Events

NEGC Annual Meeting

2011 Annual Meeting: November 15-16, 2011

Portsmouth, NH

The NEGC held a very successful annual meeting. Click on the presentations below, and check back for a full report.

DAY 1:

• Carol Orton, RN, UMass, Boston nursing program (Medical Home/Transition work group)
  •  Exploring the Role of the School Nurse as a Facilitator of Health Care Transtion
• Bill Kubicek, Next Step (Medical Home/Transition work group)
  • Face Forward
• Tara Biaga, MS, Genetic Alliance (DEM work group)
  • BabysFirstTest
• Patricia Kavanagh, MD, MS, Boston Medical Center (LTFU work group)
  • Surviving to Thriving: Improving Sickle Cell Care across the Lifespan

DAY 2: 

• Meg Comeau, MHA, The Catalyst Center (general meeting)
  • Health Care Reform: Changes and Challenges for Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Peter Antal, PhD, NEGC Evaluator (general meeting)
  • NEGC 2011: Update on Stakeholder Survey Results as of 11/16/11  

All agreed that we had the benefit of more time, more space, and more stakeholders with varied expertise. The NEGC staff would like to thank everyone who participated!

NEGC - NERGG Collaborative Session

• Carl Cooley and Susan Waisbren were featured speakers. Dr. Waisbren's presentation, Transition as a Psychological Rite of Passage, reflects her current think about why transition is so difficult, and why it presents an opportunity!
• Deanna Holt and Mallory Cyr provided the young adult perspective, and folks from CMHI presented on Got Transition! (photo) 

2010 Annual Meeting: November 30-December 1, 2010

Portsmouth, NH

Click here to read the summary report, including results of work group and breakout session discussons, and of the participants' survey.