Coronavirus Updates and Information

Coronavirus Updates and Information

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<<MARCH 13th UPDATE: TELE-INTERVENTION GUIDANCE>>

Dear families:

We wanted to reach out with information on our remote tele-intervention care delivery process in hopes of making it as simple for you as possible.

Following the guidance of Public Health – Seattle & King County, Boyer Children’s Clinic is taking proactive steps to protect the health of our community by shifting to virtual tele-intervention service (effective March 6, 2020) which is meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community and reduce the number of people infected.  Your Boyer team is able to use tele-intervention (the delivery of early intervention services via telehealth technology) to connect with you remotely to answer your questions, connect you to resources and information, and provide suggestions for activities you can work on with your child to encourage new skills. You can still remain connected to expertise of your child’s team members.  Research has shown tele-intervention to be an effective method for receiving the early intervention services of educators, therapists and family support staff.  Our staff can connect with you via the phone, email or secure Zoom videoconferencing. Please let your team know the best way for them to connect with you so that you can continue to receive the high quality and support that you are used to.

We strongly encourage the use of Zoom videoconferencing; this secure, HIPAA compliant technology will allow your team to watch your child play so they can give you tips and suggestions in real time. These contacts can be with one team member at a time or group meetings with your team, whatever will work best for you. We are working on our ability to have language interpreters join the session as well as the best way for us to share paperwork for your review and signature. Please let your team know the best way for them to connect with you.

Here are the simple steps for using Zoom videoconferencing:

  • We will send you an email with a calendar invitation that will include a link to securely connect via HIPAA-compliant Zoom at the time of your appointment.  Use the link to join the Zoom call several minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • The email will also include dial-in phone numbers to use in case you run into any problems joining the Zoom call via your computer or smart phone. If you do not have access to email, please let your team know and they will provide you with the phone number you can use to call into the meeting.
  • You can join the Zoom call from a laptop, desktop computer, or smart phone.
  • If you will be joining via your smart phone, please download the Zoom app from either the Apple iTunes App Store or Google Play Store prior to your scheduled Zoom call:
  • If you are using a desktop computer, please make sure you have a microphone and speakers (most laptops have these built-in), or have a phone available to dial-in for audio.
  • Once joined to the call, you can use the microphone button to mute or unmute audio, and the video camera button to start or stop video (via web cam or built-in camera on your smartphone).

If you have any questions about Zoom, our tele-intervention process or anything else, please reach out to a member of you care team.

Mike Stewart                                     Gay Burton
Executive Director                           Chief Program Officer
mike.stewart@boyercc.org             gay.burton@boyercc.org

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(Amharic)

ውድ ቤተሰቦች

በዘህ ኢሜል አዳደሰ ለውጦቼን ልናሳስባችሁ  ፈለግን  ነው ። በተቻለ መጠን ለእርስዎ ቀላል እንዲሆንልን ተስፋ በማድረግ የርቀት ቴሌ-ጣልቃ-ገብነት (በስልክ/Zoom ቪዲዮ )   እንክብካቤ አሰጣጥ ሂደትችን ላይ ምነጋገር   ፈልገን ነበር ፡፡

የሕዝብ ጤና መመሪያን – የሲያትል እና ኪንግ ካውንቲ ተከትሎ የቦይር የልጆች ክሊኒክ ወደ ምናባዊ የቴሌ-ጣልቃ-ገብነት(በስልክ/Zoom ቪዲዮ ) አገልግሎት በመሸጋገር የህብረተሰባችንን ጤና ለመጠበቅ ፈጣን እርምጃዎችን እየወሰደ ነው (March 6 ቀን 2020) ፡፡ በእኛ ልብ ፍላጐት (COVID19) እና በበሽታው የተጠቁ ሰዎችን ቁጥር መቀነስ ማየት ነው  ፡፡ የቦይር ቡድንዎ ለጥያቄዎችዎ በርቀት ከእርስዎ ጋር ለመገናኘት ፣ ሀብቶችን እና መረጃዎችን እንዲያገኙ ለማድረግ እና ከልጅዎ ጋር ሊሰሩባቸው ስለሚችሏቸው እንቅስቃሴዎች ጥቆማዎችን ለማቅረብ የቦይር ቡድንዎ የቴሌ ጣልቃገብነትን (የቅድመ ጣልቃ ገብነት አገልግሎቶችን በቴክኖሎጂ አማካይነት ማቅረብ) ይችላል ፡፡ አዳዲስ ክህሎቶችን ለማበረታታት ፡፡ ከልጅዎ የቡድን አባላት እውቀት ጋር አሁንም እንደተገናኙ መቆየት ይችላሉ። የጥናትና ምርምር ባለሙያዎችን ፣ የቤተሰብ ህክምና ባለሙያዎችን እና የቤተሰብ ድጋፍ ሠራተኞችን የቀደመ ጣልቃ ገብነት አገልግሎቶችን ለመቀበል የተደረገው የስልክ ጥሪ ጣልቃ-ገብነት እንዳሳየው ምርምር ያሳያል ፡፡ ሰራተኞቻችን በስልክ ፣ በኢሜል ወይም በአስተማማኝ የ Zoom ቪዲዮ ማስተናገጃ በኩል ከእርስዎ ጋር መገናኘት ይችላሉ ፡፡ እርስዎ የተጠቀሙበትን ከፍተኛ ጥራት እና ድጋፍ መቀበሉን ለመቀጠል እንዲችሉ እባክዎ ቡድንዎ ከእርስዎ ጋር የሚገናኝበት ጥሩውን መንገድ ያሳውቁ

