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Webinar: "Using the FACIT for COSP Continuous Quality Improvement" - Posted 8.29
Tomorrow, Friday, August 30 at 9:00am CDT (lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes)
Free (CEU for $15 fee); No pre-registration needed
Description:
Based on the work of the COSP Multisite Research Initiative, The Fidelity Assessment Common Ingredients Tool (FACIT) found in the COS Evidence-based Practices KIT (published by SAMHSA) can assess the extent to which Consumer-Operated Services Programs (COSPs) faithfully implement evidence-based peer practices according to the COSP Common Ingredients (CIs) structure, values and processes.
This webinar will share a proven method to use in conjunction with FACIT results called Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). CQI means that every person in the COSP actively participates in the continuous improvement of processes and performances to ensure COSP members are satisfied with their services and achieve desired recovery goals. As COSP leaders', staff, and members' familiarity with the FACIT and the CQI principles grow, you may wonder how a COSP could ever deliver evidence-based peer practices without these evaluation tools in place!
This web conference will discuss how to use the FACIT for COSP CQI:
- Describe basic principles of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for use in Consumer-Operated Services (COSPs)
- Explain how to facilitate collaborative CQI processes so CQI can enable transformation of COSPs to Evidence-based Practices (EBPs)
- Illustrate how to analyze Fidelity Assessment Common Ingredients Tool (FACIT) scores to produce charts and bar grafts of COSP Common Ingredients (CIs)
- Conduct panel with COSP providers who have field experience using the FACIT for COSP CQI
This webinar is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Mental Health and The Missouri Institute of Mental Health and intended for peer providers, behavioral health evaluators, and mental health professionals.
Presenters:
Jean Campbell, PhD, Research Professor in Mental Health at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, University of Missouri-St. Louis, is an internationally known mental health consumer researcher, speaker, and consultant and is Director of the Program in Consumer Studies and Training at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health in St. Louis. Throughout her career, she has been a forerunner in the effort to define the recovery and well-being of recipients of mental health services in research and to promote multi-stakeholder approaches in evaluation and service delivery. She is best known for her role as the principle investigator of the MIMH Coordinating Center for the Consumer-Operated Services Programs Multisite Research Initiative, the largest and most rigorous study of peer-run programs in history.
Presently, Dr. Campbell works with the Missouri Department of Mental Health to promote consumer-operated service programs as evidence-based practices and recently consulted for the Heartland Consumer Network. Most notably, she was a consultant to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and a contributor to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Dr. Campbell also worked with State mental health agencies in the States of New York, Oklahoma, Washington, Nebraska, West Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama, and Alaska on mental health performance measurement systems, and served on the National Alliance on Mental Illness Scientific Council. She was a member of the CMHS National Advisory Council's Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues, and is currently on the National Consumer Advisory Board for OptumHealth and SAMHSA's Advisory Council for Women's Services.
Dr. Campbell has written over 40 articles and reports on the development and use of management information systems in service system improvement, shared decision-making, privacy of health records, and peer-support programs. She is best known for her groundbreaking, consumer-directed research study of mental health consumer well-being in California, The Well-Being Project (1989), and the supplemental award-winning documentary "People Say I'm Crazy." Dr. Campbell has received many awards for her work as a distinguished researcher and mental health consumer advocate and has been recognized as a leader in promoting a recovery-based mental health system.
Peer Provider Panel: Sarah Earll, Co-director, Saint Louis Empowerment Center; Nancy Bollinger, Executive Director, Self Help Center; and, Mickie McDowell, Peer Services Program Specialist, Missouri Department of Mental Health will discuss their experiences using CQI with the FACIT and how the Missouri FACIT Project has enabled peer services in Missouri to deliver evidence-based peer practices.
To attend the webinar: Go to http://webconferences.mimhtraining.com/2013/08/using-the-facit-for-cosp-continuous-quality-improvement/ or go to http://www.mimhtraining.com at the time the web conference is scheduled to begin. The webinar will be listed on the front page under "Web Conferences". Once you are on this page, go to the bottom and you will see a button that says "View This Web Conference". Just click on this button. You will be asked your name, email, zip code, and if you are watching in a group. Once completed, you will be taken to the web conference. When you arrive, you can listen, watch, and ask questions via the chat box. Right now where the "View This Web Conference" button will be is a "Test Your Connection" button so that you can test and make sure you can view the webinar.
