Children with complex behavioral needs are too often shuffled between disconnected systems—including behavioral health, child welfare, developmental disabilities, education, and juvenile justice—with no single system equipped to meet the whole picture of their needs.
ANCOR, in partnership with The Link Center, is hosting a three-part series to translate that framework into action for I/DD providers and the systems they work alongside.
By the end of this three-part series, you will be able to:
Describe the prevalence and unique challenges facing children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), Autism, TBI and co-occurring behavioral health conditions, including what makes their condition complex and why they are often underserved across multiple systems.
Explain the three-pillar framework—A Place that is Safe, Treatment to Heal, and Opportunities to Grow—for coordinated, community-based, multi-system care and treatment.
Identify key policy, financing, data, and workforce development strategies needed to implement cross-systems collaboration at the state and provider level.
Apply lessons from a real-world provider case study to your own organization’s approach to serving children with complex behavioral health needs.
Session 1 (August 18, 1 pm EDT)
Setting the Stage: Why Children with Complex Needs Fall Through the Cracks
Children with co-occurring I/DD and behavioral health needs are often served—and underserved—across multiple disconnected systems. This opening session lays out the scope of the problem: what makes children’s needs complex and why existing systems struggle to meet their needs. Attendees will leave with an understanding of a neuroscience-informed approach to understanding and serving children with complex conditions and an introduction to The Link Center’s new framework for multi-system care.
Session 2 (August 19, 1 pm EDT)
So Now What? Turning Framework into Action
Understanding the needs of children with complex conditions is only the first step. This session gets into the nitty-gritty: effective treatment and support strategies, building the capacity to serve children across systems, using existing service and financial structures, data strategies, and the logistical groundwork needed to put cross-systems collaboration into practice. This session is designed for providers and state leaders ready to move from framework to implementation.
Session 3 (August 20, 1 pm EDT)
Strategies in Practice: Provider Case Studies
What does successfully serving children through cross-systems collaboration actually look like on the ground? This closing session features real-world case studies from ANCOR member providers putting these strategies into practice—offering practical takeaways and lessons learned for organizations looking to apply this work in their own communities. This session will include an open dialogue about strategies and challenges.
Presenters
Stacy Nonnemacher, Director of Cross-Systems Strategies, NASDDDS
Nancy Thaler, Project Lead, NASDDDS
Registration
This series is free and available to ANCOR members and non-members. Advanced registration is required.
