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INSTITUTE #19 8:30 AM FRIDAY • 1:30 PM SATURDAY • OSCEOLA 3-4
Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Assessment and Treatment
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OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To increase knowledge of evidence-based assessment and treatment for children, adolescents, and families to enable
the development of a continuing education seminar for mental health professionals
2. To develop skills to increase the use of evidence-based treatment tools and treatment techniques by mental health
professionals for commonly presented behavioral health concerns
3. To identify strategies for teaching and sharing evidence-based tools and techniques with both new and experienced
mental health professionals from diverse disciplines
4. To explain the importance of youth and family input into continuing education training, including the importance of
cultural considerations of assessment and treatment in the population being served
This Institute will focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a 15-week seminar for training mental
health professionals from diverse disciplines on the knowledge, skills, and use of evidence-based assessment and
treatment components with youth and their families. Faculty will describe efforts to train new and experienced mental
health clinicians on evidence-based assessment and treatment with children and families using a focused, short-term,
and interactive seminar approach.
There is a significant gap between clinical practice across the U.S. and the interventions with an evidence base
documenting that they lead to positive clinical change. Thus, there is a significant need to train and provide continuing
education to mental health professionals in the use of strategies which have been shown to produce positive outcomes in
children, adolescents, and families. Evidence-based interventions are now also focusing on the more flexible use of
evidence-based treatment components in addition to manualized treatment protocols, an approach that offers an
opportunity for diverse practicing clinicians to incorporate evidence-based practice elements into their work.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• The content of the evidence-based assessment and treatment seminar, including the four primary sections: 1) Assessment
Tools and Procedures, 2) Providing Psycho-Education and Family-Driven, Youth-Guided Treatment Planning; 3) Evidence-
Based Treatment Components (e.g., problem-solving skills, conflict resolution skills, behavior management, distress
tolerance); and 4) Diagnostic Specific Evidence-Based Treatment Components (e.g., exposure and response prevention)
• The process of the evidence-based assessment and treatment seminar, including the importance of using case-based
learning so that clinicians understand the feasibility and benefits of utilizing evidence-based approaches with the
population they serve, and teaching strategies that assist clinicians from diverse mental health backgrounds to see
how evidence-based approaches and skills can dove-tail with the approaches currently used by both new and
experienced clinicians
• Methods for evaluating the impact of the seminar on participants, including a pre-post Clinician Questionnaire and
post-seminar interviews with participating clinicians. The discussion will include: perception of evidence-based
practices; openness to learning and implementing evidence-based approaches; and knowledge, use, and skills of
assessment tools and treatment techniques
The Institute will include experiential activities, role plays, and videos to demonstrate various aspects of the
development, implementation, and evaluation of the seminar. The faculty team for the session will offer the
perspectives of the director of the clinical service, clinician-trainers, and participating staff clinicians.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Linda Alpert-Gillis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Clinical
Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Kenya Malcolm, Ph.D., Senior Instructor, Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jessica Pickard, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow, Strong Behavioral Health, University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, NY
Meagan Saile, L.M.H.C., N.C.C., Clinician, University of Rochester Medical Center: Strong Behavioral Health,
Rochester, NY
RESOURCE PERSON: Raquel Bateman, Ph.D., Graduate Psychology Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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