CCEP - Child Care Enhancement Program (formerly KEEP) Task Force   The CCEP (formerly KEEP) Task Force has the following objectives:        1. To provide consultation and input to the CCEP (a participant in the Department of Community Healthy Early Childhood Expulsion Prevention Program).        2. To facilitate networking and resource sharing for people working with early childhood programs, services, and childcare.        3.  To provide educational opportunities to increase the early childhood community’s ability to understand and work with young children and their families experiencing difficulties that interfere with healthy development. In addition, the CCEP Task Force serves as the Ingham Great Start Collaborative Social-Emotional Health Advisory Committee to help implement strategies and objectives identified in the GSC 3-year strategic plan, the Ingham Early Childhood Action Agenda. The CCEP Task Force usually meets quarterly on the second Thursday of the month in the MSU Extension Conference Room at 5303 S Cedar in Lansing from 9-11am.  For additional information contact  Dr. Barry Kaufman at CEI-CMH CCEP Program Phone: 517 887-5259,  Email: kaufman@ceicmh.org

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CCEP (formerly KEEP) TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Transition Advisory Group (TAG), Subcommittee of Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

MEETING SUMMARY 2/09/10

Participants Present: Fran Jozefowicz, Ken Sperber, Stephanie Peters, Kathy Vogel, Jamie Yeomans, Marta Kermiet, and Barry Kaufman

 1.         The group began with a summary by Stephanie and Barry of their participation in  Dr. Ingersoll’s Project ImPact Training.  Both Stephanie and Barry described the training experience as very positive and felt there would be many applications  of the strategies and information provided.

             The program focused assisting parents in developing tools for engaging their children and assisting and supporting them in their development of social engagement strategies, language, social initiation, and play skills.  Many of the skills and strategies would be familiar to Early On staff and Infant Mental Health staff.  A significant value of the program would be the ability to identify parental goals for their children, build parent capacity to encourage language and social emotional development.   Successful parent child interactions also strengthen attachment with their children, identify.

             In a meeting immediately after the training, Laura Spees, Stephanie and Barry discussed proposals for next steps in obtaining training for program facilitators in Ingham County.  It was felt that many of the Early On staff were already familiar with many of the strategies but could benefit in learning to assist parents in developing and using the strategies in the program.

             Stephanie has had discussions with Brooke to contract for training with Early On Grant funds. Stephanie indicated that setting-up a training of this program for Early On staff could proceed within the next two months. Follow-up and staff coaching could begin in the fall.

             The Work Group also discussed contracting with MSU for a second community training program that would be available to teams from Early Intervention CMH, Head Start, Health Department Home Visiting Programs, play group leaders, and  parents who would agree to facilitate training for other individuals in their  programs or community.  This training 30 to 40 participants would be targeted.

            Participants in this group would implement the program in 1:1 or in the group process. 

             More information will be obtained and discussion with Brooke and collaboration leadership to access funds.  A meeting for further developing the ImPact Training program for the broader community is planned for March 1, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm at the838 Louisa St. Conference Room.  We need your input,

2.         An up-date of a transition assistance draft proposal was provided.  The group  reviewed the draft. The draft of the duties of a transition consultant was  discussed.  Suggestions included developing an information brochure for Early   On staff who would serve as the referral source.  The consultant could  provide consultation services to Early On staff and parents in implementing continued social emotional health transition service planning for children age  three and their families completing their Early On.

            The pilot would initially involve a six month period.  Data would be collected and reported twice during the contract period.  Barry was identified as the CMH staff person providing 18 hrs per week for the pilot. The language of the descriptionwill be completed and the program hopes to start March 1, 2010.

 3.         The work group also reviewed a MSU Psychological Pilot Satellite Clinic Proposal submitted by Dr. Dan Greenberg.  The scope of the pilot would consist of 6-8 hours weekly psychotherapy time for clients  at a clinic developed at Head   Start’s Grand River School location.  The proposal would require collaboration between the GSC, Head Start, and MSU.  A need for $150 to $200 per week to assist with the costs of the clinic was identified.

             The Work Group was very favorable toward the proposal.  More discussion will occur with Dr. Greenberg, Head Start, and the Ingham County Great Start Collaborative to obtain further information and details in the exploration and planning process.  More information will be sought in time for the next Work Group Meeting, March 9, 2010, at the Louisa St. Conference Room.

 4.         The fourth item for discussion regarding training and implementation of Parent Violence Prevention Program was tabled until the next meeting.

CCEP (formerly KEEP) TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Transition Advisory Group (TAG), Subcommittee of Social Emotional Health Workgroup
Meeting Announcement 2/9/2010

The next meeting is scheduled for the following date and location:

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Early Intervention/CMH, Large Conference Room, Suite C (nest door)

We have several important and exciting projects that we are developing and we need to discuss and make decisions to help move them forward to implementation.

Agenda

1. Update on Early On Transition Project Development - please review the attached draft of the Transition Consultant Position that is being developed with Collaboration funds. We also hope to have update information from Fran on moving forward.

2. Discuss future training and program development opportunities around collaboration with MSU Autism Clinic (Training of Trainers, parent group development and implementation, community training. Laura, Stephanie and myself attended the two session Project ImPACT training with Dr. Brooke Ingersoll and her doctoral students. We were very excited about the training and saw several applications for supporting parents in their developing social communication and language with their children. The program is very appropriate for working with children that have been identified as being withing the autism spectrum as well as other children needing to strengthen social engagement, language development, social initiation, and play skills. The strategies and the program can be applied for use both in parenting groups with individual coaching and can be adapted for home visiting clinical and support programs.

The three of us are proposing a two phase training program.
One phase would involve Early On contracting with Dr. Ingersoll to provide the training for Early On staff. Many of the staff have had the teaching and education training. The focus would assist in strengthening tools for parent engagement and participation in their child's growth, development, and intervention.

The second phase would involve scheduling a training targeting multi-disciplinary staff in mental health, Head Start, Early Childhood Education and social services. We would hope to develop the capacity for programs and agencies to utilize the program and work with parents and their children involved in their programs.

