About our Speaker

Kathleen Ceips is a Registered Nurse and graduate of the Charity Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana. She also holds a degree in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health. Ms. Ceips has experience in the field of mental health working in the Crisis Intervention Unit at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and was also Director of Nursing at the Greenbrier Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Covington, Louisiana.

Ms. Ceips has specialized in the field of Developmental Disabilities for the past 32 years. She worked as an independent consultant to numerous ICF/IDD Providers and founded Alternative Nursing Management Services, Inc. assisting ICF/IDD Providers with maintaining regulatory compliance, developing staff and client training programs and monitoring the health of the Community Home residents.  Ms. Ceips contracted with the Louisiana Department of Health assisting with the transitioning of individuals from institutional care to community-based services.

Ms. Ceips co-authored the Certified Medication Attendant Program. She serves on the Advisory Board for the CMA Program and trains nurses to deliver the content. Ms. Ceips has been recognized in Who’s Who in American Nursing and also in the Marquis Who’s Who in America for her work in the field of nursing and Developmental Disabilities.  Ms. Ceips is presently employed by the Louisiana Department of Health at the OCDD Resource Center.