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2008 National TA Conference Calls
ALL CALLS ARE HELD FROM 1:00-2:30PM ET
There are no registration fees for these calls. The only cost that you will incur will be the long-distance phone charges.
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CALL TOPIC
(AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO EACH CALL, MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED) |
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May 15 |
Cultural and Linguistic Competence Primer
This call will introduce the much anticipated Cultural and Linguistic Competence Primer (a collaboration between the National Alliance of Multi-ethnic Behavioral Associations, Georgetown National Technical Assistance Center, the National Center for Cultural Competence, and American Institutes for Research). It will provide an overview of the content of the primer and offer samples of two or three modules on such topics as: leadership, community engagement, and accountability and outcomes.
Facilitator:
Vivian H. Jackson, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Associate
National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Washington, DC
Presenters:
Terry Cross, M.S.W.
Executive Director
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Portland, OR
PDF - Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families
Mareasa Isaacs, Ph. D.
Executive Director
National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations
Silver Spring, MD
Powerpoint - Setting the Context for the Cultural Competence Journey: Addressing Structural Racism
Ken Martinez, Psy.D.
Mental Health Resource Specialist
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
American Institutes for Research
Washington, DC
Powerpoint - Community Outreach and Engagement
Ed Wang, Psy.D.
Director
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Boston, MA
Powerpoint - Cultural and Linguistic Competence Primer
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May 29
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The Validation of Family Involvement at the Policy, Planning and Service Levels
Please note: This call has been rescheduled from March 20th.
Family Involvement has been a cornerstone value in system of care development from the beginning. Documenting and validating the merits of family involvement has been an evolving process over the past decade. In this session, we will guide participants through several approaches to validation including evidence from research, formal data collection and anecdotes so that the case for family involvement is clear, documented and reflective of the family movement to date.
Facilitator:
Bruno J. Anthony, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Evaluation
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Department of Pediatrics
Washington, DC
Presenters:
Conni Wells
Chief Officer of Training and Technical Assistance
National Center for Organizational Development and Sustainability
United Advocates for Children and Families
Butler, TN
Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry
Center Director for Child and Adolescent Sciences Research
Columbia University
New York, NY
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June 19 |
Bringing Mental Health to the Public: A Call to Action
A public health approach to mental health is not new. To support the movement towards a public health approach to mental health, a team of Georgetown faculty have embarked on the development of a monograph, with the support of SAMHSA, to inform and energize a national and community-based movement to apply a public health approach to strengthen the mental health and well-being of children and youth.
This call will present a preview of the monograph (to be unveiled at the July Training Institutes) and its critical elements. Presenters will highlight strategies that will support a movement to educate policy makers at all levels, community leaders across the continuum, and family and youth leaders and advocates in a consistent and accessible way so that they can further the movement of implementing a public health approach to mental health.
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No July or August calls (Training Institutes & summer vacations)
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September 18 |
Building Capacity for School Mental Health
This call will feature efforts underway in states and communities to build the capacity of schools, communities and states to initiate and sustain quality system change. We will also discuss the economic benefits of integration of mental health and education. Discussion will include ways that communities, states and tribal entities have built strategies for shared language and priorities between the distinctly different cultures in education and mental health. How can we use the emerging knowledge base that shows the link between mental health and positive academic outcomes to bring all partners to the table?
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October 16 |
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Child Serving Systems
This session will focus on the persistent challenge of racial and ethnic disparities in child serving systems. One major issue has been the overrepresentation of youth of color in more restrictive settings, such as residential treatment centers, juvenile detention and incarceration, and out-of home placements through child welfare. This session will highlight strategies from within these systems to correct these problems, their outcomes to date, and suggestions for next steps.
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November 20 |
Child and Family Services Reviews - An Opportunity to Work Together to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Children and Families
The Child and Family Services Review (CFSR), conducted by the federal Children's Bureau in partnership with State governments, is a comprehensive monitoring and system reform effort designed to assist States in improving outcomes for children and families who receive services from public child welfare systems. The CFSR identifies strengths and needs within state programs related to the safety, permanency, and well being of children. It acknowledges that enhancing a child's healthy development and providing families with the tools they need to care for their children will increase the likelihood of achieving these goals. Most children and families who connect with the child welfare system have experienced significant trauma and have a high prevalence of mental health needs; however, only about one-fourth of the children diagnosed with mental health needs receive specialty care. The CFSRs have identified an urgent need for mental health reform, and they also provide an opportunity for multiple child-serving agencies and families to work together on such reform. The CFSR expects that States will collaborate across systems to provide the mental health services needed to achieve child and family well being.
During this conference call, leaders from the Children's Bureau will present a federal perspective, describing what they are looking for and what they have found in states. Leaders from one community and state will describe concrete strategies for working together through the CFSR process to address the mental health needs of children and families in the child welfare system. Researchers will describe the implications of national service delivery and management trends discovered in a mental health analysis of all 52 state CFSRs. Presenters will describe how a shared commitment to system of care values (promoted through the CFSR process) can lead to improved outcomes for children and families.
