Special Initiative: Conversations with the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services

This webinar will cover updates from the Division. The HS EPIC Center will provide an update to include a reminder of resources and initiatives. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions to the Healthy Start federal leadership.

Materials:

Program evaluation Project Scope Quality Improvement

Healthy Start Screening Tools: Getting Ready to Screen Program Participants beginning January 2017

This webinar will provide an overview of the Healthy Start Screening Tools aimed to standardize care coordination. Preparation for January 1, 2017 implementation of the screening tools will be discussed. The webinar will close with a preview of upcoming Healthy Start EPIC Center training and technical assistance opportunities.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the role of the Healthy Start Screening Tools for care coordination
  2. Describe initial considerations for January 1, 2017 screening of Healthy Start participants
  3. List available Healthy Start technical assistance and training opportunities through January 2017

Materials:

Quality Improvement

Trauma Informed Early Childhood Services

The goal of this curriculum is to build New Hampshire’s capacity to provide trauma-informed early childhood services, including childcare, home visiting, early education, and health and mental health services. In doing so, we hope that you engage in trauma-informed care in your own setting and spread the message of trauma-informed care to cross-system partners. This curriculum is divided into four units which include an introduction to Trauma-Informed Early Childhood Services, and then cover the impact of trauma on young children in terms of their neurobiology and development, the screening and interventions used with traumatized children, and reflective practices used to work with caregivers and traumatized young children. Each of these units will help to build your capacity to provide trauma-informed early childhood care. As you complete each unit of the tutorial, you will be asked to submit an online assessment. At the end of Unit 4, you will be able to download a certificate of completion.

Unit 1: Introduction to Trauma-Informed Early Childhood Services

By the end of the unit, learners will be able to:

  1. Define a “traumatic event” for young children
  2. Explain 4 types of trauma
  3. Know the prevalence of trauma in young children
  4. Define trauma-informed care within the context of early childhood services
  5. Understand and value your role in helping young children impacted by trauma
  6. Explore your fears and your concerns about addressing trauma

Unit 2: The Impact of Trauma on Young Children: Neurobiology and Development

By the end of the unit, learners will be able to:

  1. Understand the basic structure and development of the brain as it relates to trauma in young children
  2. Recognize the behavioral signs of an overused fear or stress response system in young children
  3. Understand how sensitization and desensitization of the human stress response system may manifest in the behavior of a young child
  4. Explain the impact of deprivation and neglect on young children and how they may be represented in behavior
  5. Know the primary criteria for diagnoses frequently given to traumatized children
  6. Know the functional impairments often observed in traumatized children
  7. Understand the long-term impact of exposure to trauma on behavior and health outcomes
  8. Understand the role of implicit and explicit memory in trauma and relationships
  9. Understand the concept of neuroplasticity and resilience as it pertains to recovery from trauma

Unit 3: Screening and Intervention with Traumatized Young Children

By the end of the unit, learners will be able to:

  1. Understand the purpose of screening young children for traumatic exposure and symptoms
  2. Understand the limitations of screening measures
  3. Identify opportunities for screening
  4. Identify 2 screening measures for trauma in young children
  5. Know how to introduce screening measures to families
  6. Identify when a referral for mental health treatment is merited
  7. Describe 3 key intervention strategies for traumatized young children
  8. Understand the parallel arousal cycle and know strategies to manage arousal
  9. Appreciate and deploy strength-based approaches to avoid an over-focus on problems
  10. Explain trauma concepts to caregivers

Unit 4: Working with Caregivers and Traumatized Young Children Using Reflective Practice

By the end of the unit, learners will be able to:

  1. Understand the conditions necessary to engage in a reflective relationship
  2. Describe the reasons why reflective practice is important when working with traumatized young children and their caregivers
  3. Intervene in conversation in a way that demonstrates reflective practice skills
  4. Explain the importance of reflection to a caregiver, colleague, or supervisor

Case Management/Care Coordination EBP Implementation Home Visiting Parenting Education Socio-emotional Development for Children

Five Practical Strategies for Managing Successful Improvement Projects

You have a great idea for an improvement project to reduce infection rates at your organization. You and your team have created a meaningful aim, crafted a useful set of measures, and brainstormed several creative change ideas to test in the coming months. There’s support from leadership, energy from staff, and excitement around every corner. You’re ready to go!

Except for one thing — now you need to successfully manage the project.

Managing a quality improvement project is a critical skill for anyone interested in making care — and systems — better where they work. But for many in health care, project management is not a full-time job. In fact, there’s a sizable gap between coming up with a great idea for a project and guiding a team to successful, meaningful improvements. Bridging that gap is what we discussed on this WIHI.

Whether you’re about to manage your first improvement project or your 50th, whether you manage teams of four or teams of 40, this episode of WIHI will show you the strategies you can test and use immediately, examples you can share with colleagues, and valuable tools you can bring to your next quality improvement project.

Group Processes/Facilitation Project Schedule Quality Improvement

Module 3 – Data-Driven Quality Improvement

This e-learning module is the third in a five-part quality improvement curriculum to build the capacity of Title X grantees to fulfill the QFP recommendation for family planning entities to “conduct quality improvement.”

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

  • Explain how data are used to guide quality improvement for family planning services using the Model for Improvement
  • List three types of measures for monitoring quality
  • Analyze and interpret quality improvement data

Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning

Module 2 – Quality Improvement Methodologies: Using the Model for Improvement

This e-learning module is the second in a five-part quality improvement curriculum to build the capacity of Title X grantees to fulfill the QFP recommendation for family planning entities to “conduct quality improvement.”

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

  • Describe three quality improvement methodologies that can be used to improve family planning services;
  • Use the Model for Improvement to conduct quality improvement;
  • Conduct Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles

Quality Improvement

Module 1 – Introduction to Quality Improvement for Family Planning

This 30-minute e-learning module is the first of a five-part quality improvement curriculum to build the capacity of Title X grantees to fulfill the QFP recommendation for family planning entities to “conduct quality improvement.”

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

  • Define quality improvement as it relates to the QFP
  • Explain how quality improvement is different than quality assurance
  • Describe the four guiding principles of quality improvement

Quality Improvement

Special Initiative: Conversations with the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services

This webinar will cover updates from the Division. The HS EPIC Center will provide an update to include a reminder of resources and initiatives. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions to the Healthy Start federal leadership.

Webinar Materials:

 

Program evaluation Project Scope Quality Improvement

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