We need to identify the following issues:
A. The structure of the training programs, possible time lines including availability of the funds and best time for staff availability to receive the training.
B. Strategies for dissemination of the material across the programs
C. Identify a follow-up committee or small group to connect with Dr. Ingersoll and discuss our proposals and obtain a cost estimate and availability of funds for the
program

3. I am hoping that Dr. Greenberg, director of the MSU Psychological will have provided a proposal for the possible development of a community clinic provided by his students under staff supervision at the Head Start Grand River School site. I will forward this proposal when I receive this information. This was discussed at a prior meeting and conversations between Dr. Greenberg, myself, Head Start personnel, and the last CCEP Task Force Meeting on 1/25/10. We hope we can make services available to children and families who might not be able to obtain services elsewhere.

4. In a previous email I sent out information on the ACT Parent Training Program to Prevent Domestic Violence, and evidenced based program developed by the American Psychological Association. I am attaching information. We discussed this at the Task Force Meeting and the MSU Family Resource Center, some Parent Education Work Group participants, and Social Emotional Work Group Participants were interested in bring the free or low cost program to the Greater Lansing Area. We would like to obtain your input on whether and how to proceed.

5. Development Consultation Entity - discuss the development of a clinical consultation entity for transition cases.

Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.
Prevention Specialist/Psychologist
CEI CMH
838 Louisa St. Suite D
Lansing, Michigan 48911
Phone: 517 887-5259
Fax: 517 887-5273

CCEP (formerly KEEP) TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Meeting Announcement & Agenda  11/05/09

CCEP (formerly KEEP) TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Proposed Year 2 Gap Funding Priorities

KEEP TASK FORCE
SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL HEALTH WORK GROUP

Minutes June 11, 2009

Present:  Ken Sperber, Marta Kermiet, Stephanie Peterson, Fran Jozefowicz, Camille Sharland, Barry Kaufman

I.                     Fran J passed out information which showed an estimate of cost for a “unit of service” from CMH; this would be based on two to three times a month face-to-face contact.  There are two half-time staff interested in this work, but they could not pick up more than 9 hours per week during the summer.

Contract language will probably be “up to” either dollar amount or units when Memos of Understanding or Contracts are written up.  Group then discussed various amounts of money for different services than mental health – OT assessments begin at about $40 per hour, and psychological or psychiatric will be much higher.  Used round figure of approximately $1,000 per child for purchased services during the transition period; this would include the Transition Consultant, home-based therapy from CMH, other clinical services, and support services (aids, transportation, etc.).

Discussion about the Gap Funding Oversight Group and who would be included:  Great Start Collaborative, Health Department, Early On, CMH, Head Start.  Will need to be clear about who authorizes services, who comes back to the group is more services are required beyond initial authorized units.  This group will become the Transition Advisory Group (TAG) for checks and balances, and more community members will be brought on board from other agencies.  The Memo of Understanding regarding the Transition Advisory Group will have common language to all agencies involved, and will also indicate a commitment to attend Gap Funding meetings on a regular basis.

Laura, Connie, Marta and Ken came up with the Description of Work for the Transition Consultant.  This was developed to break down major areas that will be part of the Transition Consultant position. 

Marta and Stephanie can prioritize and decide who would be appropriate to begin working with so we can get the ball rolling with the first few families.  If questions arise about prioritizing or appropriateness, or too many families are coming in the door, then they will bring their questions back to the larger Gap Funding group to sort out.

As a starting place, the Early On Coordinator will go to Stephanie, who will take possible referral to Marta (later the Transition Consultant).  When agreed upon as appropriate, Early On worker can obtain Release of information to speak with the Transition Consultant and begin the referral for additional services.  A question arose as to how to explain these recommended additional services to the families.  Barry Kaufman will review description of services used currently by PIP and PYC programs, along with description of Family-Centered Services for possible starting point in developing a form for this group’s purpose, then will send on to Marta, Ken and Connie.

Release form from Early On program to the Transition Consultant will need to include language to the effect of “Transition Consultant may need to review Early On reports and records” so that services already provided are not duplicated.  Discussion regarding “referral form” versus “intake form” for Transitional Consultant to use, and what information needs to be collected and what information may already be in the file that doesn’t need duplication.

Related discussion surrounded question of who does file belong to?  Sorting through the process, it was clear that the file starts with Early On (IISD) who begins the transition process of three year olds aging out of their service, and file would follow them to the Transition Consultant, who would use it to continue the transition process of obtaining other needed services.  The Transitional Advisory Group will house the file at CMHs Early Intervention Services program if family is still in ongoing additional services when the Transition Consultant is done with her work.  Once these additional services are completed, the file will be returned to Early On for their archives at IISD.

The Transition Advisory Group will have a memo of understanding for agencies represented, which will include language about commitment to attend KEEP meetings regularly.  Possible agencies for inclusion are:  CMH Prevention, Early On, Head Start, Children’s Special Health Care, Jump Start, OYC, DHS (hopefully an Early On-DHS liaison as well as someone from foster care), the Health Department and Great Start Collaborative.  A regular meeting time and date will be set and contact information (email and phone numbers) will be available to the group when it’s up and running.  Marta will contact Lori Brasic at OYC to talk with her about coming on board.

II.                   Workshop Planning Follow-up:  The group agreed that a cross-disciplinary training with a social-emotional focus will be set; probably two 3-hour presentations.  Marta will speak with the Children’s Trauma Center in Kalamazoo to get an idea of prices for Mark Sloane or Jim Henry to come speak.

KEEP TASK FORCE
SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL HEALTH WORK GROUP

Meeting Agenda 6/11/09

1.          Welcome, Announcements and Updates

2.          Follow-up Workshop Planning

3.          Continued discussion and planning for Gap Funding Implementation

4.          Oversight group development discussion

5.          Community Resource and linkage discussion

             ·       Hope Network

             ·       MSU Autism Research Clinic

             ·       Other options

6.          Further Task Force/Work Group goal planning

KEEP TASK FORCE
SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL HEALTH WORK GROUP
GAP FUNDING PROJECT SUBGROUP

GAP FUNDING PROJECT SUBGROUP

Meeting Notes 5/20/2009

Present: Ken Sperber, Fran Jozefowicz, Marta Kermiet, Connie Hooper, Stephanie Peters, Barry Kaufman, Camille Sharland, and Kathy Vogel

The minutes from the last meeting and assignments were reviewed.  Marta and Fran are working within their agencies to identify the cost of a unit of service. Drafts for letters of understanding based on a performance contract model will be developed by June 18, 2009 by Head Start and CMH. Stephanie will clarify the payment process for Early On staff.