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December 18 |
Partnership Based Leadership: Anchoring Challenges in the Common Vision
As the family movement continues to grow, family leaders are taking larger roles in system reform efforts at the local, state and national levels. As a by-product of this growth, family leaders face challenges that require new approaches to partnerships that support their work as change agents. This session will offer participants an opportunity to reflect on the process of building and sustaining strategic family-professional relationships, collaboratively identifying potential challenges and responding to them when they occur, and making necessary adjustments to ensure that challenges do not interfere with the relationship or the common vision.
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January 17 |
New Directions: Implementing A Public Health Approach to Mental Health
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You have probably heard the words "A public health approach to mental health". Over the last twenty years our country has seen a number of effective public health approaches to health issues including seat belt use campaigns, drunk-driving prevention efforts, diabetes and obesity education, and car seat use campaigns. The Surgeon General, Institute of Medicine, and Healthy People 2010 Initiative have clarified a growing public commitment to shift from a medical model for mental health towards a population or public health approach. Many are asking questions to better understand what this new direction means for their work. How do systems of care communities connect with a public health approach to mental health? What are the risks and opportunities ahead?
An essential part of mental health transformation, is the mission aimed at promoting physical and mental health and preventing disease, injury, and disability. While physical health issues have become a part of our every day lives, one aspect of our health has not received the attention it deserves - mental health. Increasingly, we understand that mental health promotion and prevention can be effective and make a difference in the lives of individuals and in the community. The science of treatment is providing real hope for managing mental illnesses and for achieving recovery. Clinical interventions and public health approaches must work hand in hand. Systems of care and public health approaches compliment - not compete to enhance the lives of all children and families.
This call will briefly highlight the emerging interest in bringing a public health approach to mental health. The presentations will establish the benefits of integrating promotion, prevention, and intervention efforts into a cohesive approach through population based strategies at the national, state, and community levels and highlight the interface with systems of care. Following presentations, there will be interactive opportunities from representatives throughout the nation as well as from participants to discuss concepts and examples from the field. The time is right to start applying what we know and moving communities, states and national efforts towards the promotion of physical and mental health and the prevention of disease, injury and disability through population-focused strategies that foster the health and well-being of all children and families.
Participants will learn about and discuss:
- Contextual factors contributing to the emerging interest in bringing a public health approach to mental health
- The conceptual framework for a public health approach to mental health and the interface with systems of care.
- Opportunities to learn and deepen your knowledge and skills regarding the public health approach to mental health.
- The benefits of integrating promotion, prevention, and intervention efforts into a cohesive approach through population based strategies at the national, state, and community levels.
- Provide opportunities for interaction from representatives throughout the nation as well as from participants to discuss concepts and examples from the field.
Powerpoint
Presenters/Moderators:
Joyce Sebian, MS Ed.
Senior Policy Associate
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development,
National TA Center for Children's Mental Health
Nancy Davis, Ph. D.
Public Health Advisor
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Gail Ritchie, MSW
Public Health Advisor
Office of the Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Elizabeth Waetzig
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development,
National TA Center for Children's Mental Health
Responders:
Paula Nickelson
Prevention Services Coordinator for the
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Sherwin Daryani,
MPH, Program Manager,
City of Fort Worth
Public Health Department
Fort Worth, Texas
PH/MH Monograph Team:
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, National TA Center for Children's Mental Health
- Neal Horen
- Elizabeth Waetzig
- Rachele Espiritu
- Joyce Sebian
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February 21 |
The National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: How to Get Out the Message
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May 8, 2008 is the next National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. The day is an opportunity for states and communities to communicate public health messages about prevention, resilience, and recovery and to build public support for increased service capacity. Presenters will talk about how the Awareness Day initiative is a strategy for partnership development and how partnership development is a fundamental component for systems transformation. The presenters will also discuss technical assistance available to states and communities to utilize this strategy.
PDF - Awareness Day Planning Committee Article
Presenters/Moderators:
Joan Dodge, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Associate
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Lisa Rubenstein
Project Officer for
Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign
Child, Adolescent and Family Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Powerpoint - The National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: Thriving in The Community
Jane Tobler
Technical Assistance Manager
Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign
Vanguard Communications
Deborah Porter
Director of Social Marketing
Family Voices Network of Erie County
Lauren Kamnik
NASMHPD Campaign Director
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
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April 17 |
Providing Early Childhood Mental Health Services that Meet the Needs of Young Children and Their Caregivers: Building The Evidence Base
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Services to young children must be delivered in homes, child care programs and other natural settings to be most effective. Since greater emphasis is being given to evidence-based practices, presenters will share some current programs and practices that are being used across the country. They will share strategies for collecting and using data to evaluate outcomes.
Moderator:
Frances B. Duran, MPP
Policy Associate
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Presenters:
Mary A. Mackrain, M.Ed
Statewide TA and Training Consultant
Child Care Expulsion Prevention
Michigan Department of Community Health
Birmingham, MI
Powerpoint - Michigan's Child Care Expulsion Prevention Initiative
Lise Fox, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Powerpoint - Providing Evidence-Based Services to Young Children and their Families
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