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

Welcome!
Welcome to the 2012 Georgetown University Training Institutes. This is the
fourteenth biennial Institutes conducted by the National Technical
Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at the Georgetown
University Center for Child and Human Development. The Annie E. Casey
Foundation is a long-standing partner in supporting the Training Institutes.
This year, the Institutes are entitled, Improving Children’s Mental Health Care in an
Era of Change, Challenge, and Innovation: The Role of the System of Care Approach.
At this time of great change, old ways of doing business are being re-examined, and
reforms in health care and child-serving systems are underway to improve services and
outcomes. Answers and practical strategies are needed to address many critical issues.
The system of care approach has been at the forefront of providing effective strategies
and solutions. The 2012 Training Institutes will focus on innovative approaches, and
how lessons learned from systems of care can guide efforts to improve children’s
mental health service delivery in a dramatically changing environment.
The sessions offered at the Institutes will highlight strategies that work. During each
block of concurrent sessions, you can choose to attend either one Institute or two
Workshops. Each Institute and Workshop is offered twice so that you will have an
opportunity to attend the sessions of your choice. A selection of sessions specifically
focused on services in Native American communities is included
in the program, as well as our highly successful Youth
Leadership Track. In addition, the Institutes are
offering a series of Targeted Institutes
that will provide intensive training experiences
for participants involved in a variety of roles.
In all of these sessions, you will have a