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April 2013

Register Now! Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis – Five One-Day Trainings May 13-17, 2013

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) which holds significant promise for improving the treatment of psychotic disorders. The Insight Partnership, a UK-based CBTp training initiative, has partnered with the California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH) and Family Services Agency of San Francisco’s Felton Institute to bring a series of one-day CBTp trainings to California to increase awareness of this essential practice.

These trainings, led by CBTp experts Dr. Doug Turkington and Dr. David Kingdon, will describe the basic elements of the practice as well as provide data on the effectiveness of CBTp techniques. During each of the one-day trainings they will share examples of a tiered level training in this approach, as well as facilitate discussion around how to train diverse teams in CBTp skills for implementation in their communities.

Mental health directors, service managers and lead clinical staff are invited to take part in this exciting opportunity.

Registration for a one-day training is $150 and includes lunch and coffee service. To view the locations and corresponding dates, go to the registration page at: http://cimh.networkofcare4elearning.org/EventDetail.aspx?pId=150&OrgId=223.

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Save the Date June 6, 2013

Integrated Care: A Roadmap for the Future Workforce Building Momentum for Change in Graduate Education

With funding from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Greater Bay Area Mental Health & Education Workforce Collaborative (Regional Partnership) is pleased to announce a one-day conference on Behavioral Health-Primary Care Integration on June 6th, 2013 at the California Endowment Conference Center Oakland. Partnering with CalSWEC, and the CalMHSA Integrated Behavioral Health Project, this event is targeted towards graduate level faculty in local social work, MFT, psychology, counseling and nursing programs, along with public mental health leaders. One of the keynote speakers includes Alexander Blount, EdD, Director, Center for Integrated Primary Care, Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School. The conference will also include panel presentations on current Bay Area integration efforts, along with a multi-disciplinary academic panel. The goal of this conference is to educate and build momentum for graduate level training programs to support the behavioral health workforce needs of the public system. For questions and registration information, please contact Kimberly Mayer, kmayer@cimh.org.

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The California Innovations Summit: The Triple Aim as a

Framework for Improving the Health of Clients with Complex Mental Health, Substance Use and Physical Health Conditions

May 22-23, 2013 At the recent Thirteenth Annual Behavioral Health Information Management Conference and Exposition, “Addressing the Needs of Mental Health, Alcohol, and Other Drug Programs”, Dale Jarvis quoted Don Berwick, former CMS Administrator, as saying,

“Our nation is at a crossroad. The care we have simply cannot be sustained. It will not work for health care to chew even more deeply into our common purse. If it does, our schools will fail, our roads will fail, our competitiveness will fail. Wages will continue to lag, and, paradoxically, so will our health. The choice is stark: chop or improve.”

Health care improvement is defined by improving the quality of the care, the health of populations, and reducing costs associated with care. While we know what the Triple Aim is, the question for systems responsible for improved care, health, and reduced costs for clients with complex mental health, substance use, and physical health conditions is how do we achieve it? The California Innovations Summit: The Triple Aim as a Framework for Improving the Health of Clients with Complex Mental Health, Substance Use and Physical Health Conditions will be two days of exploring how to work collaboratively in California to achieve the Triple Aim. Coordinated and integrated care is key and significant change among all involved in health care is needed and happening across the state. Roles between clients, their families and providers are changing to allow for person-centered care and shared decision-making. Systems level leadership is placing an increased emphasis on collaboration, shared goals, and redesign principles. Health plans are introducing payment reform and incentivizing coordination and improved care. Provider teams of primary, substance use, and mental health care are focusing on changes in service delivery design, clinical practices, client self management, and clinical information systems.

Keynote speakers at the Summit that will help to further inform Triple Aim efforts in California include Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH, Director (Emeritus), The MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, Group Health Research Institute Senior Investigator; Jurgen Unützer, MD, MA, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Director, AIMS Center, CiMH Care Integration Collaborative Co-Chair; and Dale Jarvis, CPA, Dale Jarvis & Associates, LLC. Day One of the Summit will introduce five panel presentations on innovative care coordination and integration models that highlight key changes and strategies for Triple Aim achievement with complex clients from across the state. Day Two of the Summit consists of small group discussions that will shape recommended next steps to improve the field’s shared understanding of the key themes from innovative integration models. Day Two will also encourage development of key partnerships that will advance the integration of care in California. The Summit will publish conference proceedings documenting recommendations and action plans to inform state and local policy and practice.

Register Now!

http://cimh.networkofcare4elearning.org/EventDetail.aspx?pId=126&OrgId=223

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Announcing the New CiMH YouTube Channel CA MH & Substance Use Policy Forums, EBPs, AB 109 and…

It is with much excitement that we announce the creation of a new CiMH YouTube Channel. The Channel was created on September 26, 2012. In keeping in line with the trends of technology and current video presentation/training formats, we began this process with our last two California Mental Health & Substance Use Policy Forums. Today, without much advertisement, we have 1,065 Lifetime views. Our most watched Playlists are: February 2013 California Mental Health & Substance Use Policy Forum, Evidence Based Practices and Realignment – AB 109.