The group discussed continuing to clarify a referral process for the pilot.  We concluded that we needed to develop a referral and intake form.  Barry and Kathy suggested the current forms used by the KEEP Program be reviewed for possible adaptations for this project.

Possible startup cases have been requested by Stephanie Peters of Early On.  Stephanie has sent an email to the Ingham County Early On Service Coordinators seeking cases where a transition plan is being developed at least three months prior to the child reaching their third birthday.

Stephanie has already provided one referral for possible piloting and will send another email out.  Stephanie will then call Marta Kermiet who will review the initial referral and assign a person to pilot transition coordination.

The committee will also continue to work on the development of an oversight and consultation committee to assist with the infrastructure development

Submitted by Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GAP FUNDING PROJECT

Project Description:  The KEEP Task Force/Social Emotional Work will use funds received from the Ingham County Great Start Collaborative forpiloting the development of a Three Year Old Transition Coordination Program to help identify children who are aging out ofEarly On Services, but are still in need of Social Emotional Resources to assist children in their continued development. 

The Transition Coordinator would work briefly with the Early On case manager and family to implement a transition plan, identify and facilitate referrals to community resources, and assist in accessing resources and help facilitate purchasing of limited services. 

Coordinators would have an awareness of current resources or where to inquire for potential available community resources.

Definition of Social Emotional Health: Social and emotional development in young children has to do with how young children feel about themselves, how they behave, and             how they relate to others, especially people who matter to them¹.

 Early child social and emotional development includes the following²:

·        Experience, manage, and express the full range of positive and negative emotions

·        Develop close, satisfying relationships with other children and adults

·        Actively explore their environment and learn

Social and emotional development impacts the following skills:

·        Emotional self-regulation

·        Behavioral self-regulation

·        Empathy and perspective taking

·        Communicating needs and desires in a pro-social way

·        Understanding cause and effect sequences

·        Developing interests, motivation, and persistence

Funding: Grant of $30,000 provided to Ingham County Great Start Collaborative by Capital Area United Way and Capital Area Regional Foundation.  Funding will be be utilized for purchase of services and resources, and the development of the Three Year Old Transition Coordination Program.

               TASKS                                                           DISCUSSIONS                                                     

¹National Center for Children in Poverty, Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families, http://www.nccp.org/publicatons/pdf/text 648.pdf

²ZERO TO THRESS, “Helping Young Children Succeed: Strategies to Promote Early Childhood Social and Emotional Development,” http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/help_yng_child_succeed.pdf?docID=621

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

MINUTES MARCH 12, 2009

I.                     Present:  Ken Sperber, Marta Kermiet, Stephanie Peterson, Sharon Morgan, Mary Ann Fant, Barry Kaufman, Fran Jozefowicz, Camille Sharland

II.                   Barry announced there were 74 in attendance at Cindy Grider’s last workshop and the KEEP program is two-thirds of the way through the MSU evaluation study, which is part of a nation-wide study.

Fran J reminded everyone of the upcoming Annual Report to the Community being put on by CMH on March 20; it will be a breakfast meeting this time, so be sure to RSVP attendance.

III.                  Ken Sperber talked about the Protective Factors for Social-Emotional Health.  There was a video conference in early February, which spoke to strengthening families around these core Protective Factors.  He also spoke briefly about the Gap Funding and how to best use the monies in relation to this.

IV.               Review of Early On Services Gap survey results.  Sara Lewandowski, psychology intern last semester with Barry Kaufman, pulled all the survey information together in an effort to highlight that the Early On staff felt were Gap issues as children move from Early Head Start to Head Start (around age 3) and then from Head Start to Kindergarten (around age 5).  Demographics did not include the discipline of the responder. 

V.      Discussion regarding using the Batell Instrument being used, since it is a full inventory, for determining eligibility.  Everyone agreed there needed to be standardized and normed tools for consistency across programs.

Lengthy discussion regarding use of CAUW/CRCF funds for a transition coordinator (partial FTE) to help identify community resources for families as their children with social-emotional difficulties hit the Gap ages.  This person would work briefly with the case manager and family to identify community agencies that can help meet their needs, and would not carry a case load, would be more of a point-and-click segue to help smooth the transition from one service program to another.  Ken noted that the best use of funds would be to identify those families where a little bit of additional support/services would make the biggest difference to the child.

Discussion of a pilot program will occur on Tuesday, March 24, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at Louisa Street during a brown bag luncheon meeting, with a subgroup made up of most of today’s attendees.  This will include coming up with a time-line and criteria this pilot program, as well as identifying agencies  who could provide needed services.

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

MEETING AGENDA 3/12/2009

Location:  MSU Extension/FNET Office, 5303 S. Cedar (Second Floor enter door B), Lansing, Michigan 48911

Please contact Barry Kaufman, 887-5259 or kaufman@ceicmh.org for questions or additions to the agenda.

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

MINUTES February 12, 2009

Barry Kaufman welcomed everyone and facilitated introductions.

He explained the Child Care Expulsion Program (CCEP) of which KEEP is a part, and that there were 16 programs going in the State of Michigan.  One of the goals of the program is to provide a forum for networking in the community with partner programs in an effort to help each other build and facilitate programs that will help child care providers, parents, and other community programs serving the pre-primary transitional children who are at risk for being displaced from child care setting and pre-primary school programs.

Mishele McManus is working in the Ingham Intermediate School District with a small group to develop a checklist for Kindergarten Transition children around Social Emotional Development.

She developed a table which is inclusive of State of Michigan Infant-Toddler Standards, DECA 2-5 challenges, Head Start Childhood Outcomes framework, Department of Education preschool Standards (state-wide expectations), Kindergarten GLCEs (No Child Left Behind), and the Lansing Kindergarten Report Card (statewide expectations).

They will be using this table to try to align four of the highest across the 0-6 age group, to find a common thread, to develop further guidelines in the social emotional needs of children in this age group that will enable them to help the at-risk children.  Their interest is to set up guidelines that will help child care providers and early education teachers find those children most at risk before a crisis arises for the child, to help them figure out where the child is on a continuum of care and help the parents find the next best resource to help them help their child making the transition to the next educational phase.

