ Cynthia Steward, MS, Ramirez June Developmental Disabilities Navigator for the NYS Office for New Americans
- 2:45 - 3:00 pm: Wrap Up
Day 2 – October 20th, 2022
- 8:30 am: Meeting Opens
- 9:00 am: Opening Remarks Day 2
- 9:10 - 9:30 am: Service Delivery Report
- w/ Bin Zhu, Manager for the Data and Program Evaluation Unit, BEI
- 9:30 - 10:45 am: Panel on the COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on EI Service Delivery and Children with Disabilities
- w/ Jessica Diabo, Sr. Assistant Health Services Coordinator & Early Intervention Official Designee, Monroe County Department of Public Health; Heather Withall, MS,CCC-SLP, Evaluation Team Representative & Human Resources Manager, Bright Start Pediatric Services; Scott Mesh, PhD, CEO/Co-Founder, Los Ninos Services; Jo Ann Schallert, Family Services Specialist, Otsego County Department of Health; & Lidiya Lednyak, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Early Intervention, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygeine
- 10:45 - 11:00 am: Break - Mindfulness Exercise
- w/ Melinda Lippert, Senior Program Manager, NYSACHO
- w/ Melinda Lippert, Senior Program Manager, NYSACHO
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: EI Hub
- w/ Rob Lillpopp, Director of Operations and EI-Hub Project Manager; Paula VanMeter, Assistant Director of Operations and Assistant EI-Hub Project Manager; & Ryan White, Senior Manager of Communications, PCG
- 1:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
- 1:30 - 2:15 pm: EI Workforce Development
- w/ Susan Strum, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Director of Graduate Inclusive Early Childhood & Childhood Education Programs; & Lisa Hiley, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Developing Child & Families Minor in Communication Sciences & Disorders; Rochester Scholars for Early Intervention, Nazareth College
- Objectives:
- Participants will describe a holistic interprofessional model designed to develop graduate students’ specialty knowledge and skills in early intervention in order to be a strong advocate for young children and their families
- Participants will use data and current literature to articulate the need to strengthen and diversify the early childhood workforce
- Participants will detail key strategies to establish, maintain, and enhance interprofessional and community-partnerships necessary to collectively address workforce shortages
- PowerPoint: Project RISE
- Video: EI Workforce Development
- w/ Susan Strum, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Director of Graduate Inclusive Early Childhood & Childhood Education Programs; & Lisa Hiley, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Developing Child & Families Minor in Communication Sciences & Disorders; Rochester Scholars for Early Intervention, Nazareth College
- 2:15 - 2:30 pm: Break
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm: How Early Intervention Programs Can Address Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs of Children and Families: Post-COVID
- w/ Debbie Cheatham, RN, MS, DNP, Senior Policy Technical Assistance Specialist, ZERO to THREE; & Andy Gomm, MSW, Consultant, Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Objectives:
- Identify the some of the key impacts of COVID on infants/toddlers and their families
- Describe some of the key activities Part C early intervention programs can do to address the social emotional needs of infants/ toddlers and their families
- Identify next steps their programs can implement to support infants/ toddlers with social emotional concerns
- PowerPoint: Mental Health ZERO to THREE
- Video: How Early Intervention Programs Can Address Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs of Children and Families: Post-COVID
- w/ Debbie Cheatham, RN, MS, DNP, Senior Policy Technical Assistance Specialist, ZERO to THREE; & Andy Gomm, MSW, Consultant, Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- 3:30 - 3:45 pm: Closing Remarks
