Announcing the 2025 Quarterly Webinar Series

Partners For Kids is pleased to share the 2025 quarterly webinar series. Participation in a webinar meets the network requirement for primary care providers. In addition, one Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit will be available per session. Webinar registration links will be sent via the newsletter prior to each webinar. For more information, please contact PFKProRelations@ChildrensDayton.org.  

Register for the First Quarterly Webinar in 2025

Join us for the first Partners For Kids’ quarterly webinar in 2025: “Understanding Why Ohio Can’t Snooze on the 2022 AAP Safe Sleep Guidelines” presented by Dr. Stephanie Napolitano and Dr. Courtney Brown. The webinar will be on Wednesday, February 26, from noon to 1 p.m.

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.

Expanded Care Guide Program Available

Partners For Kids now offers a Care Guide team for your patient families who are enrolled in Medicaid or could be eligible for Medicaid. The team offers expert staff who are trained to help with a variety of issues related to Medicaid enrollment, connection to food assistance, housing, transportation, child care options and more. For questions and more information, please call (855) 562-4735.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

Early dental visits by a child’s first birthday are associated with higher subsequent preventive visits and lower restorative or emergency visits. The Partners For Kids’ Oral Health team offers a fun and engaging video to share with your patient families – this month and all year long. This video and additional oral health resources for families and providers are available in the oral health toolkit. 

2025 Primary Care Provider Incentive Plan is Now Available

Partners For Kids is pleased to announce the 2025 Primary Care Provider Incentive Plan. If you have any questions, please reach out to your provider relations specialist at PFKProRelations@ChildrensDayton.org. 

Upcoming Behavioral Health Webinars for Primary Care

View and register for three webinars on behavioral health topics for primary care providers. 

Partners For Kids Provider Survey Results and Action Plans

In the fall of 2024, providers and office leadership participated in our annual provider satisfaction survey. We have reviewed the results and want to share how we will be using your feedback as we move into 2025. We look forward to working together to provide quality support to you and your practice and together make significant strides in achieving population health. For more information or to provide further feedback, please contact PFKProRelations@childrensdayton.org. 

Resources from January’s Behavioral Health Training

During the January webinar, “Mastering the Tools of the Trade: Assessing Suicide Risk in Practice,” attendees learned how to overcome barriers to using the suicide risk toolkit and value risk screening and assessment as part of ethical mental health treatment practice. Attendees also learned how to combine the suicide risk toolkit with clinical skills to better engage, identify and treat patients at risk for suicide. 

2025 Partners For Kids’ Behavioral Health Course Offerings Now Available

Check out the monthly behavioral health training course offerings for 2025. Training sessions are open to all independently and dependently licensed behavioral health providers, as well as paraprofessionals. Attendance at one of these sessions satisfies the education requirement for Partners For Kids-credentialed behavioral health providers.

Training Now Available to Become an Ohio CANS Assessor

The OhioRISE program uses the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool to establish eligibility. The CANS was developed with leadership from Governor DeWine’s Children’s Initiatives and Ohio’s child-serving state agencies and is used by a wide variety of providers to inform care planning and decision-making for children and adolescents with behavioral health needs. Certified Ohio CANS assessors are expected to use the tool to gather all information about the youth and family story to describe their strengths and needs. 

February Managed Care 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: 

•  Amy Beth Doyle, PMHNP - Rocking Horse Center
• Patricia Kathleen Foster, PhD - Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton
• Linda Jean Griffith, MD - Rocking Horse Center
• Robert Michael Holtrup, PA - Burt Schear MD and Associates
• Cristina L. Khuth, LISW-S - Foundations Behavioral Health Services
• Rebecca Leigh McCarthy, PMHNP - Rocking Horse Center
• Brenton Andrew Perkins, PMHNP - Rocking Horse Center
• Joanna Josefina Reyes-Manneh, PMHNP - Rocking Horse Center
• Julia M. Smith, LPCC - Foundations Behavioral Health Services
• Lindsey Faith Wright, PMHNP - Rocking Horse Center

Important Dates 

• Wednesday, February 26, noon to 1 p.m.: Quarterly Webinar Series: “Understanding Why Ohio Can’t Snooze on the 2022 AAP Safe Sleep Guidelines”
• Friday, March 14, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “There Are No Bad People: The Circumstances View of Problem Behavior Part 1”
• 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?

National Women Physicians Day is observed annually on February 3. It honors the contributions and achievements of women physicians and celebrates the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849.   

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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