2018 Directors Forum & Mid-Year Conference
Building Capacity:
Setting a Strategic Direction for Systems Change
June 6 – 8, 2018
Hilton Columbus at Easton
Columbus, Ohio
CONFERENCE THEME
As states continue to rebalance systems to support home and community based services they do so while facing fiscal challenges, changing organizational structure in the state I/DD system, and provider workforce shortages. This requires a need to focus on building capacity at all levels of system.
The conference will provide opportunities to:
- Learn from state colleagues about state initiatives on a myriad of topics that help to improve the delivery of supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
- Hear from providers about their perspectives on what capacity-building efforts need to happen from the ground up.
- Learn about some innovative data driven research based practices to support state efforts.
- Learn about other models of system re-design and their impacts on long-term services and supports.
HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS
Marc J. Tassé
Director
Ohio State University Nisonger Center
Emily Shea Tanis Ph.D.
Associate Director
Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
University of Colorado
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mollie Murphy
Applied Self-Direction
Dan Lusk
Vice President Business Development
Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Inc.
Beverly Buscemi, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Services
Community Options, Inc.
Becky Hansen
Corporate Director-Quality and Performance Enhancement
Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Inc.
Amy Hewett
Director of the MNLEND program, MNADDM
and the Research and Training Center on Community Living
University of Minnesota
Stephen MacDonald
Impact Manager
Lucas County Family Council
Cess Coulson
Executive Director
WISE
Erica Lindquist
Senior Director
Disability Network Business Acumen Center
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD)
Kim Opsahl
Director of State Partnerships and Special Projects
American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
John Butterworth, Ph.D.
Institute for Community Inclusion
University of Massachusetts Boston
Cindy Thomas
Associate Director
Institute for Community Inclusion
University of Massachusetts Boston
Alberto Migliore
Research Associate
Institute for Community Inclusion
University of Massachusetts Boston
Donna Martin
Executive Director
Community Provider Network of Rhode Island
Tom Kane
President and CEO
AccessPoint, RI
Presentations
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Welcome by Ohio Governor Kasich video
Opening Plenary Panel Consider Technology First; Explore the Possibilities
Ohio Technology First Executive Order Signing Video
Marc J. Tasse" Director Ohio State Nisonger Center 845_AM_Tasse.pdf
Ohio White Paper: Use of Remote Supports
Kyle Corbin Ohio Technology Project Manager Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities 845_AM_Corbin.pdf
Emily Shea Tanis, Ph.D. Associate Director Coleman Instittute for Cognitive Disabilities University of Colorado 845_AM_Tanis.pdf
Evelyn Perez Assistant Secretary Washington State Developmental Disabilities Administration 845_AM_Perez.pdf
Plenary Panel Building Capacity within State I/DD Systems
John Martin Director, Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities 1045_AM_Martin.pdf
Lee Grossman Administrator, Developmental Disabilities Section Wyoming Department of Health 1045_AM_Grossman.pdf
Plenary Panel Capacity Building in Self-Direction and Managed Care
Mollie Murphy President, Applied Self-Direction 100_PM_Murphy.pdf
Maureen Casey Assistant Director, Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities 100_PM_Casey.pdf
Plenary Panel Building Community Capacity - What it Takes From the Provider Perspective
Dan Lusk Vice President, Business Development Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Inc.
Becky Hansen Corporate Director Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Inc. 200_PM_Lusk_Hansen.pdf
Beverly Buscemi, Ph.D. Director of Clinical Services Community Option, Inc. 200_PM_Buscemi.pdf
Plenary Panel Building Capacity by Addressing Workforce Challenges
Amy Hewitt Director, MNLEND Program, MNADDM and RTCCL University of Minnesota 315_PM_Hewitt.pdf
Stephen Mac Donald Impact Manager Lucas County Family Council
James Vander Hulst Chief Disruptive Officer, ERN USA President & CEO, Michigan ERN 315_PM_MacDonald_Vanderhulst.pdf
Plenary Panel Lessons from the Disability Business Acumen Resource Center Learning Collaborative
Laura Vegas Project Director for Business Acumen, NASDDDS
Erica Lindquist Senior Director, NASAUD
Kim Opsahl Director of State Partnerships and Special Projects, ANCOR
Valerie Huhn Director, Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities 415_PM_Vegas_lindquist_Opsahl_Huhn.pdf
Friday, June 8, 2018
Keynote State of the Art-Art of the State
Cesilee Coulson Executive Director, WISE 830_AM_Coulson.pdf
Plenary Panel Nurturing Quality Employment Supports: Describing Employment Supports and Building a Sustemic Approach to Performancde Coaching and Organizational Transformation
John Butterworth, Ph.D. Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts, Boston
Cindy Thomas Associate Director Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts, Boston
Albert Migliore Research Associate Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts, Boston 945_Butterworth_Thomas_Migliore.pdf
Plenary Panel Working as a Team: The Rhode Island Experience
Kerri Zanchi Director, RI Division of Developmental Disabilities
Donna Martin Executive Director, Provider Network of Rhode Island
Tom Kane President and CEO, AccessPoint, RI 1100AM_Zanchi_Martin_Kane.pdf
Cindy Thomas Associate Director Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts, Boston 1100_AM_Thomas.pdf