As we continue to load trainings, conferences, and courses, we would encourage you to subscribe to the CiMH YouTube Channel by completing the following form on Google and you will receive updates. If you have other questions, contact Alice J. Washington at awashington@cimh.org. Finally, locate the CiMH YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CiMH2125/videos?flow=grid&view=1.

Playlists

The Channel is best viewed using the playlists we have created. The playlists are a compilation of videos that are centered on the following topics:

Realignment – AB 109 California Mental Health & Substance Use Policy

Forums California Primary Care and Mental Health

Integration Initiatives Child and Family Services Co-occurring Disorders Evaluation, Outcomes and Accountability Evidence Based Practices Health Care Reform Local Mental Health Boards and Commissions Small County Spirituality and Mental Health

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AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Please read on to learn about our upcoming events!

The California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH) is a statewide provider of training and technical assistance to county mental health for the implementation of AB 109 Public Safety Realignment. Through our AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Webinar Series, online learning communities, statewide symposiums and regional forums, CiMH aims to promote the use of best practice models for improving public safety and promoting recovery for persons with mental health and substance use needs in community corrections supervision. Webinar Recordings Available Online! Since the enactment of the legislation, the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Webinar Series has delivered webinars on the following topics. (Recordings of these webinars are available on our website or on the CiMH YouTube Channel or http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtnjn3qYJROhwbdaHfyMQz0ir_2KD_oUV) .

AB 109 The Basics: An Overview of the Statues and Rules Created Under Realignment The Napa County Model: Collaboration and the Use of Evidence-based Strategies Understanding Criminogenic Needs and Principles of Evidence-Based Risk/Needs

Assessment Improving Outcomes for People with Mental Illness under Community Corrections

Supervision An Evidence-based Model of Seamless Reentry for Reentering Individuals with

Substance Abuse Needs Clinical Practice Issues for Effectively Treating Criminogenic Risk The Forensic ACT Model (FACT): Merging Recovery-centered Mental Health Services

and Criminal Justice Evidence-based Practices to Address Criminogenic Needs Gender-responsive Assessment and Treatment for Justice-involved Women in

Community Supervision Initiating Programs for Sex Offenders: An Overview

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Upcoming AB 109 Events

Innovations in Multi-Systems Collaboration to Support Recovery and Successful Community Re-Integration

Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM This webinar will feature panel presentations from two counties. The presenters representing the perspectives of behavioral health, community corrections, housing, and employment services will share how their collaborations evolved, strategies that strengthened their relationships, and other key factors that contributed to their successful collaborations.

Building a Partnership: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration In San Joaquin County

Panelists: Vic Singh, Director of San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services Kayce Rane, Consultant for San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services Stephanie James, San Joaquin County Chief Probation Officer County Re-Entry Work Program (C.R.E.W.): A Coordinated AB 109 Pilot In Glenn County

Panelists: Scott Gruendl, Director of Glenn County Health and Human Services Agency Brandon Thompson, Glenn County Chief Probation Officer Pedro Bobadilla, Principal Program Specialist for Glenn County Human Resource Agency

Increasing Access to SSI/SSDI Benefits for Justice-involved Persons with Disabilities

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM SOAR (The SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery program), a project of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a nationwide technical assistance program that helps people who are homeless or at risk for homelessness to access SSA disability benefits. This webinar will provide an overview of the SOAR curriculum with examples of how the model can help local corrections and community transition staff negotiate and integrate benefit options with community reentry strategies for justice-involved persons with mental illness and other co-occurring conditions to help assure best outcomes. Building a Partnership: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration in San Joaquin County

Panelists: Kristin Lupfer, Associate Director for the National SOAR Technical Assistance Center at Policy Research Associates, Inc. Dazara D. Ware, Senior Project Associate for the National SOAR Technical Assistance Center at Policy Research Associates, Inc.

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Improving Public Safety and Promoting Recovery Monday, May 13, 2013 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM A symposium on best practices for mental health, substance use and community corrections collaboration Location:

Doubletree by Hilton Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA 95815

Online Registration: $75-$100 Click on link to register: www.cimh.org/events Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fred Osher, Director of Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments Justice Center Improved Efficiency and Better Outcomes through Collaboration: Senior leadership in mental health, substance abuse, social services and community corrections systems will learn best practices and create action plans for strengthening collaborations to improve public safety and promote recovery. Small Discussion Group Topics:

Collaborative decision making among leaders across all systems Cultivating a workforce that will embrace cross-system collaboration and communication Sharing information across systems Coordinating assessment, care and sanctioning across systems Addressing all supports and services for clients Using efficiency to maximize dollars

Who Should Attend? County supervisor; county administrative officer; agency director; chief probation officer; sheriff; members of the community corrections partnership; and senior managers responsible for policy development and management of AB 109 public safety realignment programs in county mental health; substance use; social services; and corrections systems.

