New Jersey Maternal and Child Health

Leadership Symposium &

NJLEND Graduation EventFriday, May 10, 2019

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Dr. Paul T. Shattuck is a pioneering leader in the field of developmental disabilities epidemiology, services and policy research. He has secured millions of dollars in federal and philanthropic funding (over $12M in the past four years), and is a founding leader of the AJ Drexel Autism Institute’s interdisciplinary research program on Life Course Outcomes and the National Autism Data Center. Most of Dr. Shattuck’s current research informs the improvement of services and related outcomes among youth with autism as they leave high school and transition to young adulthood.

This includes the launch of a community based innovation incubator (the Transition Pathways Initiative). Dr. Shattuck creatively integrates diverse training in nonprofit leadership, sociology, social work, social policy, disability studies, and public health.

Dr. Shattuck’s keynote presentation, “Life Course Research and Community Engagement to Improve Autism Outcomes” will describe the evolution and impacts of his Life Course Outcomes research program and community engagement initiatives. This work has been repeatedly recognized by federal and nonprofit agencies for its impact on the field of autism research, federal legislation, and community program design. With deep roots in social work and public health, the life course framework emphasizes the influence of social-historical context and institutional transitions on people’s needs, access to services, and life outcomes.

As part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Boggs Center offers this program for social work continuing education credit per NJAC 13:44G6.4.c(5). This program has been approved by the Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA) for continuing education credit.

Certificates of Attendance from The Boggs Center will be available to all participants at the end of the program. The 3rd Annual New Jersey Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) Maternal & Child Health Leadership Symposium is eligible for 1 hour of continuing education recognition.

Please see our website at http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter for Continuing Education approval information.

Keynote SpeaKer: paul t. ShattucK, phD

nJlenD continuing eDucation

Friday, May 10, 2019

9:00am – 9:30am Networking Breakfast & 1st Poster Gallery Walk: NJLEND Leadership Projects Poster Session

9:30am – 10:30am Welcome

Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhD Executive Director, The Boggs CenterDirector, NJLENDProfessor of Pediatrics, RWJMS

The NJLEND Program

Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhDExecutive Director, The Boggs CenterDirector, NJLENDProfessor of Pediatrics, RWJMS

Introduction of 2018-2019 NJLEND Fellows

Carrie Coffield, PhDDirector, Preservice Training, The Boggs CenterTraining Director, NJLENDAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, RWJMS

Defining LeadershipNJLEND Fellows

10:30am – 11:30am Keynote Address: Life Course Research and Community Engagement to Improve Autism OutcomesPaul T. Shattuck, PhDLeader - Life Course Outcomes Research Program A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University

11:30am – 12:00pm 2nd Poster Gallery Walk: NJLEND Leadership Projects Poster Session

12:00pm Adjourn

new JerSey Maternal anD chilD health leaDerShip SyMpoSiuM

Andrew Billups, BA

PsyD Program

Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D

Mirnaly Cabezas, RN, BSN

Family

Faculty Mentor: Amy Kratchman, BA

Nicole D. Hopkins

Family

Faculty Mentor: Amy Kratchman, BA

Grace Ibitamuno, BS

MD/PhD Program

Medicine

Faculty Mentor: Deborah Spitalnik, PhD

2018-2019 nJlenD FellowS

Natalia Karpova, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship

Faculty Mentor: Manuel Jimenez, MD, MS, FAAP

Genevieve Kumapley, PharmD

Family

Faculty Mentor: Amy Kratchman, BA

Hyein Lee, BA

PsyD Program

Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D

Jordan Levine, BA

PsyD Program

Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D

2018-2019 nJlenD FellowS

Dillon Reitmeyer, BA

MSW/PhD Program

Social Work

Faculty Mentor: Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSW

Field Instructor: Robyn Carroll, MSW

Emma Shaffer, APN, RN-BC, C-PNP

PhD Program

Nursing

Faculty Mentor: Sallie Porter, DNP, PhD, APN, RN-BC, CPNP

Corey Sherlock MSN, APN, CPNP-PC/AC

Developmental and Behavioral Nursing Fellowship

Faculty Mentor: Sallie Porter, DNP, PhD, APN, RN-BC, CPNP

Kirin N. Suri, MD, MPH

Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship

Faculty Mentor: Manuel Jimenez, MD, MS, FAAP

2018-2019 nJlenD FellowS

Anne Lyle, MSN, APN, CPNP-AC

Developmental and Behavioral Nursing Fellowship

Faculty Mentor: Sallie Porter, DNP, PhD, APN, RN-BC, CPNP

Samantha Zegarra

Psychology and Criminal Justice

Faculty Mentor: Carrie Coffield, PhD

Shin Er Teh, BA

PsyD Program

Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D

2018-2019 nJlenD FellowS

2018-2019 BoggS center interDiSciplinary traineeS

2019 calenDar year nJlenD Fellow - graDuating in May 2020

Caroline N. Coffield, PhDDirector of Preservice Training, The Boggs CenterTraining Director, NJLEND Assistant Professor of PediatricsRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSWNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Social WorkAssociate Professor of Social WorkMSW Director Rutgers School of Social Work

