Training Institutes 2012 - National Technical Assistance Center for ...

Who We Are
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health was established at
Georgetown University in 1984 to strengthen the capacity of states, territories, tribes, and
communities to improve systems in order to meet the diverse and complex needs of children,
adolescents, and young adults with or at risk for serious emotional disturbances, and their families. A
carefully designed strategic approach to technical assistance and training has been established to assist
child-serving systems to improve both access and quality of service delivery as well as outcomes for
children and adolescents with mental health needs and their families. System of care values and
principles, including meaningful involvement of families and youth, guide the work of the center.
Activities and Offerings of the
National Technical Assistance Center
Technical assistance and training opportunities are offered by the center either through our ongoing
work or through cost-sharing with states, tribes, territories, and communities.
• National Training Institutes—The premiere national conference featuring practical information on
best practices across the nation in building comprehensive community service delivery systems.
• Expanding Systems of Care—Individual, ongoing support for states, tribes, and territories to
assist them in the widespread expansion of the system of care approach.
• National Policy Academies—Opportunities for high-level cross agency delegations to work
intensively on designing and implementing policies and practice to support their visions for
systems reform.
• Collaboration Across Mental Health, Education, Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, Substance
Abuse, and Developmental Disabilities Systems—Technical assistance and training, offered by
center faculty, with disability-specific expertise in effective collaborative interventions.
• Implementing Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Organizations’ Service Delivery
Systems—Technical assistance and training on understanding cultural and linguistic competence,
organizational self-assessment, and implementing culturally and linguistically competent service
delivery systems.
• Family-Driven, Youth-Guided Systems and Services—Technical assistance and training to
assure that authentic family and youth voice is incorporated into the day to day operations of
systems and organizations.
• Building Early Childhood Systems of Care—Technical assistance and training on all aspects of
early childhood mental health and community service systems to support the well-being of young
children and their families.