SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE POST-COVID WORLD - AUCD
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8/3/2020 SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE POST-COVID WORLD PROJECT ECHO FOR FAMILIES TO IMPROVE CAPACITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES 1 POST COVID-19 • Very few DD services • Potential for HUGE service cuts • Minimal opportunity for best practices • ABA / ESDM • AT • Behavioral supports • Isolation abounds • Need for more telehealth and distance services 2 1
8/3/2020 WHAT ABOUT WYOMING? • Unique environment • Large geographic area • Small population relative to size • More frontier than rural 3 HRSA Designated Provider Shortage Areas Dental Health Mental Health Primary PROVIDER SHORTAGE County Albany Yes Yes Yes AREAS Big Horn No Yes Yes Campbell Yes Yes Yes Carbon Yes Yes Yes Converse Yes Yes Yes • HRSA 2016 Crook Yes Yes Yes Fremont Yes Yes Yes Goshen Yes Yes Yes • >3500 individuals Hot Springs Yes Yes Yes per provider Johnson Laramie No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lincoln No Yes Yes Natrona Yes Yes Yes Niobrara Yes Yes Yes Park Yes Yes Yes Platte Yes Yes Yes Sheridan Yes Yes Yes Sublette No Yes Yes Sweetwater Yes Yes Yes Teton No Yes Yes Uinta No Yes Yes Washakie Yes Yes Yes Weston Yes Yes Yes 4 2
8/3/2020 WHAT IF CHILD NEEDS A SPECIALIST? • Problems facing individuals with autism and their 355 miles families living in WY 5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ECHO • Develops expertise over time • 30 minute didactic • Health Affairs 2011 • Case presentation • As safe/effective as specialist • Expert advice • NEJM 2011 • Co-learning • Demonopolizes knowledge • Ongoing case consultation • Academic Medicine 2014 6 3
8/3/2020 IMPACT 11 IMPACT: WEEKLY EVALUATIONS • Teacher impact • Average session attendance: 25.65 (12.4) • Satisfaction • Weekly Knowledge Change • Pre: M=3.06 (.91); post: M=3.63 (.78) • Weekly Skill Change • Pre: M=2.97 (.92); post: M=3.45 (.81) 12 6
8/3/2020 IMPACT: PRE/POST ASSESSMENT • Teacher impact • Knowledge/skills • Pre to post • Baseline knowledge deficit: • pre: M=3.2 (1.04), ideal: M=4.3(1.2), t(556) = 24.0, p
8/3/2020 PARENTS & IEP MEETINGS 15 VALUE OF FAMILY SUPPORT • Tons of family stress • Social support is a protective factors • Maternal mental health (Benson 2012; Weiss 2002; Zaidman-Zait et al. 2017), • increased sense of competency (Benson 2012; Ekas et al. 2010; Weiss et al. 2016) • service utilization (McIntyre and Brown 2018) • Emotional quality of life and satisfaction with child’s care (Moody, et al, 2019) 16 8
8/3/2020 BIOECOLOGICAL THEORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -Bronfenbrenner Moody, E.J., Sturges, H., Zlatkovic, S., Dahl, E., Root-Elledge, S. (In Press). A Public Health Approach to Family Supports: Empowering Families of Children with Autism Through the ECHO Model, International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities: Family-Focused Interventions, 59. 17 DISTRIBUTED INTERVENTION • UW ECHO for Family: Autism • Blend ECHO and Wy Family Mentorship • Provide • Basic information • Emotional support • Case presentation with experts • Behavioral strategies 18 9
8/3/2020 TOPICS • Behavioral supports • Interventions • Financial planning • IDEA / IEP • QOL • Home school ala COVID • Distance IEPs • Etc. 21 22 11
8/3/2020 IMPACT • Weekly attendance • M = 25 attendees • Increased understanding: 94% • Satisfaction: 96% • Useful: 92% • Improve family life: 89% • Increased connection to other families: 84% 23 24 12
8/3/2020 25 OTHER PROGRAM COMPONENTS • Parent mentorship • Distance based • Trained mentors • Ongoing TA • Regional leadership network • Local advocacy • Ongoing training 26 13
8/3/2020 WHAT ECHO FOR FAMILIES DOES: • ECHO adaptation works • Families, educators & healthcare • Leverages technology • Highly acceptable • Knowledge/skills • COVID and rural needs 27 PROGRESS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS • Refine delivery to families • Time, content, disabilities • Student level outcomes • Cases and classes • Diversify topic areas • Alignment with community needs • Adaptation to ongoing COVID needs 28 14
8/3/2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • Sandy Root-Elledge • Reshmi Singh • R40MC022643 (HRSA) • Canyon Hardesty • Victoria Estrada • T73MC11044-04-00 (HRSA) • Family mentors • Elyssa Smith • UL1 RR025780 (NIH) • Regional leaders • Shira Kern • U10DD000180 (CDC) • All Families in WY • Haley Sturges • Kristen Kaiser • Rachel Freedman • Wendy Warren • All WIND Staff • Sarah Zlatkovic • MCHB Partners 29 15
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