1. Best Practices for Best Outcomes: Collaborative interactions of behavioral, medical and psychiatric services Department of Mental Health Division of Developmental Disabilities April 13, 2010
2. Emphasize importance of this initiative Get teams working together Work towards improvements if already following Change practices if necessary Goals for this meeting
3. Describe problems with Poly-pharmacy and some common errors. Understand the trends in prescribing in Missouri habilitation centers and discuss and problem solve towards changing the trends Understand and utilize Reasonable Rate of Taper in cases needing medication changes Discuss best practices in for addressing behavioral and psychiatric issues for consumers with intellectual disabilities Develop capacity to utilize functional assessment methodology and data towards team based decision making when addressing behavioral and psychiatric issues for consumers with intellectual disabilities Develop action plan towards implementation of best practices Learning Objectives