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The 2007 Head Start Act requires that any program that does not provide high quality services in health areas such as immunizations, screenings and follow-up will be required to re-compete for their Head Start grant...              September 2010, Federal Register Vol. 74, No. 183

Ensure your program delivers high-quality, comprehensive health services!

Conference Date:   October 17-21, 2011   (register now!)                

 

Conference Outline: Click to view

 

Conference Information: This 5 day in-depth health management conference is designed to help health services staff coordinate, plan, implement and monitor comprehensive health services for children and families in Head Start. 

 

  Training Date & Location:

Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf

(Click the link above to find out more about hotel and area)

1300 Columbus Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94133

Hotel Phone: (415) 771-9000

 

Student Information: Hotel Information Packet

 

HSU Room Rate: $139 per person
 

Contact Person:

Stephanie Martin or Michael Davis
Tel: 1-888-282-7817
Fax: 901-758-4036

Email: smartin@hsuniversity.org

 

 REGISTRATION FEE

   Registration fee: 

• Health Management - 2 Day Conference  - (October 17-18, 2011) - 2 Days Only - $495.00 per person - Cost includes 2 day conference pass ($495), course training manual, detailed toolkit CD, breakfast and all breaks and access the the latest regulations and ERSEA information. Confirmation will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your online registration. Click to register now!

• Health Management - 3-Day Conference -  (October 17-19, 2011) - 3 Days Only - $695.00 per person - Cost includes 3 day conference pass ($695), course training manual, detailed toolkit CD, breakfast and all breaks and access the the latest regulations and ERSEA information. Confirmation will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your online registration. Click to register now!

• Health Management - 4-Day Conference - (October 17-20, 2011) - 4 Days Only - $895.00 per person - Cost includes 4 day conference ($895), course training manual, detailed toolkit CD, breakfast and all breaks and access the the latest regulations and ERSEA information. Confirmation will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your online registration. Click to register now!

• Health Management - 5-Day Conference - (October 17-21, 2011) - 5 Days Only - $990.00 per person - Cost includes 5 day conference ($990), course training manual, detailed toolkit CD, breakfast and all breaks and access the the latest regulations and ERSEA information. Confirmation will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your online registration. Click to register now!

• Health Management Credential - (October 17-21, 2011) - 5 Days plus credential - $1495.00 per person - 5 day conference include an all workshops, credential award and examination process, 15 credit units, 4 CEU, bound award certificate, a comprehensive conference training manual , detailed toolkit CD ,breakfast and all breaks and access the the latest regulations and ERSEA information. Confirmation will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your online registration.  Click to register now!

The registration fee includes:

• Up to 40 hours of training
• Comprehensive training manuals
• All refreshment breaks, including daily light morning refreshments
• Comprehensive toolkit CD, containing printable forms and procedures

More than a training!  Get an education! Earn your credential...

Why do I need a credential?

Being a credentialed health specialist makes all the difference.  Health workers who want recognition for their professional achievement and who want to unlock new career paths come to HS University for their credentials

 

What is an Health credential?

A credential at HS University is an "educational process" of establishing the qualifications of professionals in Head Start, Early Head Start, Migrant Head Start, American Indian/Alaska Native and Early Childhood employees.  The process consists of the attainment of a specific skill level and knowledge of regulations and the assessing of the candidate's educational background and experience. A license is then awarded to the professional who meets the standards set for the credential.  It signifies that a student has enrolled, attended and successfully completed the requirements of a specific content area within the health services area.  The credential process usually takes about 3 to 6 months to complete. more info

 

 

Why obtain a credential?

Obtaining an Health credential is the next progression in a Head Start health worker's professional career.  Beyond the educational degree, a professional credential denotes professional commitment and achievement and represents a "plus" feature of certifying knowledge and experience that meets or exceeds excellence in health work at the national level.  Professional health workers agree to a critical review process that includes evaluation of the candidate's educational preparation, practice experience and peer review of observable skills and abilities. Having an Health credential means you:

• Become a part of the most widely recognized work organization in the nation

• Are recognized as having in-depth knowledge, proven work experience, leadership capacity, competence and dedication to the health work profession

• Agree to a critical review process that strives to measure adherence to a Code of Ethics, Standards of Continuing Education and Head Start standards in the area of health services specialized work practice

• Help Head Start programs seek out highly credentialed professionals to fill key leadership positions within their program and factor in the credential in their salary scales.

