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ForwardDisability Awareness: Innovations in Defragmenting Mental and Physical Health Care for People with Disabilities
This event is free for students, interns, residents, patients, and family members. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be available on Zoom during the conference.
This conference is about learning the value of community and academic partnerships to forge learning and collaborative care opportunities that benefit our most vulnerable patients. Participants will learn ways that professionals can foster moving research and best practice ideas to their clinical work. We will review the importance of learning about community resources, relevant advocates and accommodations that are needed to meet the needs of people with mental health, physical and sensory differences.
We are pleased to offer this educational activity with the support of UPMC, community, and university.
Target Audience
Who Should Attend:
Students, advocates, mental health and physical health providers, payors, case managers and stakeholders who are passionate about the care of people with disabilities.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to:
- Describe models to improve health and quality of life outcomes for people with disabilities that include social determinants of health
- Discuss the possible role of virtual platforms including Artificial Intelligence to promote good health outcomes in people with complex health and mental health care needs
- Compare and contrast several models of excellence for the management of complex diseases where integrated care is integral to recovery-oriented goal planning
- Review strategies to integrate input from the patient and family about existing services for people with complex needs to promote system change
- Discuss strategies where providers can collaborate with insurers and advocates on behalf of patients with unmet mental health needs
- Raise awareness about what professional networks exist to promote community based participatory research for disability communities
Conference Agenda – October 11, 2024
8:15 to 8:30 a.m. Sign in to Zoom
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Background
Kimberly K. Mathos, DO, MPH
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Keynote
Franz Castro, MD, MPH, MSC
10:00 to 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Leveraging community engagement to address behavioral health disparities in the Deaf Community
Alexander M. Wilkins, PhD
11:45 a.m.to 12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Is that Covered? Understanding the basics of healthcare systems and coverage
Duncan Bruce, MS, LPC, LBS
1:45 to 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 to 2:40 p.m. ASERT: A Promising Model for Advancing Autism Support and Training
Greg Cherpes, MD, NADD-CC and Ryan Cramer
2:40 to 2:50 p.m. Break
2:50 to 3:50 p.m. Career Paths Panel: Launching a Career – Struggles and Triumphs
Bobby Quamar and Tianna Brophy, MS, Ed., Christie Cyktor, OTD, MS, OTR/L
3:50 to 4:30 p.m. Artificial Intelligence
Speaker ?
Closing remarks
Kimberly Mathos, DO, MPH
4:30 p.m. Adjournment
All presentations are introductory to intermediate instructional levels.
For additional information regarding the speakers and/or presentations, contact Nancy Mundy at mundnl@upmc.edu.
Course Director
Kimberly Mathos, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Comprehensive Recovery Services
Services for Treatment of Early Psychosis (STEP Clinic)
UPP Psychiatric Services for People who are Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing
Pittsburgh, PA
Planning Committee (*indicates speaker)
Rebecca Kronk PhD MSN CRNP FAAN CNE ANEF*
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Duquesne University School of Nursing
Michelle L. Schein, PhD, LPC, CRC
Associate Professor
Associate Program Director for Education
Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
University of Pittsburgh
Keynote Speaker
Franz Castro, MD, MPH, MSC
Research Associate
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Speakers
Director, Disability Services
Duquesne University
Duncan Bruce, MS, LPC, LBS
Director of MCO Integration
Community Care Behavioral Health
Greg Cherpes, MD, NADD-CC
Medical Director
Department of Human Services
Office of Developmental Programs
Christie Cyktor, OTD, MS, OTR/L
Ryan Cramer, LSW
ASERT Western Region Collaborative
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders
Rebecca Ann Kronk, PhD, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, CNE, ANEF
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Duquesne University School of Nursing
Abbas (Bobby) Quamar, PhD, CRC
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation & Counseling
California State University San Bernardino James R. Watson & Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts T.F. Chan Medical School
Department of Psychiatry, Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC)
DeafYES! Center for Deaf Recovery and Empowerment
Continuing Education and Continuing Medical Education Credits
Continuing Education Credit Information
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Psychologists
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer psychology continuing education by the American Psychological Association. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Psychologists completing this course receive 6.25 continuing education credits.
Counselors
Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5059. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This conference is approved for 6.25 hours.
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (Pending):
Conference has been approved for 6.25 hours in CE by CRCC
Licensed/Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists LSW/LCSW/LPC/LMFT:
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 continuing education credits.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Nurses and other health care professionals are awarded .625 Continuing Education Units (CEU's). One CEU is equal to 10 contact hours. Nurses: For attending this program you will receive a Certificate of Attendance confirming .625 hours of continuing education. These hours may be considered eligible for completing the 30 hours of continuing education required for biannual nursing re-licensure in Pennsylvania. Peer Specialists: This program fulfills requirements for Certified Peer Specialist continuing education.
- Please retain your certificates in a safe place. Replacements cost $30 for those that come from our office (Gen. CEU; NCC).
- Participants requesting continuing education credits must attend the entire day. Variable credits are not provided. Your attendance is recorded on the Zoom attendance list.
- Although the evaluation is not mandatory, we appreciate your participation. Please expect the certificates from our office in four to six weeks post-conference. Those obtained from the registration site can be accessed immediately after the event.
Available Credit
- 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.25 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.25 APA
- 6.00 ASWB
- 6.25 Attendance