CoP Panel Discussion: Care Coordination

The Early Childhood Family Support community of practice has launched a new panel discussion on Care Coordination, or in other words, seeking and securing quality care for children with disabilites.

To take a look or contribute to the panel discussions threads go to:  Panel on Care Coordination

Featured participants in the panel discussion are:

Erin and Will Crapser are the parents of three children. Their daughter, Morgan, has been identified as medically fragile and has a cognitive disability. She has had two heart surgeries, three stomach surgeries, three elbow surgeries, countless ear tube procedures, plus other hospitalizations. At 14, she is tube fed due to Eosinophilic Enteropathy, a rare condition. Erin has worked as an educator with the Parents As Teachers program in Kansas City KS, a consultant with her state's Infant-Toddler program, and as a trainer for foster and adoptive parents.

Vicki Miller, a social worker for more than 30 years, currently works at the Center for Child Health and Development (CCHD) at the Kansas University Medical Center providing clinic coordination and case management for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). She also coordinates outreach clinics across the state.

Teri Lavenbarg, pediatric nurse practioner, has worked for more than 20 years with a passion to see seamless coordination of care for children and their families. She has served with the Visiting Nurses Services of Maternal-Child Health and Kansas City MO's Children's Mercy Hospital Home Care program. She is currently the coordinator for Cerebral Palsy, Seating and Mobility, and Urology speciality clinics at the Kansas University Medical Center.