Discussion centered on who might be appropriate community members to become involved in this workgroup.  Mischele said the aim of the grid is to map out what a child should look like in Kindergarten, and then backtrack from there to see where a child actually is at their developmental level.  She is hoping to have something put together by the March 10 conference Kindergarten Transition of High Risk Children.

The biggest challenge at this point is that these are six separate columns, and the group would ideally like to be able to read across a line to show easy tracking for each discipline.  Possible outcomes suggested how a teacher could implement with a child who has problems to create a roadmap for kids as they transition.  Dan Hodges will have specific ideas with brainstorming activities at the March 10 conference.

Barry asked about how to move from guidelines/standards to actual implementation to find gaps in transition and work goals into a child’s plan to address the gaps in social emotional development.  Mischele will meet with Deb Hill (Head Start) to develop a plan and see how much they can get done prior to the March 10 conference.  They are hoping to have something to pass out that day, even if it’s preliminary data.

Teri Bates a nurse practitioner from the Carefree Medical Clinic said she is at a loss what to do for these children, and doesn’t like prescribing Ritalin for children that young, nor without other resources to help the family.  Terry shared some information about the Assessing Better Childhood Development (ABCD), a new screening tool from the American Association of Pediatricians.

The group suggested connecting with such programs as: Parent Infant Program, KEEP, Early On, Project Find, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Program as well as continue to network with this work group.

Stephanie Peters spoke briefly about the Early On staff survey.  Camille Sharland was asked how she felt about filling it out, and she shared that she thought it was a marvelous survey, although it was a little hard to answer some questions.  She also thought it’s a great place to start with looking at what to do with kids who are aging out of Early On at 3 years old who have sensory, regulation, a/o social emotional issues. 

Stephanie provided the survey responses to Barry.  He and a former Doctorial Student will analysis the results and try and complete a summary by the next meeting.  The group will then use this information to formulate priorities and guidelines for developing the Social Emotion Gap Funding Project.

Discussion also focused on March 10, 2009 program at Pattengill Middle School focus on “Gateways to Social Emotional Health”.

The group will focus on several exciting areas next meeting. Including, reviewing the survey results, Stephanie will share information on the Protective Factors that can assist families with supporting social emotional development, possible availability for mini-grant opportunity, Michelle may share the new DECA-IT Strategies Program, and discuss planning for the next two workshops.

Next meeting of the KEEP Task Force/Social Emotional Work Group will be 3/12/09, 9:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., MSU-Extension Conference Room (Enter Door #2, proceed to second floor), Ingham County Human Services Building, 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, Michigan 48911

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT  Thursday, January 8, 2009

Time:  9:15 am to 11:00 am

Location:  MSU Extension/FNET Office
                5303 S. Cedar (Second Floor enter door B)
                Lansing, Michigan 48911

Key Agenda Items:

·    Welcome, Update, and Announcements
·    Overview of KEEP Program Activities
·    Review drafts of KEEP Consultation Team Survey and Early On Staff Survey
·    Overview of recent DECA-IT training
·    Continue to develop social emotional health directioins

Please contact Barry Kaufman with any questions or additions at kaufman@ceicmh.org or 887-5259.

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Meeting Announcement Thursday, December 11, 2008, 9-11 am

The KEEP Task Force/Social Emotional Health Work Group will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, December 11, 2008, 9-11 a.m., Ingham County Extension/Nutrition Office, 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, Michigan. Please enter door #2 go to second floor and proceed to MSU Extension Office at the end of the hall.

The focus of the session will explore:

1. Welcoming, Introduction, Announcements, and Program Updates
2. Discuss Survey for collecting Gap funding needs from Early On Staff
3. Explore ways to identify social emotional level of needs in the county from other sources.
4. Up date on workshop planning
5. In-Basket Open Challenges Discussion

If you have questions, contact Barry Kaufman at 887-5259 or kaufman@ceicmh.org .

Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. Prevention Specialist/Psychologist  CEI CMH
838 Louisa St. Suite D Lansing, Michigan 48911
Phone: 517 887-5259  Fax: 517 887-5273

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

AGENDA Thursday, November 4, 2008, 9 to 11 am.

MSU Extension/FNET Office (2nd Floor-Door #2 Ingham County Human Services Building, 5303 S. Cedar Street, Lansing, Michigan 48911

2. KEEP Program Developments
3. Discuss possible restructuring Community Consultation Team
4. Discuss Great Start Collaborative Developments
5. Discuss Cross Professional Training tentative presentation topics
6. Review progress on work on gap funding proposal and how it might be implemented
7. Review Task Force/Work Group staff support proposal
8. Social/Emotional Screening Tool overviews –  CAFAS – Fran Jozefowicz
9. Discuss need to shift meeting day to another Week

Contact Barry Kaufman for questions or comments – 887-5259

EEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING:     THURSDAY, October 2, 2008
TIME:        9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM
PLACE:         MSU EXTENSION/FNET OFFICE
                (Enter Door # 2, Second Floor)
                5303 S. CEDAR LANSING, MICHIGAN 48911AGENDA

AGENDA October 2, 2008

·       PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY UPDATES
·       BIRTH TO FIVE COLLABORATIVE UPDATES
·       SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SCREENING CONSIDERATIONS
·       FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF GAP FUNDING PROJECT
·       INTRODUCTION OF DEVEREUX PROTECTIVE FACTOR KIT

Contact Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., for questions or to add agenda items 887-5259

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

AGENDA Thursday September 4, 2008 9-11am

MSU Extension/FNET Office(2nd Floor-Door #2 Ingham County Human Services Building,
5303 S. , Lansing, Michigan 48911

The KEEP Task Force will be convening:
Thursday, September 4, 2008, 9 to 11 am.

The focus of the meeting will be on the following area:
1. Introductions
2. Participants can provided updates of their programs for this next year - additions or changes
3. Discuss potential presentation topics and additional planning for the next year
4. Continue work on gap funding proposal and how it might be implemented

We hope you can plan to be there. Your participation and input is important.
Please also see upcoming training and programs.

Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.
CEI CMH Prevention Specialist/Psychologist
838 Louisa St. Suite D
Lansing, Michigan 48911
Phone: 517 887-5259
Fax: 517 887-5273

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Meeting NOTES from August 7, 2008

Potential Gap Funding –Services

Suggested Protocol, process and guidelines for encouraging social emotional screening from a broad spectrum of area professions

Ecological-Developmental consultation – identify protocol or process for addressing social- emotional development issues to be utilized across service and professional disciplines

a.   Once symptoms appear
b.     Assist provider and parent in accepting presence of potential concern
c.      Screening and assessment to better understand presenting concerns
d.     Supportive environment
e.     Case manager
f.        Pursue services
g.     Follow-up service engagement and pr

Services and Program

1    Case Management- contact with a person with the capacity to provide case management, coordination, and advocacy
2.      Occupational therapy screening and assessment (including sensory integration processing)
3.      Sensory Integration treatment
-Sensory Integration OT equipment such as weighted blankets and vests
4.      Infant Mental Health Treatment
5.      Psycho-Neurological assessment & treatment
6.      Follow-up and services for children who age out of Early On – 3- 5 year old GAP
7. Transportation
– for families to appointments and play and learn groups
--Transportation to Ann Arbor for specialized medical evaluations/transportation.  If  Sedated then child needs an adult attendant besides driver-- --Transportation to playgroups for developmental stimulation and socialization
8. Child care siblings of a child with special social emotional needs so parents can attend appointments and pursue services
-Family Growth Center might provide child care and assessment of other child could be done on-site at FGC
-Tap Hope Network – assessment/treatment – onsite consultation
9.   Provide mileage for 1:1 child care volunteers or other professionals doing out reach
10. Funding for medication
12. Parents have mental health needs – counseling, medications
13.  Psychiatry services for parents esp when not enrolled in CMH Adult Mental Health Program
13.  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Neurological assessment
14,  On-site consultations for programs that do not qualify for KEEP (HS, GSRP. School child care and before and after school programs.
15.  Autism evaluation/assessment and treatment
16.   Respite for parent caretakers when child is very difficult
17.  Social Emotional day care (similar to EHS but through age 5 (til kindergarten)

General gap considerations

1.       Make accessible
2.       Build capacity
3.       Service reimbursement model overcoming insurance restraints to do onsite assessment & screening.
4.       Children in community childcare – child needs to work with child voluntee1:1.  Severity of needs.
5.       GAP funding onsite volunteer 1:1 support aid
6.       How to be an advocate to stop smoking to maintain med compliance- parent health education
7.       Need to strengthen how social emotional problems in children are first identified – behavioral concerns; GAP of ID kid in 1^st place
*8.  Strengthen pediatrician screen as an initial point of contact for beginning to identify social emotional problems
*9.  Consider funding to utilize Jump Start staff to provide broad-based home visitor – ecological screening and assessment
10.  What screening tools
-Professionals – screen kids where they are
11.  GAP in services during the summer.  No ongoing services to transition kids in the summer.
a.      Service – child care GAP – continuity of care over the summer.
b.      “continuity of service”
12.  Continuity screening and assessment across school districts – significant variation across districts
13.  Family system challenges
    -  Part C has high risk but not enough
14.  Alternative programming – home-based education
15. How do we measure the outcomes and impact of gap funding program?

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

AGENDA Thursday, June 5, 2008 9-11am

FNET/MSU EXTENSION OFFICE, Ingham County Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing (Enter Door #2)

1. Introduction and Program announcements

2. KEEP Program updates and announcements

3.  Discuss adjustments to the objectives, additions or deletions, and strategies to begin to implement objectives over the next three years, including service gaps and identification of resources. Further plan and development  of the three areas identified in the last meeting (Please see chart summary).

4. Discuss who else to invite to the table, identify people interested participating in a subgroup to meet for two meetings over next three months,   prioritize subgroup focus.

UPCOMING CALENDER OF EVENTS:

Community Consultation Team -TBA for the Fall

KEEP TASK FORCE  - NEXT MEETING: KEEP TASK FORCE MEETING -   July 10, 2008,

FNET/MSU EXTENSION OFFICE, Ingham County
 Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing (Enter Door #2).

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Notes Thursday, May 1, 2008 9-11am

FNET/MSU EXTENSION OFFICE, Ingham County Human Services Bldg.
5303 S. Cedar, Lansing (Enter Door #2)

The Keep Task Force/Social Emotional Health Work Group convened its meeting at 9:00 a.m.  The meeting was chaired by Barry Kaufman and well attended.  Participants initially introduced themselves and provided announcements and updates.

The KEEP Staff announced that KEEP, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Kathy Vogel had resigned to take another position.  The program would be positing 2 half-time positions on May 9, 2008.  Sheila Henderson will continue to provide consultations and we hope to bring a new staff member on as soon as possible.

Jamie Yeomans, discussed Birth to Five Parent Coalition, play groups and
other initiatives. She also shared material and information on young
children’s brain development she received from a recent conference.

 The group continued to review other social emotional objectives not discussed in the
last meeting.  A discussion then focused on identification three important program initiatives to develop a draft proposal for funding to our 0-5 Coalition.

 The group identified the following three areas to recommend for initial review for possible funding. 

GREAT START COLLABORATIVE
KEEP TASK FORCE
 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH WORK GROUP 

Proposed Considerations for CRCF & CAUW Request for Proposals

 
The KEEP Task Force/Social Emotional Work Group met 5/01/08 to discuss funding initiative recommendations.   A total of nineteen participants representing 11 programs including: Head Start, KEEP Program-CMH, Parent Young Child Program-CMH, Parent Infant Program CMH, Teen Parent Network Program Willow Plaza, Children’s Special Health Services, Ingham Intermediate School District, Early On, Great Start staff member, Eaton County Early Childhood Connections – Eaton Great Start, Office for Young Children, Lutheran Social Services Mental Health and the Great Start Parent Coalition, identified three primary areas for consideration.

The group first noted the importance of including across all proposals and programs an emphasis on building supportive emotional connections between children, parents, and service providers.  The promotion of social emotional bonds is an essential building block across health parent-child development.

Three component areas were identified for consideration.  Due to lack of time for discussion, consensus building, and more detailed planning, the suggestions are in preliminary form.

1.          Develop and implement a cross professional development training program that could target front-line professionals in expanding knowledge and skill for integration best practice knowledge into strategies for engaging and impacting families in supporting healthy development (in the social emotional development area.  This proposal might be implemented in two forms.  First a consensus would be developed across community stake-holders as to the most significant subject areas to focus on.