 

Cancellations. Cancellations made after October 7th will be charged $50 per person cancellation fee. If you cancel, you may send a substitute from your organization or transfer your registration fee to a future seminar (with a written request to HSU Training), and we’ll waive the cancellation fee. Participants who register but neither attend nor cancel will be liable for their full registration fee.

Conference Outline

This conference is taught in a classroom/university education format.  Because some students will be earning credits for degree or credential programs, all students will received detailed course manuals for this training, and sign-in forms will be kept daily.  Each session is approximately 30-45 minutes in length.  Students that are not participating in a degree or credential program, may attend any session during their schedule days. Class size is 40 person max.  Class hours are 9:00am - 4:00pm with 1 hour for lunch.

• Day 1 - October 17, 2011

Session I: Health Services: Designing Quality Services

This session examines the ongoing process of designing individualized quality services in health by looking at how a program provides comprehensive screening, in depth assessments, planning for ongoing assessments. Students will learn how to apply the knowledge to implementing procedures for documenting a child’s complete health history including medical, dental, dietary and developmental information.  Students will learn the appropriate tools and methods for following up effectively on screenings examinations and immunizations. Focus will also be given on compiling statistical information for the Program Information Report (PIR) such as tracking treatment services.

 

Session II: Compliance Findings: Maintaining Quality

Promoting the well-being of children is a vital component of health services management. Health services is designed to help ensure children enrolled in their program are getting the services they need and that the programs and parents are advocating for quality by examining policies and procedure that provide health support systems that meet these needs. This session focuses on the compliance framework and how to use the framework to build holistic approaches “ big picture “ as you identify key objectives that will be achieved in services and management system and implementation. This course reviews and identifies core elements needed to ensure effective oversight, coordination and management of the health services component.

 

Session III - The first 90 days: Meeting the requirements

Head Start/Early Head Start, Migrant/Seasonal Head Start, and American Indian/Alaska Native program must emphasize the importance of early identification of health issues. Focused around Health Services Compliance Framework # 2 this session will evaluate and help students in establishing appropriate tracking provision of health services. The session will cover health tracking systems and reporting from those systems to inform and assist parents in keeping children on an up-to date schedule. Students will learn about consistency with documentation, how to find discrepancies, how to explain discrepancies in review to maintain compliance. Students will also learn about keeping schedules and documenting appointments in an effort to meet (90 day) mandates.

 

Session IV: Screening & Assessments: Defining Quality

This session works in coordination with session 3 by focusing on timely interventions. The core of this session will be the identification of the children with known or suspected health or developmental problems. Students will learn how to define quality screening and assessment tools that ensure screening are made within 45 days and make appropriate referrals. Examination of program systems for development and behavioral screenings and how a program uses parent engagement to ensure culturally sensitive, sensory screening are used.

 

Session V: Helping Families: Assessing Health & Dental

This session focuses on best practices and procedures for planning and implementing the promotion of health and dental practices. Students will learn about documenting assessments; tracking referrals for treatment, and utilizing integrated program services such as nutrition parent education plans and partnership agreements to engage a parent’s involvement in a child's health services.

 

Session VI: Follow-Up Services: Timely Interventions and Treatment

This session provides the basics meeting children's health needs, intervention treatment and promotion of positive health behaviors. The session provides students with staff-directed and parent- directed policies and procedures to track and use for treatment tracking. The session also combines health service compliance framework # 1-3 to help student design holistic systems for identifying new or recurring medical, dental or development concerns and make appropriate referrals.

• Day 2 - October 18, 2011

Session VII: Promoting Healthy Families: Partnering with Parents

This session will help you analyze how parents are involved in health services policy decision that affects the Head Start Program. This session will broaden student’s ability to work in partnerships with parents to make meaningful decision on their child’s health and wellness. Strategies for development of policies and procedures for emergency issues, parent permission statements, consent forms as well as refusal policies will be addressed and compliance forms will be given.

 

Session 7 & 8: Individualization: Health & Safety of Each Child.

This session examines the ongoing process of individualizing, planning and ongoing assessments of children. It will help students use a variety of strategies to get to know and plan for children health & wellness, build partnership with families and to accurately assess children’s progress. This session looks at the process of information gathering and how to use this information to help identify plans for short-term injury, long term exclusion and health safety accommodations.

