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Friday Morning • May 18, 2012
Implementing Individual Placement & Support within ACT
This session illustrates how to identify key components of the Dartmouth Individual Placement & Support (IPS)
Fidelity Scale to improve employment outcomes for vocational specialists and other team members.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Identify the principles of IPS; 2) Compare traditional
Vocational Rehabilitation Models with IPS. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE
BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS; 50% DIDACTIC, 40% PARTICIPATORY, AND 10%
EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenter: Michelle Fassler, MA, Certified Benefits Planner, IPS Supervisor, Places for People, St. Louis, Missouri
Getting Out of Recovery’s Way: Rural ACT in Michigan and California
This workshop provides a comparison of approaches to treatment barriers in rural California and Michigan. We
will discuss the blending of Evidence Based Practices, Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment, DBT and Peer Support
Specialists to support recovery within ACT programs. A review of recent programmatic outcome data will take
place. There will also be opportunity for discussion and brief problem solving.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Identify barriers to treatment and strategies to enhance
therapeutic partnerships; 2) Implement a blending of EBPs to support the recovery of ACT consumers. CONTENT
IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS; 85% DIDACTIC and 15% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Lynn T. Johnson, MA, ACT Program Supervisor, Northcare Regional Family Psychoeducation
Supervisor /State Trainer, Pathways Community Mental Health, Marquette, Michigan; Carol Stanchfield, MS,
MFT, Program Director AACT & AOT, Turning Point Providence Center, Grass Valley, California
Implementing ACT with IDDT: Lessons Learned
This presentation provides an overview of the initiative in Franklin County, Ohio, to simultaneously implement
ACT and IDDT. The content includes a description of impetus for the initiative, how both EBPs were rolled out
in the local system, and lessons learned since the inception of the initiative. Facilitators will share challenges and
strategies as well as outcomes data.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Identify successes, challenges and barriers with the
simultaneous implementation of both IDDT and ACT; 2) Describe the core implementation structures to support
simultaneous multiple EBP implementation; 3) Describe the outcomes achieved by this collaborative. CONTENT
IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS; 70% DIDACTIC, AND 30% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, Consultant and Trainer, Center for Evidence Based Practices, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio; Jon Ramos, BA, Program Coordinator, Ohio Coordinating Center for ACT, Cincinnati, Ohio
Using a “Step Up” Group for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders
Transitioning from Act
Faced with maximum capacity at the ACT level, community programs have needed transition plans. Individuals
with co-occurring disorders and high utilization of mental health services have posed the greatest challenges moving
to less intensive case management. This workshop explores a unique “Step Up” approach using an independent
living skill-based group work.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Use clinical data and LOCUS to identify members who
would benefit from the “Step Up” group; 2) Explain four methods that enhance attendance and participation to group;
3) Implement three clinical strategies to support individuals
during the transition. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR
PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS; 70% DIDACTIC, 20%
PARTICIPATORY, AND 10% EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenters: Jorge Duque, ASW, Vocational Specialist,
Group-Program Facilitator; Yelena Rybkina, BS, Personal
Service Coordinator II, Group-Program Facilitator, both of
STRIDES ACT Program of Alameda, Telecare Corporation,
Oakland, California
Promoting Quality Assertive Community Treatment Services & Integrated Systems-of-Care Models ACT Conference 2012