Registration is Open for the Annual Administrative Staff Retreat

Please save the date for the 7th annual Partners For Kids’ Administrative Retreat titled, “Optimizing Clinic Success: Tools, Safety and Team Engagement.” The retreat will be on Friday, June 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This will be a hybrid event, so you can join us virtually or in-person at Dayton Children's Hospital Tech Town location. Please register by Friday, May 16.

Congratulations, Emily Hayslett!

Congratulations to Emily Hayslett as she transitions from the Partners For Kids’ patient outreach coordinator to the newest quality improvement coach for the West Region. Emily has worked with many of our West Region practices on their quality improvement projects over the last few years. She is also completing the Dayton Children's Intermediate Quality Improvement Class (IQIC), which is a 9-month course based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) methodology. In her new role, she will be working on well-child visit projects.

Quarterly Webinar Recording is Now Available

The recording of Partners For Kids’ first quarterly webinar of 2025: “Understanding Why Ohio Can’t Snooze on the 2022 AAP Safe Sleep Guidelines” presented by Stephanie Napolitano, MD, and Courtney Brown, MD, is now available. 

Save The Date for Our Next Quarterly Webinar

Join us for the upcoming Partners For Kids’ quarterly webinar titled, “Transcranial Doppler for Sickle Cell Patients” presented by Mukund Dole, MD, and Brandy Stamper, BSN, RN. The webinar will be on Tuesday, May 13, from noon to 1 p.m. Attending a Partners For Kids’ webinar fulfills the network requirement for primary care providers. For more information, please email PFKProRelations@NationwideChildrens.org.

Updated Management Guidelines for Pediatric Insomnia

Partners For Kids has updated the Management Guidelines for Pediatric Insomnia, designed to help primary care practitioners provide effective treatment for children with difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. The guidelines include clinical recommendations, sleep hygiene tips, evaluation tools, medication information and more.

Resources Available from February’s Behavioral Health Training

Resources Available from February’s Behavioral Health Training
During the February training, “The What, When, How and Why of Genograms,” attendees learned how to identify the structure of genograms and the key questions to develop an understanding of family history and relationships. Attendees also learned how to use the genogram as an assessment tool, and how it can be used as an intervention in the clinical setting. Helpful tools and resources from the presentation are provided below:

Save the Date for Our Next Behavioral Health Training

Join us for the upcoming Partners For Kids’ behavioral health training titled, “There are no Bad People: The Circumstances View of Problem Behavior Part 2.” The training will be on Friday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

March Managed Care Plan Updates

View updates from the managed care plans on events and policy changes impacting their organizations.

Welcome New Members!

We are pleased to welcome the following providers and practices who joined the Partners For Kids provider network: 

•  Kelly S Fischer, LISW-S, Rocking Horse Center
• Robert A Fitzwater, LPCC-S, Rocking Horse Center
• Victoria Lynn Forino, PA, Children's Medical Center
• James Gallagher, PA, Burt Schear MD and Associates Inc.
• Diana M Marshall, LISW-S, Rocking Horse Center
• Emlyn Noel Nokes, LPCC-S, Rocking Horse Center
• Marcy L Smith, LPCC, Rocking Horse Center

Important Dates 

• Friday, April 11, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “There are no Bad People: The Circumstances View of Problem Behavior Part 2”

• Friday, May 9, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “Use of CBT to Treat Trauma Reactions”

• Tuesday, May 13, noon to 1 p.m.: Quarterly Webinar Series: “Transcranial Doppler for Sickle Cell Patients”

• Monday, May 26: Partners For Kids’ offices are closed

• Friday, June 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Partners For Kids’ Administrative Staff Retreat

Did You Know?

If a provider is credentialed through Partners For Kids, we need to notify the Managed Care Plans when there is a change. Examples of changes include, a provider termination or retirement, new providers joining Partners For Kids, capacity updates, practice location changes, and change to a practitioner’s collaborating physician. Please contact PFKProRelations@ChildrensDayton.org  with any questions.  

Contact Partners For Kids Provider Relations 

If you have questions regarding any of the information in this newsletter or suggestions regarding newsletter content that would be useful to your practice, please contact us at Email: PFKProRelations@childrensdayton.org. 

Phone: (419) 376-5667

Visit us at PartnersForKids.org.

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