 

Session # 9 - Health Pregnancies: Services for New Mothers

This session will focus on promoting healthy pregnancies, post natal health and wellness of new mothers and well baby care of newborn babies. Students will learn about tracking referrals and follow-ups, prenatal education, and support, services such as conducting counseling and nutritional assessments, mental health interventions and other services such as substance abuse treatment and post partum depression. Forms and best practices will be evaluated and tracking systems identified.

 

Session 10-12 - Nutrition Services: Oversight and Management Healthy Meals, Food Quality

This session covers the program's services for nutrition.  It will look holistically at nutrition services and includes practices such as the feeding of young children, food service management, sanitation and safety, menu planning, food purchasing, food storage and receiving and quality food production. Student will receive learning activities, resource material and assessment criteria.

 

• Day 3 - October 19, 2011

Session 13 - Healthy Behaviors: Effective Oral Hygiene

This session focus on meeting the mandates for dental care. It will give participants methods and tools to help design plans for dental services including dental forms, conducting dental assessments, ensuring topical fluoride services, designing dental emergency plans, integrating nutrition and dental health services and conducting dental education activities for parents, staff and children.

 

Session 14 - Safe Environments: Maintaining Facility Compliance

This session focuses on facility compliance with state, local and federal requirements. Participants will look at checklist procedure for insurance that lighting ventilation heat and other physical arrangements are consistent with the health, safety and development needs of children

 

Session 15 - Disabilities Services: Designing Service Plans

This session focus on team building, documentation and record keeping, collaboration on development and implementation of disabilities service plans, formalizing relationships with LEA’s and other service providers, strengthening advocacy and negotiation skills and compliance with American with Disabilities Act.

 

Session 16 - Coordination: Working with Community Partners  

This session focus on establishing foundation for developing a community of support for staff and families. Students will examine the impact of their policies and procedures; learn to support families through recognizing and reinforcing family strengths and using accepting, caring behaviors and establishing collaborative partnerships in the broader community network. The session will help student determine priorities for development of program resource, implement collaborate strategies and work with families to achieve mutual health goals.

 

• Day 4 - October 20, 2011

Session 17 - Individualizing: Addressing Each Child’s Needs

This session enables students to create both indoor and outdoor environments that encourage the growth & development of all children. Students will learn about materials and equipment that reflects children’s culture home language, skills, needs, interest, and abilities that can be used in a way to encourage growth and development. The session will encourage plan development that supports the development of children.

 

Session 18 - Partnering with Parents: Advocating for Services

This session is to build a participants capacity to engage parent in their family's health goals. Students will learn how to help parents define health related goal statements and identify current program practices that support completion of those goals, as well as use listening skills to identify how families can form collaborative relationships and consensus building to determine strength in the area of family health practices.

 

Session 19 - Mental Health Services: Timely Identification and Intervention Practices

This session is designed to help participant discuss and encourage mental health promotion of families, staff and children. Students will learn activities that build skills in creating response and respectful practices that promote the ability of children and families to respond to mental challenges and adversity.

 

Session 20 - Record Keeping and Tracking: Documenting Services

This session will help students understand the documentation requirements and utilize tools to collect a child’s complete health history including medical, dental, dietary and developmental information. Students will receive form to use in collecting data, how to integrate medical professionals forms to document needed services.

• Day 5 - October 21, 2011

Session 21 - File Updates: Audit and Check Procedures  

This session will answer your questions about federal audits and check procedures and how to establish policies and procedures to meet requirements exceed standards, and improve health operations, measure program performance and supports and document changes and challenges. Student will learn how to develop area plans for quality health support services.

 

Session 22 - Tracking Systems: Monitoring Progress and Quality

This session will focus on skills you need to monitor health services and determine quality. Participant will learn how to use tracking PIR information and self assessments to monitor program outcomes and determine program quality measures. Using tracking reports, students will learn about benchmarks and how to pinpoint effectiveness.

 

Session 23 - HIPAA

This session describes the statutory and regulatory background and general summary and provisions of HIPAA rules. It explains and defines the privacy rules and how Head Start programs should address privacy function. Students will learn what information should be protected, uses and disclosures and minimum necessary provisions and its requirements. You will also learn how to set up policies and procedures for confidentiality practices.