ዝኡም ቪዲዮ ከቡድንዎ ጋር አንድያርጉ  በጥብቅ እናበረታታለን ፤ ይህ ደህንነቱ የተጠበቀ ፣ የኤች.አይ.ፒ.ኤ. ተጣማጅ ቴክኖሎጂ ቡድንዎ በእውነተኛ ጊዜ ምክሮች እና ሀሳቦች ሊሰጥዎ እንዲችል ልጅዎ ሲጫወት እንዲመለከት ያስችለዋል። ለእርስዎ ግንኙነቶች ሁሉ የሚሰሩ እነዚህ እውቂያዎች በአንድ ጊዜ ከአንድ የቡድን አባል ወይም ከቡድን ስብሰባዎችዎ ጋር ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ ፡፡ የቋንቋ አስተርጓሚዎች ክፍለ-ጊዜውን እንዲቀላቀሉ ለማድረግ እንዲሁም እኛ ለግምገማዎ እና ፊርማዎ የወረቀት ስራን ለማጋራት በጣም ጥሩው መንገድ እንሰራለን ፡፡ እባክዎ ቡድንዎ ከእርስዎ ጋር እንዲገናኙ በጣም ጥሩውን መንገድ ያሷቁን በስልክ ዋይስ Zoom ቪዲዮ።

ዝኡም  ቪዲዮ ለመጠቀም ቀላሉ ደረጃዎች ከዝህ ብታቼ ትዘርዘሯል

  • ከቀጠሮዎሳት በፈት ኢሜል እንልክልዎታለን ፡፡ መስጥሮ  በተጠበቀ ሁኔታ(HIPPA) ለመገናኘት የሚያስችል አገናኝ የያዘ አና  የቀን መቁጠሪያ ግብዣ የያዘ  ጋር ። ከቀጠሮዎ የጊዜ ሰሌዳ ብዙ ደቂቃዎች በፊት የማጉላት ጥሪን ለመቀላቀል አገናኙን ይጠቀሙ
  • የማጉላትጥሪውን በኮምፒተርዎ ወይም በስማርትፎንዎ በኩል ለመቀላቀል ማንኛውንም ችግር ቢያጋጥሙዎት ኢሜል የመደወያ ስልክ ቁጥሮችን ያካትታል ፡፡ የኢሜል አዳረሻ ከሌልዎት እባክዎን ቡድንዎን ያሳውቁ እና ወደ ስብሰባው ለመደወል ሊጠቀሙበትን የስልክ ቁጥር ይሰጡዎታል ፡፡
  • ቡድንዎንጥሪ ከላፕቶፕ ፣ ዴስክቶፕ ኮምፒተር ወይም ስማርት ስልክ መቀላቀል ይችላሉ ፡፡
  • በስማርትስልክዎ በኩል የሚቀላቀሉ ከሆኑ እባክዎን ዝኡም አፕፕ  ከአፕል iTunes iTunes መደብር ወይም ከ Google Play ሱቅዎ ዶውንድሎአድ  ከቀጥሮ  በፊት አደርጉ  –

o https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings

o https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id546505307

  • የዴስክቶፕኮምፒተርን የሚጠቀሙ ከሆነ እባክዎን ማይክሮፎን እና ድምጽ ማጉያ እንዲኖርዎት ያረጋግጡ (አብዛኛዎቹ ላፕቶፖች ማይክሮፎን አላቸው) ፣ ወይም ለድምጽ ለመደወል ስልክ ከርቦት  እንዲኖርዎት ያድርጉ ፡፡
  • ከጥሪውጋር ከተቀላቀሉ በኋላ ድምጽ አንደሰማ  ወይም አንድየሰማ ለማድረግ እና የቪዲዮ ካሜራ ቁልፍን ለመጀመር ወይም ለማቆም (በስማርትፎንዎ ላይ ባለው በድር ካሜራ ወይም አብሮ በተሰራው ካሜራ በኩል) መጠቀም ይችላሉ።

