Materials previously not available on this site have been added to several workshops. Audio files from many workshops will be added beginning Monday, June 30th. Please check back as new files will be posted daily.

2008 National HCH Conference Evaluation Form
Pre-conference Institutes (materials added 6/25) Thursday, June 12
10:30 - 12:00 noon	Workshops: Educating Today's and Tomorrow's Healthcare Providers...info (materials added 6/25) Engaging hospital support for respite programs...info (materials added 6/24) Obtaining SSI/SSDI for people who are homeless...info (workshop audio added 7/14) Collaborating to Provide Mental Health and Medical Services in Outreach...info Strengthening HCH Health Care Plans...info (materials added 6/19 - audio file added 7/7) Innovative Ideas About Staff Training: A Discussion on Challenges & Solutions...info Meditation and Stress Reduction...info Clinical Care of Sex Workers...info (materials added 6/16, audio from workshop added 7/13) Treating Addictions with Medication... info (materials added 6/26, audio from workshop 7/13) HIV and Homelessness...info (audio from workshop added 7/12)
2:00 - 3:30 pm	Workshops: Coordinating Services and Benefits for Homeless Veterans...info (materials added 6/25) HCH/CHC Partnerships: Collaborations that Work...info (materials updated and added 6/25) Optimizing the Office Performance Review (OPR) Process...info (audio from workshop added 7/14) Consumer involvement in governance...info (materials added 6/25, audio added 7/7) Adolescent Sexual Health...info (workshop audio added 7/13) Cost effective psychiatric treatment in homeless clinics: Does newer mean better?...info Using an EMR to Support Diabetes Collaborative Reporting...info (audio from workshop added 7/13) Clinical Update: Dermatology and Skin Infections...info (materials added 6/16) Developmental delays in children: recognizing and acting on red flags...info (materials added 6/24, audio from workshop added 7/12) Single Payer Heath Care for the Homeless --- And for Everyone...info
4:00 - 5:30 pm	Workshops: Collaborating with Housing Providers to Ensure Access for Renters with Disabilities...info Project Homeless Connect: A One-Stop Shop Model...info (materials added 6/26, audio from workshop added 7/12) Translating Research into Practice and Policy: A Mini-Research Symposium...info (materials added 6/26, audio from workshop 7/14) Dental Care for the Homeless: Two effective approaches...info (materials added 6/24, workshop audio 7/14) HRSA update...info (materials added 6/26, audio from workshop added 7/12) Strategies for obtaining pharmaceuticals...info (materials updated 6/24, audio from workshop added 7/9) Discharge Planning Training...info (materials added 6/19, audio from workshop, 7/13) Understanding Traumatic Stress in Children...info (audio from workshop added 7/14) Infectious Disease Update: What’s Hot in ID?...info (audio file added 7/7) It’s Criminal: Contemporary Homelessness and the Erosion of Civil Rights...info
Friday, June 13
10:30 - 12:00 noon	Workshops: Oasis on the Desert: The Lodestar Day Resource Center...info (audio from workshop added 7/13) Obtaining identification for clients...info (materials added 6/16, workshop audio added 7/13) HCH Practice-Based Research Network: Opportunities and Challenges...info The Art and Science of Board Engagement...info (audio from workshop posted 7/12) What Effective HCH Project Directors Need to Know...info (audio from workshop added 7/12) Motivational Interviewing for Medical Providers...info (materials added 6/25, audio from workshop 7/14) Managing Behavioral Challenges and Engaging Clients in a Respite Setting...info (audio from workshop added 7/9) Cognitive Impairment (Part 1 of 2): Is cognitive impairment a risk factor in the chronicity of homelessness?...info (audio from workshop added 7/08) Complexity of Oral Health...info Disability Policy Advocacy: Strategic Planning...info (materials added 6/26, audio from workshop 7/14)
2:00 - 3:30 pm	Workshops: Shoptalk & HCH Clinicians' Network Annual Membership Meeting...info Cost Benefits to Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and Other Chronic Illnesses...info (materials added 6/25, workshop audio 7/14) The 90-Minute Grant Proposal: “Speed-Thinking” Your Way to a Clear, Compelling – and Fundable! – Project Concept...info (audio from workshop added 7/14) Practical Methods for Improving Cultural Competence for Community-based Organizations...info (workshop audio file added 7/13) So you want to volunteer? Creating and maintaining a viable volunteer professional service for your HCH Project...info Preventing and responding to violence in clinics...info “Who Needs a Dentist?”: Preventing cavities from birth through adolescence for the Non-Dentist...info (materials added 6/25) Cognitive Impairment (Part 2 of 2): Assessing Deficits in Cognitive Functioning...info Clinical Update: Nephropathy...info (audio from workshop added 7/12) How to Integrate Service and Advocacy at Your Organization...info
4:00 - 5:30 pm	Workshops: Permanent Supportive Housing Services: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices...info (audio from workshop added 7/12) Clearing up old arrest and criminal justice charges...info (materials added 6/25, audio from workshop added 7/14) Integrating mental health, substance abuse, and physical health care...info (materials added 6/25, audio file added 7/7) The future of homeless services: A paradigm shift?...info (audio file from workshop added 7/13) Developing Respite Services: Overcoming Challenges and Sharing Strategies...info (materials added 6/26) Demonstrating Productivity in an HCH Program...info (materials added 6/25) The Essence of Engagement: Providing Outreach with a Client Centered Focus...info Pregnancy and Homelessness: A Difficult Dilemma...info Pediatric Prescribing: Changes in Clinical Practice...info Caring for the Homeless Diabetic Patient (Part 1 of 2): Clinical Update...info (materials updated 6/24, audio from workshop added 7/8)
Saturday, June 14
8:30 - 10:00 am	Workshops: A Kaleidoscope of Care: Working in an Interdisciplinary Team...info (audio from workshop 7/13) Using Art to Portray Homelessness: Consumers and Artists Speak...info (materials added 6/25, audio from workshop added 7/12) One Size Doesn't Fit all: Emergency Management and HCH Programs...info Hepatitis C Among the Homeless: Burdened and Ineligible...info (audio from workshop 7/14) Relationships with homeless clients with serious mental illness...info (Materials added 6/24, audio from workshop added 7/9) Harm Reduction (Part 1 of 2): Expanding the Dialogue of Recovery...info Providing Care to Women: Perspectives from a Respite Setting...info How do core values affect your approach to patient care...info (materials added 6/16, audio from workshop added 7/12) Caring for the Homeless Diabetic Patient (Part 2 of 2): Advanced Clinical Case...info (workshop audio added 7/12) Undocumented Homelessness: Health and Housing on the Border...info
10:30 - 12:00 noon	Workshops: Health Care for the Homeless Day -- Building Support for Your Program...info (materials added 6/25, audio from workshop added 7/12) Easy Health: Drop-in Centers Offering Homeless Youth Health Care...info Harm Reduction (Part 2 of 2): Expanding the Dialogue of Recovery...info Neurobiology of Addiction: New Medications-Practical Approaches...info Can you See My Point? Creating and Maintaining an Ophthalmology Clinic in your HCH Project...info Update on Wound Care for Homeless Providers...info (materials added 6/26) Down and Out: The Affordable Housing Crisis in America...info

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