Developmental Behavioral & Mental Health (DBMH) Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
3/21/22
5:15 pm-6:15 pm
Current Officers:
SIG Chair- Makenzie Wesner
SIG Co-Chair- Daphna Shaw
SIG Secretary- Elizabeth Silvers
SIG Advocacy Chair- Kate Chappell
*Executive Board Member-At-Large Liaison- Kim Erlich
Meeting Agenda
- (M) Welcome, overview of SIG, and brief introductions (participants share their name and current workplace)
- (M& D) SIG Goals:
Current statuses of proposed goals for 2021-2022
- Ask the Expert Series
- Fall 2021: DBP Virtual Assessments
- Winter 2022: Mental Health in Post Covid Era
- Summer 2022: *pending. Start your own DBP/mental health proactce.
Current/successful projects
- ASD Advocacy Project (ongoing, led by Kate Chappell)
- Exploring healthcare experiences of parents of children with ASD → develop into white paper / advocacy statement
- Looking for 1-2 people to assist with coding interviews
- Focus groups will be led in the next 6 weeks
- Funding for transcription service – Kate has a free transcription service so this isn’t free
- IRB Addendum submitted to give $25 gift cards to families participating - SIG funds
- DBP APRN Workforce Survey (ongoing, led by Daphna Shaw)
- Currently in analysis stage
Upcoming ideas/ future collaborations, etc.
- Collaborate with Integrative Healthcare SIG
- Certificate for Integrative Health NP (Evergreen)
- Collaborate with Adolescent
- Suicidality in adolescents - safety planning
- Adolescent mental health DBP Series talk
- Foster Care - new group we can collaborate with
- Children of Disasters – Ukraine, Mexico, Central America
- Newborn SIG
- MHAIP: Mental Health Autism Insurance Project
- Advocacy for ASD, potential partner
- (E) SIG Engagement: Review current engagement reports, discuss other engagement opportunities or ways to increase, etc.
- Engagement idea: thank you gift to SIG members for resilience throughout pandemic
- (E) Review SIG Benefits (apply for the 2022-2023 year!) SIG offer award, volunteer or CE opportunities
- SIG Advocacy Award
- Linda Frye Contribution Memorial Award
- (D) Conference Activities: SIG Showcase, Silent Auction/Giveaways, DBMH themed topics
- (M) SIG Elections- next call for elections will be late Spring 2023. New officers will begin their service on July 1 2023 serving for 2 years and ending 6/30/2025. Positions will be held for a term of two years, or until a successor has been elected. The length of service in any position should not exceed six years as stated in NAPNAP’s bylaws regarding Executive Board/committee service, unless approved by the Executive Board. All SIG officer terms are aligned to start and end on the same date.
- (M) Pam Lusk- NAPNAP Partners for Vulnerable Youth Alliance to Prevent Youth Suicide Committee
- Partners for Vulnerable Youth (started by Jessica Peck)
- Vision: All youth valued for who they are
- Mission: Evidence based screening/prevention for vulnerable youth. Prevention and intervention
- Face Sheets: Hand out available which describes the initiative
- Accomplishment: Blueprint developed for youth suicide prevention. NAPNAP listed as a partner. The Alliance to Prevent Youth Suicide (APYS)
- Question & Answer time; Open discussion
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- Discussion board post- How to access SIG micro-site? (through NAPNAP)
- Safety planning as resource on DBMH site
2021-2022 Goals aligned with the NAPNAP Strategic Plan
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Goal
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Progress/Related Activities
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Develop/maintain collaborative online asset management resource of free, vetted, valuable DBMH resources for pediatric healthcare providers
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Continued support, maintenance, and updates to DBMHResource.org website. Reach out to Kim about contributing to spreadsheet of topics → option for students to publish
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Identify needs, gaps, resources, volunteers, mentor and leadership opportunities, etc. to support parents and families in the care of their children’s health.
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-DBP APRN workforce survey project (ongoing)- in data analysis stage
-Advocacy autism project (ongoing)- IRB pending
-Organize current SIG website and DBMH resource page with updated resources (ongoing)
-Virtual fall/winter “expert series” events (ongoing- 1st took place Fall 2021 (Virtual DBP assessment), 2nd took place Spring 2022 (Mental health needs for children in the post-pandemic era)
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Revise NAPNAP Position Statements associated with DBMH issues.
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Deferred at this time- plan to address autism advocacy position statement 2022-2023 pending ongoing study results
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Encourage DBMH SIG members to advocate for DBMH populations
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Advocacy autism project (ongoing)- expect a call for volunteers for participation soon
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Encourage DBMH SIG members to actively support the mission and goals of the DBMH SIG and the population served with excellence in DBMH-focused professional practice, educational, and/or research activities
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Tell us what you are up to! Our SIG members have large collective experiences to share.
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Collaborate with other SIGS
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-We collaborated with the Adolescent SIG for our Spring 2022 Ask the Expert Series
-Focus 2022-2033 goals on joint SIG ventures- School Based SIG, Adolescent Health SIG, Integrative Medicine SIG
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Collaborate with other professional organizations supporting the mission and goals of NAPNAP and the DBMH SIG.
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-Continue working with organizations including AAP, PNCB, and Society of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics to establish education programs and standards for APRNs providing care to children with DBMH needs (ex: SDBP + NAPNAP Joint Symposium; proposed collaboration with Milestones Autism Resources)
-We received a $500 donation from PNCB this year
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Provide education opportunities to our membership including sessions at national conference.
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-Collaborate with other SIGs on educational offerings as above
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Support and actively promote Health Policy efforts that impact DBMH care of children.
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-Autism advocacy project in conjunction with new role of Advocacy Chair- developed this year; work with Nationals on the Health Policy Committee to promote relevant legislative endeavors
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