          Focus areas include:

·       The relationship of healthy attachment parenting to holistic development of young children and the identification of strategies and practices those promote healthy parenting.

·       The impact on healthy and compromised brain development on children’s healthy developmental trajectories and the identification of interventions and practices by front-line professionals to educate families, other professionals, community members, and policy makers on the essential contributions and promotion of healthy brain functioning.

·       Identify the impact of sensory processing disorders in increasing accurate screening, assessment, and intervention in education, mental health, and health care practices. 

Year 1:     4 3.5 hour training program (Possible more  1-2 more trainings     if costs are less than projected.     250 staff trained

Speaker Stipend if needed  4X $500. $2000.

          Copy materials, supplies   4X $500           $2000.

$4000.00

2.          Support the expansion and functioning of the KEEP Community Consultation Team in a process of identification of existing community resources and service capacity to address multi-disciplinary social emotional, developmental, educational, and behavioral needs of children in the community.  By determining the existing community service resource capacity, a second process of identification of service gaps and needs could be identified and prioritized.  High priority targeted areas could then be focused on.  An example would be identification of underserved and under healthcare covered families in the community in need of developmental screening and assessment.  This would include families with children age three who age out of Early On Services and support and unable to be included in school district programming to address identified needs.                Staff support- 12 hrs x 9 months  $240.00x 9= $2160.00

3.      A designated fund could be reserved to address the service provision needs of children and their families.  The money could be utilized to contract with existing resources to provide screening, assessment, and possible treatment resources.  An example might be a 4 year old child in need of assessment to rule out an auditory processing disorder who has not qualified for school district assistance.  The family could be referred to a previously established collaborating program.
          In this program, a service consultant would be funded to provide linkage between the family and the referral agency as well as linkage to programs providing follow-up services.
          The funding would be utilized to provide OT, Pt, Speech and Language as well as social emotional assessment not funded by other sources.
          $2000.00 per child for services   30 children =  $30,000-$50,000

The funding figures are rough estimated numbers needing more information
for more detailed estimates.

The third area was identified as a means to provide gap funding for assessment
and treatment services to a limited number of children not covered by other
sources of funding. 

This draft was developed and submitted to a meeting of the 0-5 Operations
Committee and a meeting between United Way, Capital Region Foundation and
0-5 staff Michelle Nicholson and Ken Sperber.  The funding representatives
affirmed the directions of the recommendations and requested more specific
planning and descriptions.

Next Task Force Meeting June 5, 2008, FNET/MSU EXTENSION OFFICE, Ingham County Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing (Enter Door #2)

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

AGENDA Thursday, May 1, 2008 9-11am

FNET/MSU EXTENSION OFFICE, Ingham County Human Services Bldg.
5303 S. Cedar, Lansing (Enter Door #2)

1. Introduction and Program announcements

2. KEEP Program updates and announcements

3. Jamie Yeomans, will discuss Birth to Five Parent Coalition, play groups and  other initiatives. She will also share material and information on young   children’s brain development she received from a recent conference

4. Continue to distribution of Social Emotional Wheels and completion of brief Form and discuss their utilization

5. Continue to review other social emotional objectives not discussed in the last meeting

6. Discuss adjustments to the objectives, additions or deletions, and strategies to begin to implement objectives over the next three years, including service gaps and identification of resources.

7. Discuss who else to invite to the table, identify people interested participating in a subgroup to meet for two meetings over next three months,    prioritize subgroup focus.

 UPCOMING CALENDER OF EVENTS:

Community Consultation Team

April 24, 2008 -KEEP Early Childhood Community Consultation Team Meeting – Conference Room C,  Ingham County Human Services Building, enter Door # 3

KEEP TASK FORCE

NEXT MEETING: KEEP TASK FORCE MEETING -  (TBA)

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

Meeting NOTES Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Members present: Connie Hooper, Kathy Vogel, Rebecca Meszaros, Merilee Dodson, Jaime Yoemans, Beany Tomber, Fran Jozefowicz, Kathy Tithoff, Kelly Gebhard, Rebecca Kneeling, Cindy Grider, Rhonda Rucker, Marta Kermiet, Barry Kaufman, and Ken Sperber

The meeting began shortly after 9am with members introducing themselves and making brief program announcements.

Parenting Counts - Emotional Coaching

Beany Tomber form MSU WKAR described the Parenting Counting Counts - Emotional Coaching program and shared many of the materials.  The research by Dr. John Gottman shows that children who can understand and cope with emotions do better in school, form stronger relationships, have fewer behavioral problems and generally lead happier, healthier and less stressful lives. The Talarius produced materials outlines Gottman’s Emotion Coaching approach in “5 Steps of Emotion Coaching”

§         Step 1 - Emotional Awareness

§         Step 2 - Recognizing Emotions As An Opportunity For Intimacy And Teaching

§         Step 3 - Listening Empathetically And Validating The Child's Feelings

§         Step 4 - Labeling Emotions

§         Step 5 - Setting Limits While Helping the Child Problem-Solve

WKAR has scheduled a free Train-the-Trainer two-hour workshop on Emotional Coaching on 4/25/08 at Willow Plaza Teen Network Center, 306 W Willow Lansing beginning at 10:30am.  Pre-registration is required, four KEEP Task Force participants signed up for the workshop with Beany at the meeting.  This is still room for a few more participants, email Beany@wkar.org to pre-register.

Beany showed a few video clips from the Parenting Counts series related to emotions.  These televisions spots also known as “Video Prompts” were originally produced to run on PBS television stations, but are now available on DVDs and VCR videotape formats.  These 60-second video spots are used as prompts in the Parenting Counts workshops to start conversations about real life parenting moments and how to bring best practices into daily parenting decisions.   They can be used in a variety of settings to prompt parent discussions of what to do in stressful situations.

