Nisonger Center - UCEDD

Nisonger Center - UCEDD

Executive Committee 3/10/10

Attending: Dr. Izzo, Dr. Rabidoux, Dr. Ratliff-Schaub, Dr. Aman, Dr. Tassé, Maureen Meck.

Meeting convened at 8:20 a.m. - 357B McCampbell Hall

AGENDA:

·  Informational

·  Mission-Area UPDATES:

-Education/Training (Paula)

-Service (Karen)

-Research (Mike)

·  ECE Task Force (Rabidoux)

·  Nisonger Policy on Salary Recovery (Tassé)

·  Search Committee – Hammer (Tassé)

·  Strategic Planning update - next steps (Tassé)

Minutes

Informational:

·  ADD Grant submitted to A. Cooper. Will provide one to each of the EC members once submitted. One big savings is the benefit rate (beginning July 1st).

·  Banner for Nisonger Center with Mission, Vision, Values for 1st floor and 3rd floor.

·  Franklin County Board of DD – Plaque will be presented to Jed Morison at the Faculty Club to acknowledge their support of the dental program.

·  CORE – Webinars on National Databases. Let Margo know if you have a topic of interest . Student task of defining how ‘disabilities’ was defined in each of these databases?

·  AUCD – AAIDD (formerly AAMR) recruited Maggie Nygren as the new Executive Director.

Mission-Area UPDATES:

Education/Training: (Paula Rabidoux)

·  279 is being converted to a long-term trainee room for 6 or 7 students.

·  LEND Directors meeting: Nisonger acknowledged for being cited in Autism Speaks top 10
research.

·  Additonal $75,000 for our LEND program is expected for FY10.

·  Approximately 30% of our grant goes strictly to trainees ( ie. travel, stipends etc.).

·  Karen Edwards – Cincinnatti Associate Director; also on AUCD Board and interested in attending
the next CAC meeting and discussing collaborations with Nisonger.

·  Dear Colleague letter – Paula will talk to Pat.

·  MCH is redoing Strategic Planning – ‘guiding principle’ pushing life course approach, looking at more global issues to include poverty, social outcomes etc.

Service: (Karen Ratliff-Schaub)

·  Meeting with Rich Sobieray (OSUP) – clinic write-off policy.

-  Access for clinic folks to track reimbursements patient by patient.

-  Clinic task force – Johnny Mills will be assisting with OSUP credentialing.

-  We will be exploring doing more ‘incident-to’ billing.

-  IDX access/training – will be sending Sherry to the training.

-  Spoke with Anna Piatca and brought all charges up to 200% of medicare.

-  Current clinic collection rate is approximately 20%, needs to be increased.

-  Clinic meeting 3/17 open to anyone who wants to attend regarding Autism clinic and Family Directed – 1:00 p.m.

Research: (Mike Aman)

·  ATN meeting last Tuesday – NCH & Nisonger will submit a joint proposal. Eric and Karen will be PI’s.

-  ADOS and ADI will be very important; research certified diagnosis.

-  Trainees should be able to administer/observe a couple of ADI’s/ADOS as part of training rotation.

ECE Taskforce:

·  Paula is compiling data – teachers, students, participants… etc.

·  Examining how we align ECE with our Mission and evaluate funding resources.

·  What is our relationship with Franklin County (what is their latitude in supporting us in our efforts in ‘revamping’ the program)?

·  Contract is for 65 students to be served for Franklin County; 20 peer models.

·  Paula will present her final report to EC in April.

Policy on Salary Recovery:

·  50% support for faculty. Policy would ‘incentivize’ faculty to bring in more than 50%.

·  Current Policy – faculty keeps 25% and the center keeps 75%.

·  What is the center getting and what is the expectation for the center funded 50%? This may indicate that some activities are more important than others…

·  To be reviewed at a subsequent EC meeting – review with other faculty. Maureen will provide data for how this worked last year….

Search Committee (Hammer):

·  Committee Members include:

Faculty Name / Affiliation/Title
Michael G. Aman, Ph.D. / Nisonger Director of Research/Dept. of Psychology
Betsey A. Benson, Ph.D. / Nisonger Director of Adult Behavior Support Services
Susan M. Havercamp, Ph.D. / Nisonger Director of Health Promotion/Healthcare Parity
Margo Vreeburg Izzo, Ph.D. / Associate Director – Nisonger Center/Director of Transition Programs
Luc Lecavalier, Ph.D. / Nisonger Director of Child Behavior Support Services/Dept. of Psychology
Paula Rabidoux, Ph.D., CCC-CSLP / Nisonger Director of Training and Community Outreach
Radu V. Saveanu, MD / Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Marc J. Tassé, Ph.D. (Chair) / Director – Nisonger Center

·  AD posted in the APA Monitor

·  April 15th is the application closing date.

·  Marc can email the ad to EC members if they’d like to disseminate.

·  50% FCBDD, BSS, LEND, Autism Clinic, ECE, 50% from Center.

·  This person could assist with enhancing BSS (replicating in additional counties to aid support).

Power Philanthropy:

·  database of non-profits, biographical statements to Maureen by Friday.

Next EC meeting agenda – follow up notes from Leadership. ½ day meeting in #243 to finalize strategic plan? Objectives only – resource needs shouldn’t interfere. We will discuss on 3/24 and bring it to the following April leadership.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:48 a.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Tamara J. Hager