CEU Information
The University of Missouri, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and will maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned. MIMH will award 1 clock hour or 1.2 contact hours (.1 CEU) for this program.
MIMH credit will fulfill Clinical Social Work and Psychologist licensure requirements in the State of Missouri. Attendees with licensure from other states are responsible for seeking appropriate continuing education credit, from their respective boards for completing this program.
Region Ten Consumer Advisory Council's 8th Annual Recovery Conference - Posted 8.29
October 25th from 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn University Emmet Street.
This year's theme is "A View Inside: Keep it strong. Keep it local". Our goal is to showcase people in recovery that are a part of our community. We are planning some exciting events in preparation for the conference.
There will be two ways that consumers will be able to show their amazing strengths at the conference:
1. There will be a portrait photography project of persons in recovery called "A View Inside" by local photographer Keith Alan Sprouse. (To see examples of his other work go to http://cvillepeople.tumblr.com/) Space is somewhat limited . Contact Beth Gager for info.
2. There will be a chance for consumers to share their stories at the conference in a presentation called "Breaking Through". For people who have something to share about their personal story of breaking through mental illness and/or addiction we will have a series of storytelling workshops leading up to the day of the conference. Please contact Beth Gager to register.
People can participate in one or both projects. Please get the word out to people who you think have something powerful to share. Please contact with me with any questions or to sign up for either project.
Please contact Beth Gager by October 18th by email or by phone to register for the conference or to participate in presentations. 434-970-1480 or beth.gager@regionten.org
Registration is free but required. No walk-ins admitted. Space is limited. Special accommodations must be made by October 4th.
Mental Health America Provides New Resources on Student Mental Health - Posted 8.29
Back to Campus, Back to School Material Offers
Guidance for Students, Parents, Administrators
In recognition of the challenges a new school year presents , Mental Health America is providing new resources on student mental health.
"A student's mental health is just as important as their general health," said Wayne W. Lindstrom, Ph.D., president and CEO of Mental Health America. "We know the start of a new school year can be a stressful time for students all ages. These resources are designed to help everyone-students, parents and administrators-promote good mental health and ensure resources are available."
A Back to Campus toolkit (http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/backtocampus) includes fact sheets for students and information for colleges and universities about what types of services should be in place to address the mental health needs of the student body:
- Checklist for Institutions of Higher Learning-reviews various programs and services that colleges and universities can implement.
- Stressed or Depressed? Know the Difference-looks at the common signs of stress and depression and how they differ.
- Boost Your School Performance by Taking Care of You-provides simple everyday steps for students on taking care of one's mind as well as body.
- Top Ten Freshman Year Issues (and how to deal with them)-addresses challenges and solutions of the first year in college.
- A Fact Sheet on Alcohol & Substance Use, and Depression
A Back to School List of Tips (http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/back-to-school) provides important steps parents can take to support their child as he or she heads back to school.
Mental Health America's website has additional material on children's mental health. For more information, go to http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/children.
For further information, contact:
Steve Vetzner, 703. 797. 2588 or svetzner@mentalheatlhamerica.net
Community Forum/Town Hall Meetings Scheduled This Fall - Posted 8.29
These meetings are designed to gather information on the coming changes to the human rights process. VOCAL is in partnership with Margaret Walsh, Director of the Office of Human Rights at DBHDS. Open to the public.
September 4, 1:30 p.m.
Blue Ridge Clubhouse
100 Burnett Street
Charlottesville (22902)
September 18, 10:30 a.m.
Roanoke On Our Own
429 Elm Ave SW # 100
Roanoke (24016)
September 26, 1:00 p.m.
Fairfax
The Heritage Center, East Building
7611 Little River Turnpike, Annandale (22003)
Training Rooms A & B on the first floor
Job Opening: Wounded Warrior Peer Specialist - Posted 8.29
Veteran needed to provide support services to veterans in the Central Virginia and Rockbridge CSB areas.
Required: military service with honorable discharge, recent combat experience preferred, associate's degree and two years in human services with knowledge of mental health field, valid driver's license. Competitive salary.
Please call Marianne Powell at 434. 847.8035 for more information regarding this position.
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