Agenda 2021

2:00pm ET/11:00am PT

Welcome

Jackie Czyzia, MPH
Senior Program Manager, MCH Technical Assistance, AUCD

Paige Bussanich, MS
Senior Program Manager, AMCHP

Hae Young Park, MPH
Deputy Director, Division of MCH Workforce Development, MCHB, HRSA 

2:15pm ET/11:15am PT

CARES Evaluation Update

2:30pm ET/11:30am PT

Why Language Matters: A Panel Discussion on Equity and Intersectionality

Tawara Goode, PhD
Director, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University

PANELISTS

Lydia X. Z. Brown, JD
Disability Justice Advocate and Attorney


Judith Heumann, MPH
Disability Rights Advocate and Author


Brian Boyd, PhD
Director, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, Kansas University


Sara M. Acevedo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Disability Studies, Miami University

3:20pm ET/12:20pm PT

Roundtable Discussions:
Session 1
  • Impact of Language
  • Promoting and Supporting Self Advocacy
  • Promoting Diversity in Leadership Training
  • Sustaining Meaningful Family-Professional Partnerships
  • Establishing Strategic Partnerships
  • Bridging Health Equity to Practice
  • Policy Education
  • Data, Research, and Evaluation
  • Health Care Transition
  • Screening, Assessment, and Referral

3:45pm ET/12:45pm PT

Break

3:50pm ET/12:50pm PT

Grantee Spotlight

Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW, MEd
Program Director, Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities


Gail Chodron, PhD
Project Director, Wisconsin Care Integration Initiative


Hector Portillo
Executive Director, Padres e Hijos en Acción


Alice Kuo, MD
Project Investigator, Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health

4:25pm ET/1:25pm PT

Roundtable Discussions:
Session 2
  • Impact of Language 
  • Promoting and Supporting Self-Advocacy 
  • Promoting Diversity in Leadership Training 
  • Sustaining Meaningful Family-Professional Partnerships 
  • Establishing Strategic Partnerships 
  • Bridging Health Equity to Practice 
  • Policy Education 
  • Data, Research, and Evaluation 
  • Health Care Transition 
  • Screening, Assessment, and Referral

4:55pm ET/1:55pm PT

Closing and Evaluation