Jill Harris, PhDNJLEND Coordinator, Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH)Director of Research Development, CSH

Manuel Jimenez, MD, MS, FAAPDirector of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics EducationNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Developmental Behavioral PediatricsAssistant Professor of Pediatrics & Family Medicine and Community HealthRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Amy Kratchman, BAFamily Consultant, CHOPNJLEND Family Discipline Coordinator

Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-DNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, PsychologyClinical ProfessorRutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Director of Behavioral and Research Services, Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center

Sallie Porter, DNP, PhD, APN, RN-BC, CPNP NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, NursingAssociate ProfessorDivision of Advanced Nursing PracticeRutgers School of Nursing

Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhDExecutive Director, The Boggs CenterDirector, NJLEND Professor of PediatricsRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

nJlenD core Faculty

Evan Spivack, DDSNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, DentistryProfessor of Pediatric DentistryRutgers School of Dental MedicineDirector, Special Care Treatment Center

Jane Ziegler, DCN, RD, LDNNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Nutrition Associate Professor, Nutritional SciencesRutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) Program Director, Rutgers SHP Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition Program

Diana Autin, Esq SPAN Parent Advocacy Network

Vanessa Bal, PhD, MSc Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Tiffany Benaroya, OTD, OTR/L Rutgers Occupational Therapy Assistant Program

Melissa Burgos, MD Hunterdon Medical Center Down Syndrome Association of Central NJ

Bethany Chase, MSW The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

Melissa Cheplic, MPH The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

Maurya Farah, MA, CC-SLP Children’s Specialized Hospital

Whitney Guthrie, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Carolyn Hayer SPAN Parent Advocacy Network

Jessica Joines, MGC, CGC Rutgers Genetic Counseling Masters Program

nJlenD core Faculty

nJlenD contriButing Faculty

Suzanne Karabin, MS New Jersey Department of Health

Robert Kimmel, MAT, BCBA The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

Monica Lange

Lesly Leiva, BSN

Nancy McKay, RN, BSN, MSN Down Syndrome Association of Central NJ

Jennifer Rosen-Valverde, Esq. H.E.A.L. Collaborative

Debra Paone, PhD, BCBA-D Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center

Elyse Pivnick, MCP Isles’ Environmental Health Initiative

Stephanie Pratico, AAS The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Cathy Pratt, PhD, BCBA Indiana Resource Center for Autism

Janice Prontnicki, MD, MPH, FAAP Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Sue Swenson, MBA Inclusion International

Elizabeth Torres, PhD Rutgers Department of Psychology New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence

Jennifer Velez, JD RWJ Barnabas Health

William Waldman, CSWM Rutgers School of Social Work

Walter Zahorodny, PhD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

nJlenD contriButing Faculty

Children’s Specialized Hospital Jill Harris, PhD Malia Beckwith, MD Kelly Keefe-Marcoux, MSN, APN, CPNP-AC

The Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, Rutgers GSAPP Lara Delmolino Gatley, PhD, BCBA-D Robert LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D

SPAN Parent Advocacy Network Diana Autin, Esq Sharon Melahn Jeanne McMahon

With deep gratitude to the Landau, Nash, Krill, Tavarez, Harris, Hayes, Wilson, Taub, Barrett, O’Brien, Hohauser-Nizza, Schmidt, Hoefele, Acerno and McCleary families for serving as mentor families, and providing the NJLEND Fellows with an enriching, unparalleled learning experience.

Division of Family Health Services, Title V New Jersey Department of Health

Division of Family and Community Partnerships New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Steve Gruzlovic, BS

Diana Stolfo

Jonathan Kratchman

We want to express our appreciation to Marissa Hopkins for her community

service contribution to the NJLEND program.

thanK you to our collaBorating partnerS

thanKS to the nJlenD aDvocate paneliStS

with appreciation

The Boggs Center on Developmental DisabilitiesDepartment of Pediatrics Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLiberty Plaza, 335 George StreetNew Brunswick, NJ 08901rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter p. 732-235-9300 f. 732-235-9330

NJLEND is a designation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (Grant # T73MC30120)

NJLEND is New Jersey’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program, and is a component of The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. NJLEND provides graduate-level interdisciplinary, leadership training aimed at preparing the next generation of culturally competent health and allied health leaders to address the needs of children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), health disparities, related developmental disabilities, and other maternal and child health populations. NJLEND Fellows and faculty represent seven disciplines across Rutgers and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. NJLEND also provides continuing education to families and Maternal and Child Health professionals, including this Symposium, and provides technical assistance to Title V and community programs.

This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $2.2 million with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov

What is NJLEND?

NJLEND Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhD, NJLEND DirectorCarrie Coffield, PhD, NJLEND Training Director