The Parenting Counts “Video Prompts” can be viewed at the Talaris website:
http://www.talaris.org/parentingcounts.htm

More information about WKAR Ready to Learn is available at:
http://wkar.org/parents

Eaton County Great Start Collaborative - Strategic Plan 2008

Rhonda Rucker gave a brief overview of the Eaton County Great Start Collaborative (GSC) planning process, and shared copies of the Eaton County Great Start Collaborative - Strategic Plan 2008.  The Eaton GSC website is at http://www.eatongreatstart.org.  The Eaton GSC Strategic Plan is viewable through that website, or can be downloaded by clicking on this link for the PDF file: http://www.eatongreatstart.org/pdf/ECGS_StrategicPlan.pdf

The group discussed the Social Emotional goals and objectives in the Eaton GSC Plan, and ways to coordinate our efforts. In particular the group agreed that since Objectives #4 & #5 were very similar to the objectives in the Ingham GSC Plan, that we should try and work on these together.

            Objective #4: Compile a list of current social-emotional screening tools used by Eaton Great Start collaborative agencies, and a list of programs that could/should screen for social emotional needs.

            Objective #5: Identify available screening tools, and provide a training(s) for programs not currently screening for social-emotional needs.

Birth to Five, Ingham GSC
Objective A.3. Distribution Plan for MIAIMH Social-Emotion Wheels

At the 2/14/08 KEEP Task Force meeting the group began developing a distribution plan for the MIAIMH Social Emotional Health Wheels.  The group felt that the most useful way to distribute the S-E Wheels was as part of a home-visit, training, or individual consultation with an agency staff.

At the 2/14/08 meeting several groups offered to have their staff distribute them as part of a larger educational program. The distribution plan is to provide the S-E Wheels to agencies whose staff will use them as part of parent or provider visits, trainings, or consults. Ken brought quantities of the S-E wheels to this meeting to be given out as requested by the following groups at the previous meeting:

55     OYC parenting workshops at Neighborhood Network Centers
100   ECDC family day care home visits as a CACFP Sponsor + 15 for ECDC teachers
50     MSUE Better Kid Care trainings
90     KEEP trainings and consults
75     Head Start Mental Health Staff and Teaching Staff (home visits and consults)
60     Ingham Early Childhood Special Ed
50     Lutheran Social Services Foster Care

Each agency receiving the Social-Emotional Wheels for distribution was asked to complete a short survey.  The S-E Wheels Distribution Summary form is attached at the end of these Meeting Notes.

The group also brainstormed a list of other home-visit, training, or individual parent consultation programs, that may help participate in distribution of SE Wheels:

Ken shared that a new parent education workgroup was being formed to discuss ideas for non-traditional settings parenting education. The group discussed these and come up with some new variations (such as sponsorship by a retailer such as Meijers who would give out discount coupons for parents to attend in-store parent/child learning activities). 

 At Marta’s suggestion Ken also review some of the Ingham GSC Year 2 goals.  In particular the concern was shared that in addition to improving screening and referrals, real work must be done on the issues around increasing access to treatment.  It was agreed by all, that assessing that a child’s needs without offering needed services doesn’t really address the problem.  There are several gaps on the service delivery side of the equation including: Medicaid and private insurance will not pay for many of the needed mental health and other services for children 3-5 years of age (PT,OT), a  backlog of assessment referrals to school districts, and lack of services during the summer. The idea was suggested that the KEEP Task Force can help the situation by trying to finding out more about these gaps, and better cataloging them.  We can then submit these identified gaps lists to current and potential new funders to try and get them addressed.  It was also suggested to invite some school district personnel to a future KEEP meeting to talk with us about the these problems and ways we can work together to address them.

Thursday, May 1, 2008, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.  (MSU Extension Conference Room).

Birth to Five, Ingham Great Start Collaborative

Social-Emotional Wheel Distribution Summary

Name of Program __________________________
Person Receiving Wheels____________________  Number of Wheels Received ______   
Number and category of target recipients:   Parents_____      Child Care Providers _____

Early Childhood Prof. ____      Preschool staff _____

Date received __________

1. How will the Wheels be used?  

______________________________________________________

2. Who will be the target audience? 

______________________________________________________

3.  What the desired outcomes would be for their use? (Please list 1,2,3)

______________________________________________________

4.Describe how will the Wheels be useful in helping to impact the social emotional health of consumers you work with? (Please list 1, 2, 3,)

______________________________________________________

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup 

KEEP Task Force Meeting Notes Feb 14, 2008

Present: Sheila Henderson, Barb Monroe, Merilee Dodson, Ken Sperber, Laura Spees, Ronda Rucker, Cindy Grider, Mindy Evans, Jesslyn Onwere, Barry Kaufman, Laura Anderson, Connie Hooper, Theresa Patnoude, Stephanie Peters, Mike O’Connor, Sharon Morgan, Angelita Navarro, Marta Kermiet

Introductions and KEEP Updates

Barry Kaufman chaired the meeting, and began by giving a brief overview of the KEEP Project and the statewide Child Care Expulsion Prevention Projects.  Members introduced themselves and gave brief agency updates and announcements. 

Barry shared a status update on the KEEP program which is now actively working in 4 Counties (Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, and Shiawassee).  KEEP is still accepting referrals from parents and child care providers.     The current KEEP child care provider training series is going well and filled to the maximum of 50 participants. KEEP is especially trying to recruit day care aides and relative providers to training and consultations.
 

Special Presentation: Hope Network

Mike O’Connor from Hope Network presented information and materials about their services.  Since 1983 the Hope Network has been providing specialized neuro-rehabilitation services as well as general rehabilitation services to people who face difficult challenges.   Hope Network Rehabilitation Services has programs to help recovery from brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, or physical injury or illness.  From one-time evaluations to intensive rehabilitation programs, Hope Network’s services are flexible in size and content to meet the individual needs of each person served. 

Hope Network has facilities in six cities in Michigan: Grand Rapids, East Lansing, Big Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, Muskegon and Jackson.  Services and programs available at the East Lansing location include Post-Acute Transitional Living, Residential Services, Outpatient Services, Children’s Rehabilitation Services, Physician Services, Home and Community Based Services, Return to Work Services and Enrichment Programs. There is a lot more information and the Hope Network programs and services at their website: http://www.hopenetworkrehab.org

Mike was particularly interested in discussing how young children birth to five are served by their range of services.  Particular areas of importance were the opportunity to obtain sensory processing, O.T., PT, speech and language as well as large and small motor assessments for young children to complement current services or to support the need for additional services or strategies.