ስለ ዞም ፣ ስለ ቴሌ-ጣልቃ-ገብነታችን ሂደት ወይም ስለሌላ ማንኛውም ጥያቄ ካለዎት እባክዎን ለሚንከባከቡ ቡድንዎ አባላት ደውሉ  ፡፡

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(Spanish)

Queridas familias:

Queremos informarles sobre nuestro proceso nuevo de entrega de teleintervención con la esperanza de hacerlo lo más simple posible para usted.

Siguiendo la guía de Salud Pública – Seattle y el Condado de King, la Clínica Infantil Boyer está tomando medidas proactivas para proteger la salud de nuestra comunidad con el cambio al servicio virtual de teleintervención (efectivo el 6 de marzo de 2020), con objetivo de frenar la propagación del coronavirus (COVID-19) en nuestra comunidad y reducir el número de personas infectadas. Su equipo de Boyer puede usar la teleintervención (la prestación de servicios de intervención temprana a través de la tecnología de telesalud) para conectarse con usted de forma remota para responder sus preguntas, conectarse con recursos e información y proporcionar sugerencias para actividades en las que puede trabajar con su hijo para fomentar nuevas habilidades. Todavía puede seguir conectado a la experiencia de los miembros del equipo de su hijo. La investigación ha demostrado que la teleintervención es un método eficaz para recibir los servicios de intervención temprana de educadores, terapeutas y personal de apoyo familiar. Nuestro personal puede conectarse con usted por teléfono, correo electrónico o videoconferencia Zoom segura. Favor de informarle a su equipo la mejor manera de comunicarse con usted, para que así pueda continuar recibiendo el mismo apoyo de alta calidad.

Recomendamos el uso de la videoconferencia Zoom; esta tecnología segura y compatible con HIPAA permitirá a su equipo ver a su hijo jugar para que puedan darle consejos y sugerencias en tiempo real. Estos contactos van a ser con un miembro del equipo a la vez o reuniones grupales con su equipo, lo que funcione mejor para usted. Estamos trabajando en nuestra capacidad para que los intérpretes de idiomas se unan a la sesión, y buscando también la mejor manera de compartir documentos que puedan ser revisados y firmados por usted. Favor de informarle a su equipo la mejor manera de hacer comunicación con usted.

Estos son los pasos simples para usar la videoconferencia Zoom:

  • En el momento de su cita, le enviaremos un correo electrónico con un enlace para conectarse de forma segura a través de Zoom, la versión que cumple con la ley de HIPPA. Use el enlace para unirse a la llamada de Zoom unos minutos antes de la hora programada para su cita.
  • El correo electrónico también incluirá números de teléfono en caso de que tenga problemas para unirse a la llamada de Zoom a través de su computadora o teléfono inteligente. Si no tiene acceso al correo electrónico, informe a su equipo y le proporcionarán el número de teléfono que puede usar para llamar a la reunión.
  • Puede unirse a la llamada Zoom desde una computadora portátil, computadora de escritorio o teléfono inteligente.
  • Si piensa unirse a través de su teléfono inteligente, descargue la aplicación Zoom de Apple iTunes App Store o Google Play Store antes de su llamada Zoom programada:
  • Si está utilizando una computadora de escritorio, asegúrese de tener un micrófono y altavoces (la mayoría de las computadoras portátiles tienen estos incorporados), o tienen un teléfono disponible para marcar por audio.
  • Una vez unido a la llamada, puede usar el botón del micrófono para silenciar o activar el audio, y el botón de la cámara de video para iniciar o detener el video (a través de la cámara web o la cámara incorporada en su teléfono inteligente).

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre Zoom, nuestro proceso de teleintervención o cualquier otra cosa, comuníquese con un miembro de su equipo.

