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TARGETED INSTITUTES
TARGETED INSTITUTE #1 9:30 AM SUNDAY • SUN A
Operationalizing a System of Care: Strategies for Serving High-Risk Children and Youth
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. Wraparound Milwaukee’s Theory of Change as it relates to youth with a history of behavior which could represent
an ongoing risk to others
2. How to use interventions developed for youth with sexual behavior problems and their families as an example of
applying system of care values and evidence-based practices to a special need population
3. How to use data to build and sustain services that challenge traditions beliefs about “what works” with youth who
are deemed “high-risk”
4. Strategies for developing, sustaining, and communicating outcome data and data on program fidelity
This Targeted Institute will focus on the treatment of youth with a history of risky behavior requiring specialized
interventions strategies and will provide examples of community-based implementation of evidence-informed practices
within a system of care to address the needs of high-risk youth.
The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on the experience of Wraparound Milwaukee. In recognition
of the need, Wraparound Milwaukee developed specialized, evidence-informed practices and procedures to serve
families affected by youth who have been harmful to others. The approach involves the application of wraparound
principles to serving youth that have exhibited sexually harmful behavior and youth with other community safety
concerns. Faculty will highlight the process and strategies necessary to create a credible, community-based approach to
youth with risky behavior that involves juvenile justice, mental health, and other stakeholders.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• An introduction to the approach to service planning and delivery used by Wraparound Milwaukee
• A theory of change for the population of youth identified with complex, high-level risks and needs
• Considerations and cautions when identifying high-risk youth
• Examples of procedures and tools for identifying high-risk youth
• Applying behavior change theories (e.g., Porchaska’s Stage of Change, Risk and Resiliency, and Social Learning
Theory) to the treatment of high-risk youth
• Guiding principles for reducing risk and recidivism
• The politics of accountability: The why, what and how of assuring fidelity and outcome data
This Targeted Institute will include a group activity to create a family story and to create strategies for engagement
related to community safety and youth development.
The faculty team will include both a clinician and program evaluator. The clinician has developed and oversees
programming within the Wraparound Milwaukee system of care for youth with a history of sexually harmful and other
behaviors that are considered risky. The program evaluator has developed systems for tracking and gathering outcome
data, specifically with respect to recidivism outcomes with high-risk populations.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Steve Gilbertson, M.S., Clinical and Consulting Psychologist, Wraparound
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Pnina Goldfarb, Ph.D., Lead Evaluator, Wraparound Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Training Institutes 2012
SUNDAY, JULY 29 • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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