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SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE POST-COVID WORLD - AUCD
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        SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN
        THE POST-COVID WORLD
           PROJECT ECHO FOR FAMILIES TO IMPROVE
           CAPACITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

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    POST COVID-19

    • Very few DD services
       • Potential for HUGE service cuts
    • Minimal opportunity for best practices
       • ABA / ESDM
       • AT
       • Behavioral supports
    • Isolation abounds
    • Need for more telehealth and distance services

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      WHAT ABOUT
      WYOMING?

    • Unique environment
      • Large geographic area
      • Small population relative to
        size
      • More frontier than rural

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                                                                HRSA Designated Provider Shortage Areas

                                                           Dental Health              Mental Health       Primary
         PROVIDER SHORTAGE
                                                  County
                                       Albany                    Yes                               Yes      Yes

         AREAS
                                       Big Horn                  No                                Yes      Yes
                                       Campbell                  Yes                               Yes      Yes

                                       Carbon                    Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Converse                  Yes                               Yes      Yes

        • HRSA 2016
                                       Crook                     Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Fremont                   Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Goshen                    Yes                               Yes      Yes

           • >3500 individuals         Hot Springs               Yes                               Yes      Yes

             per provider              Johnson
                                       Laramie
                                                                 No
                                                                 Yes
                                                                                                   Yes
                                                                                                   Yes
                                                                                                            Yes
                                                                                                            Yes
                                       Lincoln                   No                                Yes      Yes
                                       Natrona                   Yes                               Yes      Yes

                                       Niobrara                  Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Park                      Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Platte                    Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Sheridan                  Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Sublette                  No                                Yes      Yes

                                       Sweetwater                Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Teton                     No                                Yes      Yes
                                       Uinta                     No                                Yes      Yes
                                       Washakie                  Yes                               Yes      Yes
                                       Weston                    Yes                               Yes      Yes

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    WHAT IF
    CHILD NEEDS
    A SPECIALIST?                 • Problems facing individuals with autism and their
    355 miles                       families living in WY

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    PROFESSIONAL
    DEVELOPMENT:
    ECHO
                                            • Develops expertise over time
    • 30 minute didactic                       • Health Affairs 2011
    • Case presentation                     • As safe/effective as specialist
    • Expert advice                            • NEJM 2011
    • Co-learning                           • Demonopolizes knowledge
    • Ongoing case consultation
                                               • Academic Medicine 2014

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    GLOBAL
    MOVEMENT

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      ECHO FOR EDUCATORS

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           IMPACT

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           IMPACT: WEEKLY EVALUATIONS

     • Teacher impact
         • Average session attendance: 25.65 (12.4)
         • Satisfaction
         • Weekly Knowledge Change
              • Pre: M=3.06 (.91); post: M=3.63 (.78)
         • Weekly Skill Change
              • Pre: M=2.97 (.92); post: M=3.45 (.81)

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              IMPACT: PRE/POST ASSESSMENT

     • Teacher impact
        • Knowledge/skills
            • Pre to post
                • Baseline knowledge deficit:
                     •   pre: M=3.2 (1.04), ideal: M=4.3(1.2), t(556) =
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                      PARENTS & IEP MEETINGS

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     VALUE OF FAMILY SUPPORT

     • Tons of family stress
     • Social support is a protective factors
        • Maternal mental health (Benson 2012; Weiss 2002; Zaidman-Zait et al. 2017),
        • increased sense of competency (Benson 2012; Ekas et al. 2010; Weiss et al.
          2016)
        • service utilization (McIntyre and Brown 2018)
        • Emotional quality of life and satisfaction with child’s care (Moody, et al, 2019)

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            BIOECOLOGICAL
            THEORY OF
            HUMAN
            DEVELOPMENT
                                                            -Bronfenbrenner

       Moody, E.J., Sturges, H., Zlatkovic, S., Dahl, E., Root-Elledge, S. (In Press). A
           Public Health Approach to Family Supports: Empowering Families of
                 Children with Autism Through the ECHO Model, International
             Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities: Family-Focused
                                                                    Interventions, 59.

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            DISTRIBUTED
            INTERVENTION
     • UW ECHO for Family:
       Autism
        • Blend ECHO and Wy Family
          Mentorship
        • Provide
                 • Basic information
                 • Emotional support
                 • Case presentation with
                   experts
                 • Behavioral strategies

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     UW ECHO
     FOR FAMILY:
     AUTISM

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     TOPICS

     • Behavioral supports
     • Interventions
     • Financial planning
     • IDEA / IEP
     • QOL
     • Home school ala COVID
     • Distance IEPs
     • Etc.

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      IMPACT

     • Weekly attendance
        • M = 25 attendees
        • Increased understanding: 94%
        • Satisfaction: 96%
        • Useful: 92%
        • Improve family life: 89%
        • Increased connection to other
          families: 84%

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     OTHER PROGRAM COMPONENTS

     • Parent mentorship
         • Distance based
         • Trained mentors
         • Ongoing TA

     • Regional leadership network
         • Local advocacy
         • Ongoing training

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     WHAT ECHO FOR FAMILIES DOES:

     • ECHO adaptation works
       • Families, educators & healthcare
     • Leverages technology
     • Highly acceptable
     • Knowledge/skills
     • COVID and rural needs

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                      PROGRESS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS

                      • Refine delivery to families
                           • Time, content, disabilities

                      • Student level outcomes
                           • Cases and classes

                      • Diversify topic areas
                           • Alignment with community needs

                      • Adaptation to ongoing COVID needs

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        ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

     • Sandy Root-Elledge   • Reshmi Singh       • R40MC022643 (HRSA)
     • Canyon Hardesty      • Victoria Estrada   • T73MC11044-04-00 (HRSA)
     • Family mentors       • Elyssa Smith       • UL1 RR025780 (NIH)
     • Regional leaders     • Shira Kern         • U10DD000180 (CDC)
     • All Families in WY   • Haley Sturges
     • Kristen Kaiser       • Rachel Freedman
     • Wendy Warren         • All WIND Staff
     • Sarah Zlatkovic      • MCHB Partners

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