Mike Stewart                                      Gay Burton
Director Ejecutivo                             Oficial de Programas
mike.stewart@boyercc.org              gay.burton@boyercc.org

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<<COVID-19 UPDATE: March 5, 2020>>

Dear Boyer families –

The health and safety of our families, staff and visitors continues to be our top priority. We have been carefully following recommendations of the CDC and King County Health officials around the ever evolving COVID-19 situation. While there continue to be no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Boyer Children’s Clinic, following the guidance of public health experts we have decided that, effective tomorrow, Friday, March 6th, Boyer will shift to virtual tele-intervention services for through the end of March.

If you have a therapy or education session or intake meeting scheduled, you will receive a call from a Boyer team member as follow up to this email. Please accept your program staff member’s requests for tele-intervention. By providing services virtually, we can limit exposure. If tele-intervention is not an option for you, please work with your program staff member for the best way to continue services.

We realize the complexities around this, truly appreciate your patience as we navigate through this ever evolving landscape. We will continue closely monitoring the situation and will reevaluate our decision to shift to virtual services on a weekly basis.

Thank you for your incredible support and understanding during this time. Again, our first priority is the health and well-being of our families and staff, and we are grateful for your flexibility during this rapidly evolving situation. If you have any questions, please contact your care team.

All the best,

Michael Stewart
Executive Director | Boyer Children’s Clinic

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(Amharic)
የተከበሩ ቦየር ቤተሰቦች –

የቤተሰቦቻችን ፣ የሰራተኞቻችን እና የጎብኝዎች ጤና እና ደህንነት የእኛ ተቀዳሚ ፍላጎታቼን ፡፡ ሁልጊዜ በ COVID-19 በሚለዋወጥ ሁኔታ ዙሪያ የሲዲሲ እና ኪንግ ካውንቲ የጤና ባለሥልጣናት የሰጡትን ምክሮች በጥንቃቄ እየተከተልን ነው ፡፡ በ Boyer የልጆች ክሊኒክ ውስጥ የ COVID-19 ግልፅ ጉዳዮች ባይኖሩም ፣ የሕዝብ ጤና ባለሙያዎች መመሪያን በመከተል ፣ እስከ ነገ አርብ ፣ መጋቢት 6 (3/6/20)ድረስ ፣ Boyer ወደ መጨረሻው ምናባዊ (3/31/20)) የቴሌ-ጣልቃ-ገብነት አገልግሎቶች እንደሚቀየር ወስነናል። መጋቢት

ቴራፒ ወይም ትምህርት ክፍለ ጊዜ ካለዎት ወይም የplay ግሮዑፕ ካለዎት ፣ ይህንን ኢሜል በመከታተል ቦየር ቡድን ጥሪ ያደርጉላታል ፡፡ ይሁሉነም ጠነናት ለመጠበቅ ትራፕ አና ከፍልቼን በቪዶ ለማስትማር አየትዝጋጀን ነው እባክዎን አገልግሎቶችን በቪዶ ለመቀጠል መርጡ ይሄ መንገድ ይሁላንቸንን ጤና ልምጥበክ ይረዳነል

በዝህ ዙሪያ ያሉትን ውስብስብ ነገሮች እንገነዘባለን ፣ ሁኔታውን በቅርብ መከታተላችንን እንቀጥላለን እንዲሁም በየሳምንቱ የCOVID-19 ሁኔታ አይተን አገልግሎቶች ለመቀየር ያደረግነውን ውሳኔ እንደገና እንገመግማለን።

በዚህ ከባድ ገዜ ውስጥ ላሳዩት አስገራሚ ድጋፍ እና ግንዛቤ እናመሰግናለን። እንደገናም ፣ ተቀዳሚ ፍላጎታችን የቤተሰቦቻችን እና የሰራተኞቻችን ጤና እና ደህንነት ነው ፣ እናም በዚህ በፍጥነት ብመቅያየርበት በዚህ ወቅት ስለተግስታችሁ እናመሰግናለን ፡፡ ማንኛውም ጥያቄ ካለዎት እባክዎን የእንክብካቤ ቡድንዎን ያነጋግሩ

COVID-19 የህዝብ ጤና ምክረ ሀሳቦች (Amharic)
COVID-19 ምንድነዉ? COVID-19 (በፊት “ኖቬል ኮሮናቫይረስ” ተብሎ የሚታወቀዉ) ከሰዉ ወደ ሰዉ እየተሰራጨ ያለ አዲስ ቫይረስ ነዉ። ምንጩ ከቻይና ሆኖ
በአሁኑ ሰዓት አሜሪካና ብዙ ሌሎች አገሮች ይገኛል። https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/communicable-diseases/disease-control/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/covid-19-recommendations-am.ashx
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Estimadas familias de Boyer:

La salud y la seguridad de nuestras familias, personal y visitantes siguen siendo nuestra prioridad principal. Hemos seguido cuidadosamente las recomendaciones de los CDC y los oficiales de salud del condado de King sobre la situación en evolución de COVID-19. Si bien continúa no habiendo casos confirmados de COVID-19 en la Clínica Infantil Boyer, siguiendo la guía de expertos en salud pública, hemos decidido que, a partir de mañana, viernes 6 de marzo, Boyer cambiará a servicios virtuales de tele intervención hasta el final de marzo.

