DATE

CALL TOPIC
 

January 19

Transforming Mental Health in America

The report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health calls for a transformation of mental health care in America. The report goals and recommendations form the "Action Agenda" for the federal Center for Mental Health Services. What are the implications of the Action Agenda for states, tribes, territories and communities? How will the Agenda drive funding, policy and practice over the next years? Discuss these questions and more with:
Sybil K. Goldman, MSW, Special Deputy for Children, Office of the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Gary Blau, Ph.D., Chief, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services
Powerpoint - Transforming Mental Health In America.

February 17

Family and Youth Driven Mental Health Care: System Level

This call will discuss what is means for a service delivery system to be family and youth driven. Representatives from a number of family and youth organizations will describe what constitutes a family and youth driven system of care and provide examples of states, tribes and communities that have designed and implemented these systems and describe how they planned and implemented a family/consumer-driven system of care in their state, tribe, or community.
Facilitator: Marisa Brown, Senior Policy Analyst for Family Engagement, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Sandra Spencer, Executive Director, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Alexandria, Virginia
Shannon Crossbear, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Minnesota
Deborah Van Dunk, United Advocates for Children of California, Sacramento, California
Cathy Ciano, Executive Director, Parent Support Network, Warwick, Rhode Island
Powerpoint - Family and Youth Driven Mental Health Care: What does it mean and what will it take?
PDF - Voices: Families as Partners in System Reform

March 17

Role of Cultural & Linguistic Competence in Achieving the Six Goals of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

Nowhere are divisions of race, ethnicity, and culture more sharply drawn than in the health and mental health status of people in the United States. Disparities in mental health care based on race, ethnicity and geographic locale are well documented in the literature. The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health set forth a bold mandate to transform mental health care in America. This call will examine the essential role of cultural and linguistic competence in each of the six goals delineated in "Achieving the Promise" to transform the mental health care system.
Moderator:  Tawara D. Goode, Director, National Center for Cultural Competence
William Arroyo, Regional Medical Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Majose Carrasco, Director, Multicultural Affairs, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Larke Huang, Managing Director/Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research
Mareasa Isaacs, National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations
Teresa Nesman, Professor, Luis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Maria Rodriguez, President, Vanguard Communications
Paulette Running-Wolf, Executive Director, The First Nation's Behavioral Health Association
Rosa Warder, Program Manager - Alameda County,
United Advocated for Children of California Direct Services 
PDF -   Outline for the Call
PDF -   Panelist Roster for the Call
PDF -   Culturally Competent Guiding Values & Principles
PDF -   Definition of Community Engagement
PDF -   Definition of Linguistic Competence
PDF -   Key Considerations for Practitioners  
PDF -   NCCC's Definition of Cultural Competence
Word - Selected Resources for the call
Word - NCCC Products recommended for the call
Link -  RTC's Study on Accessibility of Mental Health Services

April 21

Family and Youth Driven Mental Health Care: Youth Leadership

This call will discuss partnering with youth leaders in designing and implementing comprehensive service delivery systems. This includes 1) strategies for successfully engaging and partnering with youth; 2) providing the support youth need to be successful in planning processes; 3) examples of creative strategies for involving youth outside of formal meeting environments; 4) the special needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in systems of care.
Katherine Gillenwater and Emily Stoddard are both youth coordinators and will be presenting on the call. 
Ms. Gillenwater is from Idaho and Ms. Stoddard is at Project Bloom in Colorado and also a member of the National Youth Advisory Board.  They will be talking about the purpose of  youth involvement and the impact youth can have on their systems and supports. 
They will also talk about their specific experiences with their programs including start up issues, engaging and supporting youth, challenges they have faced, successes, and lessons learned.  Each presenter will also discuss issues that have arisen for them that are unique to their program or state. 
Word - List of questions for call
Word - Call Agenda

May 19

Eliminating Disparities in Children's Mental Health: Conceptual Framework

This call will describe 1) disparities in access to quality mental health services faced by culturally and linguistically diverse populations; 2) a framework for building culturally and linguistically competent systems of care; 3) strategies for improving access to culturally competent and high quality cares; 4) strategies to address disparities through workforce and leadership development, and 5) a strategic approach to assessing organizational cultural and linguistic competence. The call will feature state and community examples of targeted efforts to address disparities in access to high quality care and provide information on improving access to quality of care that is culturally competent. Presenters from different ethnic groups and faith-based organizations will also discuss their work in this area. 
Moderator: Vivian Jackson, LICSW
Senior Policy Associate, National Center for Cultural Competence,
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development 
Presenters:
King Davis, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
The University of Texas at Austin 
Rachel Guerrero, LCSW
Chief,Office of Multicultural Services
State Department of Mental Health
Sacramento, CA
Brenda Coleman-Beattie
Board Member, Austin, TX Chapter, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 
Connie Maples, Ph.D.
Senior Evaluator
Angela Wessell, Ph.D.
Project Director
Show-Me Kids Cooperative Agreement
Burrell Behavioral Health
Springfield, MO  
Phyllis Gyamfi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
ORC Macro, Atlanta, GA
Bhuvana Sukumar, Ph.D.
Project Manager,
ORC Macro, Atlanta, GA
Powerpoint - Conceptualizing Mental Health Disparities in Communities of Color
Powerpoint - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Systems of Care: A Look at the National Evaluation Data
Powerpoint - Disparities, Rachel Guerrero
Powerpoint- Show Me Kids Presentation

