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kHabitat A residential program for boys who have witnessed family violence, this program incorporates family work as well. It won a Dare to Dream award. 1999: Catalyst A residential program for young people with complex mental health issues. EXIT Youth Shelter (Calgary) EXIT provides shelter to young people (12-17) who are in conflict with their parents, away EXIT van from home or homeless or who have left their Child Launched as a complement to services provided Welfare placement. at EXIT Community Outreach, the van provided 2001: mobile outreach services for many years to In-Home Support youth downtown at night. Today, the van visits The Home Connections program offers a more disadvantaged communities and offers onsite convenient way to serve clients who are unable counselling, referrals and food. to come to Wood’s Homes. It works with all family 1992: members, in the home, school or community. Altadore In Canmore, there is a satellite program. Wood’s Homes started a home in this community Our Lady of Lourdes for girls struggling with solvent- and sexual-abuse, A day treatment service offered just at St. Anthony called Summit Lodge. In 1997, Altadore started School. In 2005, the program moved to its current as a transition to adulthood service for males and location with the new name of Our Lady of Lourdes. females 12-17. Over the past few years this program expanded to 1995: include 8 community classrooms that support both Eagle Moon Lodge the educational and treatment needs of students Derived from the Canadiana Centre in 1991, Eagle from across the city. Moon Lodge (which at one time was Lone Pipe Research Department Lodge, then Summit Lodge) launched in 1995 as its Wood’s Homes begins measuring program and own distinct fee-for-service program. client outcomes by collecting and analyzing data 1997: throughout the year. Foster Care Network A tender for standard foster care became available and Wood’s Homes applied for this tender in order to solidify a continuum of care for the children, youth and families which they served. 14 k Wood’s Homes Research Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) Wood’s Homes has been reporting client outcomes using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for over 10 years to guide individual client treatment plans and overall service provision by programs. CAFAS is a multi-dimensional rating tool that consists of eight subscales: school/work, home, community, behaviour towards others, moods and emotions, self-harm, substance use and thinking. Each of the subscales are used to assess the degree of functional impairment in children, ages (6 to 17), with behavioural, emotional or substance-use problems. In 2012, Wood’s Homes saw the highest average CAFAS intake score in the past five years. Across all programs and services that utilize CAFAS, the average intake score was 105.6 which indicates that our clients were experiencing moderate functional impairments in many aspects of their lives. However, the average overall change in score was also the highest Wood’s Homes has reported in the last five years. This demonstrates that the treatment, services, and strategies provided by Wood’s Homes have a positive impact in the lives of the clients who were discharged in 2012. On average, 70% of Wood’s Homes clients demonstrated decreased functional impairment at the time of their discharge (n=159). In addition, 87.5% of the programs at Wood’s Homes demonstrated positive CAFAS outcomes during this reporting year (n=14). ** denotes a change from Fiscal to Calendar reporting 23 WH_SocietyAR 2012.indd 14 17/06/13 11:39 AM WH_SocietyAR 2012.indd 23 17/06/13 11:39 AM
k Wood’s Homes Research The Evolution of Outcome Tracking at Eastside Family Centre Eastside Family Centre (EFC) has been providing no-charge, single-session counselling for individuals, couples and families since 1990. It was created to address the barriers to accessing mental health services in northeast Calgary. Clients will typically wait no more than 25 minutes to be seen. The team of therapists includes a consulting psychiatrist and the use of a two-way mirror (upon client consent). In 2012, 2,225 clients accessed EFC services. Since its start, EFC has been tracking data and over approximately six years, data has been recorded on such things as demographics, referral source, presenting concerns, distress, and satisfaction. Clients are asked to fill out a form up arrival and after the session, they are asked to complete a follow-up form – which asks about post-session distress as well as satisfaction with the services received. This information however, has never been linked to a single client, which means that it has not been possible to look at interactions between variables or predictors of outcomes. Furthermore, prior to this data collection, the Research Department had not used software to perform advanced statistical analysis. In August 2012, Wood’s Homes began tracking information about each individual client who accesses the singlesession therapy. This allows for a better picture of client characteristics, provides a deeper understanding of the factors that predict a client’s post-session outcomes, and facilitates service follow-up. In the fall of 2012, a study was conducted to ascertain the feasibility of this pilot project on data-tracking. For six weeks, data was collected on all clients who attended a walk-in session at EFC (n=194). The pilot was very successful, and many interesting findings emerged. For example, there was a statistically significant decrease in distress from pre- to post-session (see graph below), which suggests that a singlesession of therapy can successfully decrease a client’s perceived distress. The study also led to the streamlining of data collection, entry, and analysis processes. It has since been determined that the tracking of client outcomes will continue for an indefinite period. Staff are very excited about what this will mean for both the clinical practice at EFC, as well as the potential contribution to the academic literature regarding benefits of single session therapy. 2002: Home Connections/Lethbridge This program is a combination of Family Preservation and Youth Mentoring. Family Preservation is in-home support given to highneeds families and Youth Mentoring is provided for youth (up to 18). 2003: Collingwood/14th Street The Collingwood/14th Street program is a supported, parented home with more supervision than a foster care setting provides. Youth are taught how to live independently and successfully in the community. Emergency Youth Shelter/Lethbridge This service began after a youth shelter committee was formed following a community forum on homelessness. The shelter is modelled after the EXIT Youth Shelter in Calgary. ROMP The Recreational Opportunities Mentorship Program (ROMP) developed from a recreational committee called ACORN that recognized the benefits of outdoor experiences for troubled youth. New Outlook A program in partnership with VRRI (now Vecova), New Outlook is a transitional program for young adults (18-24) with complex mental health concerns and a long history with Children’s Services and Justice. 2004: Wheatland County/Strathmore Crisis stabilization, long-term group care and in-home family support located in Strathmore in two parented and staff-supported homes. k2005: Exceptional Needs Program (U12) Short-term residential services for very troubled children under 12, who cannot manage in the community, in a foster home or at home. 2007: Capitol Hill Stabilization A residential program for children (6-12) in the community of Capitol Hill, it provides a refuge for children who have broken down or are at risk of breaking down, current Child Welfare placements. 2008: Fort Smith, N.W.T. (Trailcross Treatment Centre) Wood’s Homes provides therapeutic residential treatment for young people living in the North. Children’s Village School In a partnership with Calgary Board of Education, Wood’s Homes provides the treatment component of learning to elementary students who have displayed difficulty in community school settings. Data collected November, 2012 to January 2013 22 15 WH_SocietyAR 2012.indd 22 17/06/13 11:39 AM WH_SocietyAR 2012.indd 15 17/06/13 11:39 AM
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