Si tiene una sesión de terapia o educación o reunión de admisión programada, recibirá una llamada de un miembro del equipo Boyer como un seguimiento de este correo electrónico. Acepte las solicitudes de tele intervención del miembro del personal de su programa. Al proporcionar servicios virtualmente, podemos limitar la exposición de COVID-19. Si la intervención por tele no es una opción para usted, trabaje con el miembro del personal de su programa para así encontrar la mejor manera de continuar con los servicios.

Entendemos la complejidad de esta situación, y realmente apreciamos su paciencia mientras navegamos a través de esta situación en constante evolución. Continuaremos monitoreando muy cerca la situación y reevaluaremos nuestra decisión de cambiar a servicios virtuales semanalmente.

Gracias por su apoyo increíble y comprensión durante este tiempo. Nuevamente, nuestra primera prioridad es la salud y el bienestar de nuestras familias y nuestro personal, y estamos agradecidos por su flexibilidad durante esta situación en rápida evolución. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con su equipo de atención.

Saludos cordiales,

Michael Stewart

Director Ejecutivo | Boyer Children’s Clinic

COVID-19 Recomendaciones de Salud Pública (Spanish)
¿Qué es COVID-19? COVID-19 (anteriormente conocido como el “nuevo coronavirus”) es una nueva cepa del virus que se está propagando de persona a persona. Actualmente se encuentra en los Estados Unidos y muchos otros países, después de originarse en China. https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/communicable-diseases/disease-control/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/covid-19-recommendations-SP.ashx
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Các Khuyến Khích Y Tế Công Cộng về Vi-rút COVID-19 (Vietnamese)
COVID-19 là gì? COVID-19 (tên gọi trước đây là “vi-rút corona mới”) là một chủng vi-rút mới có thể lây lan từ người sang người. Hiện giờ vi-rút này đã xuất hiện ở Hoa Kỳ và nhiều quốc gia khác, sau khi xuất xứ từ Trung Quốc. https://www.kingcounty.gov/Sites/depts/health/communicable-diseases/disease-control/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/covid-19-recommendations-VI.ashx
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COVID-19 Talooyin Ka haayada caafimaadka ee dadweynaha (Somali)
Waa maxay COVID-19? COVID-19 (cudarka loo yaqaanay Nooval Koronavirus) waa nooc cusub ee feyras kamid ah, waxuuna u faafaa qof ilaa qof. Cudarkaan mareykanka iyo dalal kale oo badan ayaa laga helay. Asalkeeduna waxu ka yimid dalka shiinaha. https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/communicable-diseases/disease-control/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/covid-19-recommendations-SO.ashx
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COVID-19 公共衛生局建議 (Chinese)
什麼是COVID-19? COVID-19 （以前稱為 ｀新型冠狀病毒” )是一種新型病毒，可在人與人之間傳播。它起源於中國後，目前在美國和許多其他國家出現 https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/communicable-diseases/disease-control/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/covid-19-recommendations-CH.ashx

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<<COVID-19 UPDATE: March 2, 2020>>

To our Families:

You have undoubtedly heard about the coronavirus, and the number of confirmed in King County has grown over the past few days, including six related deaths. Our hearts go out to those personally affected. This new strain of COVID-19 seems to cause more severe illness than some of the other previously-identified strains, and affects elderly more than youth.

Coronavirus 19 is now in the community as something we can acquire from another person, regardless of travel. Just as with flu, we all need to protect ourselves and each other with common sense hygiene. Here is the latest from the Department of Health: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus and from Seattle Public Schools: https://www.seattleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=627&pageId=91974606#march1letter.

We have no reason to close programs at Boyer, but we will continue to follow the advice communicated daily from state and national experts.

So cough into your elbows, wash your hands, and stay home if any family member has had fever in the past 24 hours! And if any Boyer staff are scheduled to see your child at your home or daycare, please notify them if anyone in your household exhibits cold symptoms or has a fever.

If you have questions, please reach out to your team!

Best,
Gay Burton, Chief Program Officer & Jennie McLaurin, MD, Medical Director