SDS e-Alert
02/05/2010
Attention Care Coordinators Faxing Documents to SDS
To ensure that waiver-related documents faxed to SDS arrive in the correct unit for processing, please use fax number 269-3639. Thank you.
02/03/2010
Nominations for Outstanding Direct Service Professional
Do you know an outstanding Direct Service Professional (DSP)?
Would you like to nominate that person for an award?
(to be presented at the 2010 Full Lives Conference on April 15)
Do you think the DSP would be happy to:
• be acknowledged as an outstanding person in their field?
• receive a check for $1,000 for personal or professional development?
• go to the 2010 Full Lives Conference this year (including free registration and travel expenses as needed)?
• AND receive a free registration for the 2011 Full Lives Conference?
Then please consider nominating someone for the award!
There are FIVE Fields that a person can be nominated in:
• Working with people with developmental disabilities;
• Working with the elderly, especially people with dementia or Alzheimer's Disease;
• Working with people with mental illness;
• Working with people with substance abuse issues; and
• Working with people with traumatic brain injuries.
Open the attached nomination form and follow the instructions to submit.
The deadline to submit a nomination is February 26, 2010! So get your nominations in now!
1/27/2010
Critical Incident Reporting Training Schedule for February & March 2010
SDS requires all Medicaid waiver service providers to receive training on Critical Incident Reporting and Critical Incident Improvement Plans. SDS will offer this training via “GoTo Meeting” throughout February and March 2010.
SDS assures the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) that recipients of Medicaid waiver services are safe and healthy in their homes and communities. Critical incident reporting by providers of waiver services is one important way of carrying out this mandate. In addition, the collection and aggregation of critical incident data by SDS allows the agency to track trends and identify gaps in services. In addition, critical incident reporting offers the opportunity for greater communication between providers and SDS as well as a channel for technical assistance.
Providers may train their staff. Provider agencies may choose staff to attend the online training, and then may train additional staff at their own agency. All CIR/CIIP learning materials are available to participants upon request, after attending the online class, to use for this purpose.
Training schedule: All trainings will be held from 2:00 until 3:30pm
Each Tuesday in February
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
Mondays in March
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
About GoTo Meeting
GoTo Meeting is very easy to use. Attendees will receive an email with instructions detailing how to join the meeting online, and a link to the scheduled meeting. To hear and speak during the class, attendees will need to use a computer headset with a microphone, or call in on the telephone and participate, much like a teleconference. Upon joining the meeting, everyone will be able to view the learning materials on their computer screen right at their desk.
All trainings will be from 2 until 3:30 pm. The first 5 minutes of each training will be used to get connected and make sure all attendees are online and can communicate with each other in the online training space.
How to register
If you are working with an agency, please communicate with your supervisor about your plan to register. All attendees may register by sending an email to Kara Thrasher-Livingston, SDS Training Specialist II at: Kara.Thrasher-Livingston@alaska.gov.
Please state in the email the day you would like to attend. Each class can accommodate up to 24 attendees. You will receive a confirmation email inviting you to the GoTo Meeting. You may want to choose a second class that would work for you in case your first choice is full.
Thank you.
01/25/2010
5th Annual Serving Offenders with Cognitive Impairments Conference
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY for the 5th Annual Serving Offenders with Cognitive Impairments: Transitioning into the Community
GO TO: www.regonline.com/serving_offenders_conference
The Center for Human Development in partnership with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is pleased announce the 5th Annual Serving Offenders with Cognitive Impairments Conference! Two nationally recognized experts will provide tools and techniques on how to best support criminally and sexually at-risk individuals who experience cognitive impairments in the community. This conference is for community providers currently working with (or would like to serve) offenders who experience cognitive impairments. This includes, but is not limited to:
Mental Health Therapists
Community Case Managers
Community Program Managers or Directors
Probation or Parole Officers
Date, Time, and Content:
Two tracks will be provided for participants. Participants are encouraged to attend the track that best meets their training needs or attend both for a well-rounded experience!
Monday, March 15, 2010 (8:00am-5:00pm)
Intermediate Track
Dr. Patricia Zapf, PhD will provide sessions that geared for participants who are currently working with offenders with cognitive impairments interested in learning how various organic and acquired disabilities impact criminal behavior. These sessions are tailored to help participants identify disability-related behaviors that may impede an person’s ability to successfully comply with treatment plans and provide strategies that best supports the offender’s natural skill sets to decrease recidivism.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (8:00am-5:00pm)
Advanced Track
James Haaven will provide sessions that are for participants who are currently providing clinical case-management and therapeutic services to offenders with cognitive impairments in the community. This session requires that the participants have extensive knowledge and experience working with offenders with various cognitive impairments to best understand the content provided. Participants will leave the conference with information as to what best practice model is most beneficial when working with specific organic disabilities and to access those models to further their own treatment and assessment skills.
Location:
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
401 East 6th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
We have a group rate set for this event at $89/night for double occupancy room. Please go to Offender_Conference10_Sheraton to be eligible for the room rate.
Cost*:
$35 for one day or $50 for two days (networking lunch included on each day)
*Registration waivers available to the Disability Justice Initiative Strategy 5 Workgroup partner agency staff. This includes staff from Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority; State of Alaska's DOC, DJJ, DBH, GCDSE, Alaska Commission on Aging, Alaska Court System; and Center for Psychosocial Development.
