OHIO SAMI CCOE

Ohio providers develop action plans for new tobacco intervention, stage-based approach to tobacco services for people with mental illness and substance use disorders

Representatives from nine community-based organizations and a state psychiatric hospital in Ohio attended a one-day training for “Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)”, a stage-based motivational service model that helps people diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance use disorders reduce and eventually eliminate the use of tobacco products. The event provided practical information and useful strategies for implementing TRAC services and featured Carlo DiClemente and other presenters.

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A brief TRAC consult regarding e-cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems

The topic of e-cigarettes came up at a recent TRAC Program Leader Training, held in Cleveland on October 1st, so the "Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)" intitiative at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University presents a summary regarding what is known to date about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), what are commonly called "e-cigarettes." 

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Conference 2010 to celebrate ten years of EBPs in Ohio, combine annual SAMI-IDDT & SE events, as well as tobacco recovery

Save these dates! The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University will host its next conference October 12, 13, and 14, 2010. The event, titled "Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices: The Next Ten Years", will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the State of Ohio's success with implementing EBPs for people diagnosed with mental illness. The event will highlight national EBP research and lessons-learned from EBP initiatives in Ohio and other states.

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SE pioneer Gary Bond provides an update on research, evidence for supported employment

Gary Bond, PhD, digs into the researech evidence and explains why Supported Employment (SE) is one of the most sought-after service models for people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. He also foreshadows the coming of two emerging best practices—cognitive rehabilitation and supported education—which will likely augment SE and enhance consumer outcomes.

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Michele Robinson helps young woman with co-occurring disorders re-enter community after prison by providing supported employment

Michele Robinson is an employment specialist embedded in an Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) team, which serves people diagnosed with co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders. She shares a story about a woman in her twenties who started her teen years and adult life with the odds stacked against her.

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7 Core principles of supported employment, the evidence-based practice

Supported Employment (SE), the evidence-based practice, helps people diagnosed with severe mental illness or co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders find competitive jobs of their choice in local communities with rapid job-search and placement services. There are seven core principles that make the evidence-based SE model different from traditional vocational programs.

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Motivational Interviewing training event, practical resources for clinical supervisors

Clinical supervisors who provide meaningful supervision of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skill-development must be equipped with some essential tools, including skill-evaluation, clinical feedback, and planning. This event is designed for supervisors at organizations that provide services to people diagnosed with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders. . . . This one-day event will take place on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in Columbus, Ohio. Register online today.

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Training event: IDDT implementation strategies for program leaders, team leaders

This two-day event on September 1 & 2 in Cleveland, Ohio is designed for program leaders and service-team leaders who are involved in the process of implementing a high-fidelity IDDT team. It offers practical ideas, resources, tools, and methods for succeeding with implementation. This event will emphasize interaction and collaboration among participants, who will engage in problem-solving and action-planning scenarios in small groups. Participants will also learn effective methods for quality supervision.

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Benefits Planning | The Basics: The Argument for Employment

This training event is designed to provide participants with basic information about the impact that employment earnings have upon benefits such as SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, and Medicare. The training focuses on the concerns about benefits that consumers (beneficiaries) have which may keep them from searching for employment. Learn to support and promote informed choice among consumers.

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New Benefits Planning Tool Kit now available

This new resource is especially helpful for case managers, vocational specialists, employment specialists, and other service providers who do not need to be experts in benefits counseling but want to be more informed about the cash benefits and medical benefits that people diagnosed with severe mental illness and other disabilities often receive. Learn about eligibility requirements, income limits, work incentives, and more.

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Evidence Matters Newsletter

We recently mailed the first issue of our new printed newsletter, "Evidence Matters." A free PDF is available from our web site. Please distribute it to anyone who is interested in enhancing services for people diagnosed with severe mental illness.

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New full-day supervisor's training emphasizes importance of motivational interviewing

Service organizations that are integrating or wish to integrate Motivational Interviewing (MI) into their daily routines and organizational structures have a new resource available to them. It’s a full-day supervisor’s training, which was designed by consultants and trainers at the Center for EBPs who are members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

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The impact of Supported Employment for consumers with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

The primary purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of who gets referred to evidence-based Supported Employment (SE) services and what characteristics predict entry into competitive employment for adult consumers diagnosed with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.

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Benefits Planning web site supports new consulting and training services, provides practical resources

• Program/organizational consultation
• Introductory and advanced training
• Onsite consulting (coaching) following the training
• Consulting for supervisors and team leaders

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9th All-Ohio Institute on Community Psychiatry

The All-Ohio Institute is the creation of the Public Psychiatry Program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. It is designed as a multidisciplinary celebration of community mental-health services. This year's conference, presented in collaboration with the Winter Meeting of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists, focuses on the integration of mental health care with a variety of disciplines to enhance care to consumers. Special attention will be given to the integration of mental health and physical healthcare, trauma-informed care and disaster mental health. The event will take place on Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Hilton Cleveland East/Beachwood Cleveland, Ohio.

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