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

WORKSHOPS
The basis for the strategies to be taught come from the real life experiences of the youth themselves and the guidance
they received from key individuals in their lives. Specific topics to be covered include:
• Helpful suggestions for working with youth who are in the process of discovering their cultural and sexual identities
• Critical elements that can change the course of successful navigation of identity development
• The complexity of cultural and sexual identity development that is compounded by mental health challenges due to
life circumstances, such as involvement with the child welfare system
• Specific advice will be offered to parents/caregivers, professionals, and other youth about how to best provide support
and guidance
The youth panel will present their own individual PowerPoint presentations that are a combination of pictures, narrative,
music lyrics, poems, quotes, and self-expression to tell their stories and communicate the major themes they wish the
audience to take home. The audience will have an opportunity to interact with the panel members during the
presentation. Additionally, we will have the capacity for live tweeting by the audience during the presentation to hear
your reactions/responses live to what the youth panel is sharing and provide a basis for our interactive discussion. The
faculty team will primarily share the perspectives of the youth and young adult panel members.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Ken Martinez, Psy.D., Principal Researcher and Mental Health Content Specialist,
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health, American Institutes for Research, Corrales, NM
Tyrus Curtis, Youth Wellness Specialist, Brooklyn, NY
Carlos Garcia, Youth Leader, New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations., Montclair, NJ
WORKSHOP #20 8:30 AM FRIDAY • 3:30 PM SATURDAY • CAPTIVA 1-2
Integrating a System of Care Approach into Pediatric Medical Homes
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To define the term pediatric medical homes and to describe the underlying principles that align with the system of
care approach
2. To identify key structural components of a team-based model that integrates mental health and primary care
3. To identify concrete strategies and tools for engaging primary care providers in a system of care through application
of an evidence-based quality improvement framework
4. To identify policy issues pertaining to the pediatric medical home as a hub for integrated behavioral health services
This Workshop will focus on practical strategies for integrating systems of care and pediatric medical homes,
identifying components of an integrated model and factors related to sustainability of this approach. Faculty will
highlight strategies for integrating behavioral health and primary care including embedded clinical services, provider
trainings, integrated governance councils, and evidence-based quality improvement processes. Faculty will also discuss
the sustainability of pediatric medical homes as a hub for sustainable, integrated behavioral health services in an
environment of changing healthcare systems.
The approaches to be presented are based on the work of the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services in piloting MYCHILD—a model that embeds an early childhood
mental health clinician and family partner into three pediatric medical homes and the Boston Healthcare for the
Homeless program.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• The evolution and principles of pediatric medical homes
• A rationale for linking systems of care with pediatric medical homes, emphasizing the natural alignment of core
principles related to family-driven, culturally competent, coordinated care between the two frameworks
• Structural components of a model that integrates mental health into pediatric medical homes, including
multidisciplinary teams, embedded family partners and clinicians, family-driven care plans, and a quality
improvement process
• Application of an evidence-based quality improvement process, a Learning Collaborative, to facilitate the integration
of mental health and primary care
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