2025 Early Intervention & Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Annual Summit
CYSHCN Sessions - Wednesday, April 9th
11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Registration Open
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm: Opening Remarks
Sarah Ravenhall, Executive Director – New York State Association of County Health Officials
Member Leadership – New York State Association of County Health Officials
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm: Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Bureau Welcome
Bureau of Child Health Staff
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Topical Group Break Out Sessions
Cornell University CYSHCN Center of Excellence (COE)
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Medicaid Transportation
Robert Schmit, Policy Manager, Medicaid Transportation – Bureau of Health Access, Policy, & Innovation, Division of Program Development and Management
Medicaid Transportation Presentation
3:30 pm- 4:30 pm: Motivational Interviewing Basics
Lauren Digena-Ford, LMSW – Northern Rivers Family of Services
Motivational Interviewing Presentation
Combined CYSHCN/EI Sessions - April 10th (Morning)
8:15 am – 8:30 am: Opening Remarks
Sarah Ravenhall, Executive Director – New York State Association of County Health Officials
Member Leadership – New York State Association of County Health Officials
8:30 am – 9:30 am: Planting the Seeds: Growing Trauma Responsive Practice
Elizabeth Meeker PsyD, Senior Director – New York State Trauma Informed Network & Resource Center (TIN-RC)
9:30 am – 10:50 am: Community Engagement and Service Enhancement Strategies from Local Health Departments across New York State (Local Health Department Panel)
A Systems Integration Approach to Enhancing Equity and Efficiency in Early Intervention: NYC Bureau of Early Intervention’s EHR-EI
- Tania E. Corporan MD, Senior Project Manager – New York City Bureau of Early Intervention
- NYC EHR-EI Presentation
Engaging CYSHCN Families: Building Effective Pathways
- Paula Hayes-Hayden, CYSHCN Coordinator – Orange County Department of Health
- Sandra Brownsey MS, CAS, Director of Intervention Services – Orange County Department of Health
- Orange co Presentaion
Early Intervention Provider Shortage Initiative
- Capri Prentice RN, Senior Community Health Nurse – Tompkins County Whole Health
- Jessica Clark Manderville BSN, RN, Director of Children with Special Needs – Tompkins County Whole Health
- Tompkins co presentaion
CYSHCN Community Engagement Strategies in Rural Communities
- Jena Sloan, Public Health Specialist – St. Lawrence County Public Health Department
- St.Law co presentation
10:50 am – 11:15 pm: Break
11:15 am – 12:30 pm: Inclusive Spaces for People with Disabilities and Their Families (State Office Panel)
Understanding Barriers and Enhancing Inclusive and Accessible Spaces for Children and Adults with Disabilities
- Shirley Madewell, Disability and Health Program Manager – New York State Department of Health
- Disability & Health Program Presentation
An Overview of the Talking Book and Braille Library – So That All May Read
- Laurenne Teachout MSLS, Senior Librarian, Outreach – New York State Talking Book and Braille Library
- TBBL Presentation
New York State Parks – Accessibility Outdoors
- Owen Gilbo, ADA Coordinator/DRA – NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- NYS Parks Presentation
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
EI Sessions - April 10th (Afternoon)
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Bureau of Early Intervention Updates
Bureau of Early Intervention Staff
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: De-Escalation Tactics
Jim FitzGerald MA, MSEd, Interim Executive Director – Mediation Matters
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Transition from Early Intervention to Preschool Special Education
Suzanne Bolling, Manager, Preschool Policy Unit, Nondistrict Unit and Incident Management Unit – New York State Education Department
Barbara Kozlowski, Supervisor, Preschool Policy Unit – New York State Education Department
4:00 pm : Closing and Thank you!