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Working Well Together Peer Certification Summit May 17, 2013 in Sacramento

On May 17, 2013 county mental health directors and administrators, state and county Workforce Education and Development (WET) leaders and staff and county and county-contracted Peer Support leaders and providers - including adult consumer, youth, family member and parent/caregiver Peer Specialists - will convene in Sacramento to provide final input on recommendations to the State of California regarding the certification of peer providers working in public mental health and integrated health care settings. This day-long summit is being conducted by Working Well Together (WWT), under the statewide technical assistance center contract with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), and is supported by WWT’s mission to ensure public mental health agencies are prepared to recruit, hire, train, support and retain multicultural clients, family members, parents and caregivers as employees in the public mental health system.

Why Peer Support?

Studies of drop-in centers have shown that they are associated with high satisfaction and increased quality of life, enhanced social support and problem-solving (Mowbray & Tan, 1993). One study found case management services plus a peer specialist counselor were associated with enhanced quality of life, fewer major life problems, and greater gains in social support for those receiving such services than for those receiving case management services without a peer (Felton et al., 1995). A study of a one-to-one peer support program for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems found that program participants had fewer crisis events and hospitalizations, improved social functioning, greater reduction in substance use, and improvements in quality of life compared to a non-matched comparison group (Klein, Cnaan, & Whitecraft, 1998).

Why Certification?

Statewide certification provides a number of benefits. Those benefits include the formal validation of the role of peer providers; standardization of quality of services; provides information on competencies to employers; provides scope of practice that consumers, family members and parent/caregivers benefit from and can be attached to the ability to bill Medi-Cal for services provided.

Federal Support for Certification

In 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disseminated a set of guidelines by which states could develop Peer Support Providers and Peer Support Services. Guidelines require minimally a state plan to: train and certify/credential Peer Providers; address the supervision of Peer Providers; and ensure care coordination in the context of a comprehensive and individualized plan of care.

WWT Peer Certification Accomplishments

WWT accomplishments to date concerning Peer Certification includes the research and development of a report on existing Peer Certification Standards nationally and across the state, entitled “Certification of Consumer, Youth, Family and Parent Providers: A Review of the Research” (WWT Report); conducting five regional meetings with stakeholders and topic experts to identify and report on efforts, and barriers towards certification in California as reported in “Certification of Consumer, Youth, Family and Parent Peer Providers: A Summary of Regional Stakeholder Meeting Findings”;; and conducting the upcoming statewide meeting with key stakeholders and topic experts to review, identify, report on current efforts, barriers and finalize next steps as recommendations to State.

To register for the Summit (which is no-cost)

To register, please click: Peer Certification Summit Registration or go to http://wwtsummit4capeercertificationmay17.eventbrite.com/

Pre-Summit Webinars:

April 17, 2013, 10am-12pm Pre-Summit Webinar: “Validating Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health & Beyond” Click to register: Registration for Webinar 1 or go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2616381725625962240

April 30, 2013, 10am-12pm Pre-Summit Webinar: “Advancing Peer Support through Statewide Certification” Click to register: Registration for Webinar 2 or go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1440382571642605056

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Federal Support for Certification

In 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disseminated a set of guidelines by which states could develop Peer Support Providers and Peer Support Services. Guidelines require minimally a state plan to: train and certify/credential Peer Providers; address the supervision of Peer Providers; and ensure care coordination in the context of a comprehensive and individualized plan of care.

WWT Peer Certification Accomplishments

WWT accomplishments to date concerning Peer Certification includes the research and development of a report on existing Peer Certification Standards nationally and across the state, entitled “Certification of Consumer, Youth, Family and Parent Providers: A Review of the Research” (WWT Report); conducting five regional meetings with stakeholders and topic experts to identify and report on efforts, and barriers towards certification in California as reported in “Certification of Consumer, Youth, Family and Parent Peer Providers: A Summary of Regional Stakeholder Meeting Findings”;; and conducting the upcoming statewide meeting with key stakeholders and topic experts to review, identify, report on current efforts, barriers and finalize next steps as recommendations to State.

To register for the Summit (which is no-cost)

To register, please click: Peer Certification Summit Registration or go to http://wwtsummit4capeercertificationmay17.eventbrite.com/

Pre-Summit Webinars:

April 17, 2013, 10am-12pm Pre-Summit Webinar: “Validating Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health & Beyond” Click to register: Registration for Webinar 1 or go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2616381725625962240

April 30, 2013, 10am-12pm Pre-Summit Webinar: “Advancing Peer Support through Statewide Certification” Click to register: Registration for Webinar 2 or go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1440382571642605056