The services at Hope Network are covered by many health insurance companies.  Mike explained that not all coverages are the same (“a Blue is not a Blue”).  Different plans offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield or PHP may, or may not, include these services.  This led to a long and interesting discussion about benefits, coverages, and gaps in health insurance regarding mental health and rehab services.  Mike shared that since all services at Hope Network are “physician scripted”, and a specific diagnosis for young children is difficult, that doctors or psychologists could choose to write a “provisional diagnosis” or “differential diagnosis” to obtain diagnostic testing and treatment plans from providers like Hope Network.  Mike cautioned that although this might work for some insurance carriers, a “differential diagnosis” is not acceptable under all plans.

The group discussed the number of children with sensory and behavioral problems who are not diagnosed and may not be eligible for insurance paid services.  Mike suggested that the families or agency staff can still call the Hope Network Admissions office 332-1616 ext 210 because their staff could still try and help or refer to other agencies.  Although Early On could cover the costs of diagnostic testing and services for children birth to three years of age, there is a definite gap in programs and coverage for children ages 3-5.

     {In a follow-up response to a question about auditory processing evaluation / or screening  --  Mike wrote back a multi-part answer - from Hope Network SLP and psychologist -
     Age 3  --- our SLP (speech language pathologist - Saralynn Rubsam MS-CCC-SLP) has several checklists for processing disorders with the earliest checklist/testing for preschool.  Formalized testing is also standardized to assess language processing issues as early as 3 yrs.  Also have information/experience with therapeutic listening programs as a treatment for auditory processing issues
     Age 4-5 -- our psychologist (Brooke Van Buren Hay, Phd) - screens starting at about age 4-5 -- likes them to have some out of the home time-preschool, day care etc (exposure to more than one environment)
     Age 7 - True central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) are diagnosed by an audiologist at age 7 via hearing evaluation, word filtering, and SCAN test.  SLP's and other therapists can be helpful in determining a child at risk for CAPD and/or other processing disorders much earlier.}

Ingham Birth to Five, Great Start Collaborative

Ken Sperber reviewed the Strategic Planning efforts that the Ingham Birth to Five, Great Start Collaborative has undertaken in the last year.  This community process involved parents, and agency staff in developing a Children’s Action Agenda.  The KEEP Task Force has agreed to oversee the implementation of the Social Emotional Goals and Objectives in the Action Plan.  Ken reviewed the Year One goals, objectives, and activities in the plan (see attached). 

Ken has agreed to post the Minutes and Agendas for the KEEP Task force on the Birth to Five website www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive (Objective #1).  Barry Kaufman is now finishing up an article on Social Emotional Development; and Theresa offered to write an article on the need for outdoor play (Objective #2) to add to the Monthly Focus articles.  At the meeting the group began developing a distribution plan for the MIAIMH Social Emotional Health Wheels (Objective#3).  The group felt that the most useful way to distribute the S-E Wheels was as part of a home-visit, training, or individual consultation with an agency staff.

At the meeting several groups offered to have their staff distribute them as part of a larger educational program. The distribution plan is to provide the S-E Wheels to agencies whose staff will use them as part of parent or provider visits, trainings, or consults. The following are the quantities of S-E Wheels that the agencies committed to help distribute:

55   OYC parenting workshops at Neighborhood Network Centers
85   ECDC family day care home visits as a CACFP Sponsor
50   MSUE Better Kid Care trainings
90   KEEP trainings and consults
75   Head Start Mental Health Staff and Teaching Staff (home visits and consults)
60   Ingham Early Childhood Special Ed
50   Lutheran Social Services Foster Care

(After the meeting Ken followed up to clarify the number of Preschool S-E Wheels, and the number of Infant/Toddler S-E Wheels the agencies could use, and to request that members think about other agencies that could also be part of the distribution plan).  Ken offered to bring the S-E wheels to the next meeting.

Next KEEP Meeting Dates

After some discussion and comparison of calendars, the next KEEP meeting dates were agreed upon.   The KEEP Task Force will meet on March 25, 2008 and on May 1, 2008.  Both meetings will be in the Ingham Human Services Building, 5303 S Cedar St Lansing, in the MSU Extension Conference Room, from 9-11am.  Call Barry Kaufman at 887-5259 if you need directions or have any questions about the meeting or the Agenda.

Agenda Items for the next KEEP Task Force meeting on meeting March 25, 2008:

1. Introduction and Program announcements
2. Distribution of Social Emotional Wheels and completion of brief form
3. Brainstorm list of other home visitor and parent education programs for S-E Wheel distribution
4. Continue to review other social emotional objectives not discussed in the last meeting
5. Continue to discuss adjustments to the objectives, additions or deletions, and strategies to begin to implement objectives over the next three years.
6. Possible speaker currently being arranged

KEEP TASK FORCE
Social-Emotional Health Workgroup

AGENDA Thursday, February 14, 2008  9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

I.       WELCOME, BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS                                                      

II.        UP-DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

III.       KEEP PROGRAM STATUS AND UPDATE

            -CLINTON, EATON, AND INGHAM COUNTIES

            - SHIAWASSEE COUNTY

IV.            REPRESENTATIVE FROM HOPE NETWORK LANSING REHABILITATION SERVICES – “AVAILABILITY OF SENSORY PROCESS EVALUATION AND CONSULTATION AS WELL AS OTHER SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 0-5” (SOME SERVICES NOW COVERED BY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS)

V.        NEW EXCITING OPPORTUNITY  “KEEP TASK FORCE COLLABORATION WITH GREAT START/ COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN”

VI.            DISCUSSION: KEEP TASK FORCE LINKAGE AND PARTICIPATION

NEXT MEETING:   KEEP TASK FORCE MEETING - Thursday, April 3, 2008, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.  (Room TBA) Call Barry Kaufman, 887-5259 with questions. 

KEEP TASK FORCE

AGENDA Thursday, December 6, 2007  9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

UPCOMING CALENDER OF EVENTS:

              November 29, 2007, (Note this is the 5th Thurs. due to Thanksgiving Holiday) 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.  KEEP Early Childhood Community Consultation Team Meeting – Conference Room C, Ingham County Human Services Building, enter Door # 3.  Discussion of early therapeutic environments in preschool, daycare, and child care setting.

              No team meeting in December

KEEP TASK FORCE

KEEP Task Force