June 16

Eliminating Disparities in Children's Mental Health: Access to Services in Underserved Areas

This call will address improving access to quality care in rural and geographically remote areas, including underserved urban neighborhoods. The call will address innovative public health approaches and the use of technology to increase access. Presenters will discuss strategies and practical approaches for delivering culturally competent mental health services in geographically remote and underserved urban areas using combinations of formal and informal supports and discuss what it's like to deliver mental health services without a service provider and how to develop services from the ground up.
Moderator:  Ellen Kagen, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Washington, DC
Presenters: 
Beth Baxter, Regional Administrator, Region 3 Behavioral Health Services, Kearney, NE
Twyla Bohl, State Coordinator, North Dakota Family Voices, Knox, ND 
Valerie Oulds-Dunbar, Director, Baltimore Families First, Family League of Baltimore City, Inc.
Powerpoint - Eliminating Disparities In Children?s Mental Health:  Improving Access in Rural Nebraska
Powerpoint - Planning for A Single Point of Access For Families
Powerpoint - Telehealth

July 21

Expanding Partnerships in System of Care: A Full Life for Everyone in the Community - Mental Health is Public Health

This call will focus on the public health approach as a key tool for mental
health transformation. Described by Kathryn Power, Director of CMHS/SAMHSA, as "a community approach to preventing and treating illnesses, the premise of a public health approach is that caring for the health of an individual protects the community. In turn, caring for the health of a community protects the individual. Society at large reaps the overall rewards".
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework maintains that a "public health approach is the most appropriate response"... one that promotes mental
health and prevents or reduces the severity of substance use and mental disorders.
This call will examine how States and communities can engage shared
interests to create holistic, cross system strategies that recognize the
essential aspects of both a public health and clinical approach based upon scientific knowledge and science to services initiatives. We will discuss how states and communities are building and sustaining community systems that support all children and their families with the essential services and supports needed to succeed in school, and to live, play, learn and participate fully in their community.
Presenter List:
Julie Nelson Ingoglia, MPH, Senior Analyst, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Daniel  B. Reimer, MPH, Director City of Forth Worth Public Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas
Sherwin Daryani, MPH, Program Manager, City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas
Dr. Glenace Edwall, Director of Children's Mental Health, Minnesota
Department of Human Services
Dr. Ron Manderscheid, Chief, Center for Mental Health Services, Division of State and Community Systems Development Survey and Analysis Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
Facilitator:
Joyce K. Sebian, MS, Ed.S., Senior Policy Associate, Georgetown University National TA Center for Children's Mental Health
Powerpoint - Mental Health as a Public Health Issue 
Powerpoint - Mental Health and Public Health: A State View
Powerpoint - Public Health and Mental Health Transformation
PDF - NACCHO Issue Brief:  Supporting Collaboration between Mental Health and Public Health  (Issue 1, Number 1, May 2005)
PDF - NACCHO Issue Brief: Guiding Principles for Collaboration between Mental Health and Public Health (May 2005)
Link -  TA Center Webpage on Public Health Approach

September 15

Expanding Partnerships in System of Care: Education and Mental Health, and Families Working Together [Goals 1, 2, 4 (4.2)]

President's New Freedom Commission Goal 4.2 from Achieving the Promise-Improve and expand school mental health programs

