IHC Academy: Healthcare Discrepancies Experienced by Individuals with IDD / Woods System of Care

Описание: Presentation 1:
Discrepancies in Healthcare Experienced by Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Speaker: Dr. Wendy Aita
Organization: Rowan RISN Center

Dr. Aita will be speaking about the discrepancies and difficulties for individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in accessing both physical and mental health care. This will include barriers and health inequities for these individuals, including the unique challenges due to intersectionality. People with I/DD can face discrimination and stigma from health care workers and professionals based upon their disability in conjunction with their racial identity, gender identity sexual orientation, or other social identities. She will outline how the IHC project through RISN is addressing this in reproductive preventative health care for those with disabilities. Lastly, she will be giving an overview of the RISN Cohort 2 project and introduce “Pap Camp.”

Wendy F. Aita, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the RISN Center and the Behavioral Health Lead. She is a Clinical Psychologist who received her Ph.D. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed her internship at Friends Hospital. She is licensed in New Jersey. She joined Rowan 12 years ago and is currently an Assistant Professor at RowanSOM with appointments in both Psychiatry and Psychology. She has worked with individuals, and their families, who are dually diagnosed with intellectual disability and mental health issues for several years and was the Director of MHID for two years. She serves on the Rowan University Neurodiversity Task Force, and she is the Clinical Director for the Strong Minds Program through Special Olympics.

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Presentation 2:
Woods System of Care and Integrated Care Model

Speaker: Liz Hayden, MPH, MS.Ed
Organization: Woods Services

Ms. Hayden will discuss Woods Services IHC project, funded as part of Cohort 1 of the grant program. The project entailed designing an inclusive integrated primary care practice adjacent to Salem Medical Center, training providers to increase competency and knowledge to improve health care delivery for individuals with intellectual disability and complex behavioral and medical needs, and building the foundation for further replication of Woods’ integrated care model in New Jersey.

Liz Hayden is Vice President of Strategy Development at Woods Services, Inc. In this capacity, Ms. Hayden provides strategic guidance in program and resource development to the Woods System of Care, comprised of six affiliate organizations across southeastern Pennsylvania and throughout New Jersey. She identifies funding opportunities and writes proposals, concept papers, and policy briefs. Ms. Hayden also serves as Secretary of the Board of the PA and NJ Health and Disabilities Consortium, convening monthly meetings of the members to explore national models of care. She brings over 25 years of project management and program development and management in public health, education, and social services to her role. Ms. Hayden received a Master of Public Health from Drexel University, a Master in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor in German Languages and Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.