Scholarships Available:
The Disability Law Center of Alaska in support of this conference will have 30 training scholarships up to $500/eligible participant who reside outside of the Anchorage/Mat-Su area (in-state Alaskan service providers only eligible). Limited two scholarships per agency. Please do not contact DLC, as these will be determined through the online registration.
National Presenter's Bio:
Dr. Patricia Zapf PhD is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. She is the Editor of the American Psychology-Law Society Book Series, the Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law and an Associate Editor of Law and Human Behavior. She was appointed Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2006 for outstanding contributions to the field of psychology and law. She has published over 60 articles and chapters, mainly on the assessment of criminal competencies. She is author of the Suicide Assessment Manual for Inmates (SAMI) and the Fitness Interview Test – Revised (FIT-R), as well as Oxford’s Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial. In addition to her research and publishing, she serves as a consultant to various criminal justice and policy organizations and maintains a private practice in forensic assessment. She received her doctoral degree in clinical forensic psychology from Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1999.
James Haaven is a consultant in private practice and trainer in the field of assessment, treatment and program development of sexual offending behavior of persons with developmental disabilities. He has 33 years of experience in working with persons with sexual offending behavior and 28 of those years exclusively with persons with developmental disabilities. During that time he was the director of the Social Skills Unit and the Social Rehabilitation Unit at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon. Mr. Haaven provides consultation and training for this population throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Over the past eight years Mr. Haaven has been providing consultation and training to Her Majesty Prison Services in their Adapted Sex Offender Program. He has provided consultation for sexually violent predator programs, development of community transition programs and statewide delivery systems for sex offender services for this population. He has co-authored chapters of books in the areas of treatment theory, risk assessment, treatment, community transition and program development. Mr. Haaven is the lead author of the book Treating Intellectually Disabled Sex Offenders: A Model Residential Program. Mr. Haaven was the 2009 4th Annual Serving Offenders with Cognitive Impairments Conference advanced track speaker and is currently providing ongoing training via distance-delivery for interested Alaskan clinical providers on how to utilize the ARMIDILO Assessment in their day-to-day work.
For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation to fully participate, please contact Christine King at (907) 264-6241, toll-free at 1 800 243-2199 x241, or by email at anckk@uaa.alaska.edu.
REGISTER TODAY!!
GO TO: www.regonline.com/serving_offenders_conference
This event is sponsored by grant funds provided by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority in partnership with the Center for Human Development/UAA to help increase the capacity for communities to serve Trust Beneficiaries who are Offenders to reduce recidivism and promote safe and healthy Alaskan communities.
01/11/2010
SDS E-Alert – Waiver Level of Care and Plan of Care Program Memo
SDS has issues a Program Memo (attached) outlining rule changes surrounding waiver level of care (LOC) and plan of care (POC) dates. For specific questions about a level of care for the MRDD waiver or a plan of care for any of the four waivers, please contact Lynn Keilman-Cruz at 269-5606 or lynn.keilman-cruz@alaska.gov . For specific questions about a level of care for OA, APD or CCMC waivers, please contact Leanna Rein at 269-3604 or leanna.rein@alaska.gov .
Program Memo- Waiver LOC & POC
01/11/2010
Webinar on 2009 H1N1 Influenza and its Impact on People with Chronic Medical Conditions
It's National Influenza Vaccination Week!
January 10-16 is National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW). NIVW was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as fostering greater use of flu vaccine after the holiday season.
Since 2009 H1N1 disease is likely to continue, NIVW is an important opportunity to maintain or increase the number of people who get the 2009 H1N1 vaccine at a time when demand for vaccine usually drops significantly. Though this has been an unprecedented year in terms of the number of people who have received flu vaccinations, most people still have not gotten the 2009 H1N1 vaccine - there is still room for improvement among every age and risk group. Influenza is unpredictable and we do not know the likelihood of a future wave of 2009 H1N1 influenza, but we do know that vaccination is the single best way to reduce the health impact of influenza. To learn more about NIVW, visit the NIVW website.
You Are Invited: Webinar on 2009 H1N1 Influenza and its Impact on People with Chronic Medical Conditions
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010. 2:30-3:30 PM (EST)
Presented by: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, the American Cancer Society; American Diabetes Association and American Lung Association
The speakers for this event include:
- Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Anthony Fiore MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Influenza Division, CDC
- Otis Webb Brawley, M.D. - Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the American Cancer Society
- Christine Tobin - American Diabetes Association's President of Health Care and Education
- Mary Partridge, Chair, American Lung Association
A question and answer session will follow brief presentations by each of the speakers.
Dial into this phone number: 1-800-857-4785, passcode: 9335569
And click on this link to connect to the webinar https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/orau1/join?id=4D94BQ&role=attend&pw
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FIRST-TIME USERS
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TROUBLESHOOTING
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3. For telephone problems during the webinar call: 404-553-8125
01/05/2010
SDS continues to pilot “You-Send-It,” a web-based password protected HIPAA compliant email program. Among other documents, SDS sends approved plans of care to care coordinators using this system. If you don’t already have an account, feel free to use the link below to establish one. We encourage you to establish your account through this specific link since it is state sponsored and therefore has unlimited & free use for receiving and/or sending HIPAA compliant documentation. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact our Documents Distribution Supervisor, Jim Hughes at (907) 269-3687 or email james.hughes@alaska.gov.
http://www.yousendit.com/multiuser_registration.php?
multiuser=true&admin=thor.ryan@alaska.gov
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