Partnerships between schools and mental health services is not a new idea; however, in spite of efforts of both these systems, family members are often frustrated in their efforts to receive community-based, coordinated services and supports for their children and don't feel valued a partners.
This call will discuss the overall context of education and mental health working together and provide a glimpse at both the challenges and the opportunities for moving forward together.  It will describe how two major national organizations, the Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action at the University of Maryland and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) have addressed their separateness and worked to create strategies for partnership that better address the social/emotional/behavioral needs of children and adolescents in school settings.
The call will present examples of effective collaborations and partnerships at the national, the state, and community levels, including a family developed curriculum for teachers, providing transformation results in systems that improve outcomes for students with or at risk for mental health disorders.
Leaders from Ohio with a NASDSE seed grant project will describe how Ohio have been able to develop new partnerships between education and mental health over the last several years to improve and expand school mental health programs within the state.  In addition, Ohio will describe how they have been working with their local communities to implement school-wide positive behavioral supports and infused system of care principles into school settings. 
Family members and family organizations are increasingly getting involved in working on school based, mental health issues. The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill will describe their family created curriculum and its pilots that helps teachers understand early warning signs for mental health issues.
These examples will outline the importance of partnering at multiple levels in order to ensure that services and supports for children and adolescents with mental health needs are effectively implemented, expanded, and sustained within educational settings.
Moderator:
Joan Dodge, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Associate,
National Technical Assistance Center for Children?s Mental Health,
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Washington, DC
Presenter List:
Joanne Cashman
IDEA Partnership/Director
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
Alexandria, VA
Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D.
Director, NAMI Child & Adolescent Action Center
Arlington, VA
Carl E. Paternite, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director,
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
Director, Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success
Department of Psychology, Miami University
Oxford, OH
Kay Rietz
Assistant Deputy Director
Ohio Department of Mental Health
Office of Children's Services and Prevention
Columbus, OH
Mark D. Weist, Ph.D.
Professor and Director,
Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Powerpoint - Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success
Powerpoint -Expanding Partnerships in Systems of Care: Education, Mental Health and Families Working Together
Powerpoint - NAMI - Expanding Partnerships in Systems of Care: Families, Education and Mental Health Working Together
Link - Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs 

October 20

 
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina: School based mental health partnerships to reduce the impact of trauma for children, their families and for the school community.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of children and their families have been displaced and many are at risk for a host of problems, including mental health and behavioral problems.  States, communities and schools are in critical positions to influence important and life changing opportunities by recognizing and supporting the needs of these children and their families.  Schools can reduce the impact of trauma on children and their families through strategies that create a climate of safety and security in the school environment for all children and through the identification of children who need more intensive interventions.  Enhanced collaboration, planning and implementation across all systems are especially important at this time as children and families must look to these systems for their safety and well being.  This call will present examples from states in the Gulf region - current activities and challenges in mental health and schools. Perspectives will include state level and local community efforts, cultural competency issues, and family involvement.
Presenters:
Ted Feinberg
Assistant Executive Director, National Association of School Psychologists
Overview of the Impact of Trauma on Schools: Administrators, Personnel, and Students
Jenni Jennings
Executive Director, Youth & Family Centers, Dallas Independent School District
Partnering with schools & mental health: Assessment
Word - Dallas SBHC Katrina Group Form
Word - Hurricane Katrina Report Oct.17 Supt's Ex Team
Word - Hurricane Katrina Trauma Inventory
Sue Catchings
Executive Director, Health Care Centers in Schools, Baton Rouge, LA
Holley Galland
Medical Director, Health Care Centers in Schools, Baton Rouge, LA
What, Where, When, and How? How do you cope when two natural disasters happen?
Powerpoint - Baton Rouge - Hurricane Response
Health Care Centers in Schools
Word - Mental/Behavioral Health Needs Assessment
Word - Monitoring Form
Word - Process for referrals to MD providers for children with mental health needs
PDF - Hurricane Assessment and Referral Tool for Children and Adolescents
Tessie Schweitzer
Executive Director, Mississippi Families as Allies for Children's Mental Health
Tressa Eide
Director of Family & Youth Services , Mississippi Families as Allies for Children's Mental Health
Family organization efforts to support basic needs of children & their families
Powerpoint - The Family Recovery Project: The Mississippi Experience
Link - Mississippi Families as Allies for Children's Mental Health
Link - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network at Duke University
Link - Catholic Charities's Trauma Recovery for Youth (TRY) SAMHSA grant  
Link - Federation of Families For Children's Mental Health

November 17

Research to Practice:  Setting the Context for Evidence-Based Practices in Systems of Care

December 15

Research to Practice: Building the Evidence Base

This call will provide information from two distinguished centers: the University of Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center and the University of South Florida's Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior.  Lise Fox, from USF will share findings from a literature and research review of evidence-based practices that address the needs of young children, birth through five, with challenging behavior. She will then describe the development and implementation of Positive Behavior Support; its use in early education and care settings, the populations being served, the emerging outcomes, and the challenges of taking an intervention to scale.  Mark Chaffin and his colleagues at the University of OK will describe the effective Parent Child Interaction Therapy model that they are implementing with diverse populations, and in a variety of settings. Used primarily with children who have significant behavioral problems and adapted as treatment for abusive families, the program is now being used in tribal communities, in domestic violence shelters, and with parents of children who have fetal alcohol syndrome. Presenters will discuss evaluation outcomes, fidelity issues, barriers they face in implementation, and the techniques they use to get buy-in from families, agencies, providers and the broader child-serving system.
Presenters:
Mark Chaffin and Beverly Funderburk
University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics
Powerpoint - Implementing PCIT in Field Agency Settings
Lise Fox
University of South Florida
Powerpoint - Building the Capacity of Programs to Meet the Needs of Young Children with Challenging Behavior
Moderator:
Roxane Kaufmann, Director of Early Childhood Policy, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development