Maine NTI Kick Off Meeting July 14, 2016
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NTI Kickoff Meeting
Agenda & Review of Materials
Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) Adoption competent clinical services Adoption competency training for professionals Publications and educational programs Life skills programming for transitional youth www.adoptionsupport.org
“I was sitting in the hospital after trying to kill myself, and the social worker lady told me, I The Need should be happy that I was adopted, as my parents had gotten me out of the horrible “Every time I left my son’s orphanage.” therapist office I felt like a -Roberto (Age 14) failure. He is so angry at me for being white…when I try to bring it up, his therapist says we need to focus on his risky behaviors…” -Ana Alicia (Mother, age 51) -Antwoine (Son, age 15) African American
Adoption Competency
Who will NTI impact?
NTI Goals Build capacity Improve outcomes Complement existing initiatives
System Use of NTI Enhances collaboration through aligned child welfare and mental health curriculum. Can be integrated and infused in state child welfare and mental health training systems. Can address CFSR permanency and well-being program improvement plans as well as CFSP Training Goals.
NTI Objectives 1. Create 2. Deliver 3. Implement 4. Evaluate
National Advisors & Strategic Partnerships
Pilot Site Selection Criteria included: Representativeness Fit with system priorities and practice improvements System readiness Tribal participation QIC-AG participation
Pilot Sites • Arizona • California • Illinois • Maine • Minnesota • South Carolina • Tennessee • Washington
NTI Timeline 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2015-16 2014-15 Child Welfare Cooperative Child Welfare CW Curr . “close” MH Curriculum Curriculum Agreement Curriculum Pilot December ‘17 “close” June ‘18 Development Established Cohorts Outreach Mental Health Data Analysis, Jurisdictional Partners and Pilot State Curriculum Evaluation Scans to Invite Staff Joined, Implementation Development Findings Pilot Sites Infrastructure Teams Established Established Pilot Sites MH Curriculum Pilot Sites Systems Revisions Invited Assemble and CW Curriculum Outreach, MOA and DUA Convene Launch January MOA and DUA National Launch Initiated (April National ‘17 Initiated CW and MH ‘16) Advisory Curricula Board Implementation Implementation Implementation Teams add Teams Identify Specialists Hired Cohort groups, Cohort for monitor progress training Pilot States Kick of trainees Off MH Curriculum Launch August ‘17
Infusion of adoption mental health competencies in professional practice Integration of trainings into state training systems for sustained use, free of charge, by CW professionals and MH practitioners
Break Time!
Evaluation
Child Welfare Training Evaluation Outcomes Systems Impact- • Identify Facilitators and Barriers Infuse/Integrate into • Measure increase in array, adequacy, effective application of services Training System • Knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practice behavior change Worker/Participant Impact • Level of participation and satisfaction • Variation of outcomes by demographics • Develop web-based training Cost Analysis • Implement web-based training
Child Welfare Training Evaluation Data Collection Systems Impact- • NTI Staff and partners collecting data from state Infuse/Integrate into administrators, key informants, and implementation team benchmarks Training System • Data Collection measures embedded into curriculum, follow up survey 6 months post Worker/Participant training completion Impact • NTI staff and partners tracking progress of participants enrolled in course, provide feedback to sites • NTI staff and partners tracking comprehensive Cost Analysis cost analysis data
Web-based Training
The Benefits of Web-based Learning • Accessible and portable • Standardized • Self-paced and self – navigated • Easily updated • Provides opportunity for reflection
Unique Features of NTI Training • State-of-the-art evidence- informed curriculum • User engagement • Links to resources • Downloadable content • Drag and drop toolbox • 508 compliance • No cost to participants
For Whom is Training Designed? Child Welfare Professionals and Supervisors Mental Health Professionals who . . . who . . . Provide casework services for children in foster Provide clinical services for children in foster care care who have a goal of adoption/ guardianship who have a goal of and/or are preparing for adoption/ guardianship Prepare children/youth for adoption or guardianship Prepare parents/guardians for adoption/ Provide clinical services for parents/ guardians who guardianship of children from foster care. are preparing to adopt or assume guardianship of a child from foster care Provide support for families (both children and Provide clinical services for adoptive parents/ adoptive parents/guardians) in the immediate guardians and children/youth in the immediate post-placement period, prior to finalization post-placement period, prior to finalization Provide post-permanency/post-finalization Provide post-permanency mental health services casework services with adoptive with adoptive parents/guardians and parents/guardians and children/youth from children/youth, including those adopted through foster care private domestic and international adoption
Training Format Child Welfare Professional Training - 20 hours Child Welfare Supervisor Training - 23 hours Mental Health Practitioner Training - 25 hours Coaching for Mental Health Practitioners – 4 sessions
Training Demonstration
Curriculum Competencies • Children’s mental health needs • Attachment • Race, culture and diversity • Loss and grief • Trauma & brain development • Positive identity formation • Promoting family stability pre and post placement
Lunch Break
Implementation Kick-off
Adoptions Today Elevated risks for developmental, health, emotional and/or behavioral issues The impact of such experiences poses challenges for these children and their families at various times in the adoptive family life cycle
NTI Pilot – Child Welfare Training Phase 1 – April 2016-August 2016 Evaluation - includes state administrator's survey, identifying key informant Implementation - includes initial contacts with site contacts, jurisdictional to measure readiness, MOA’s and Data Use Agreements scans, calls, planning for kick off meeting, co-hosting kick off meeting Phase 2-September 2016-December 2016 Implementation - identify and convene implementation team, identify Evaluation - self study, implementation team survey, planning tool to cohort training groups and/or characteristics, define strategies for measure site characteristics, readiness, motivation, capacity recruitment, retention, completion of training course and supervisor modules Phase 3-January 2017-December 2017 Implementation – address barriers, implement coaching strategies, provide Evaluation - benchmarking tool to measure progress, achievement of feedback loop of progress of users, begin to integrate into policies, implementation standards of practice, and training systems
NTI Pilot – Mental Health Training Phase 1 – August 2016-January 2017 Evaluation - includes state administrator's survey, identifying key informant to Implementation - includes initial contacts with site contacts, jurisdictional scans, measure readiness, MOA’s and Data Use Agreements calls, planning for kick off meeting, co-hosting kick off meeting Phase 2-January 2017-August 2017 Implementation - identify and convene implementation team, identify cohort Evaluation - self study, implementation team survey, planning tool to measure site training groups and/or characteristics, define strategies for recruitment, retention, characteristics, readiness, motivation, capacity completion of training course and supervisor modules Launch Live Training Phase 3-August 2017-June 2018 August 2017 Implementation – address barriers, implement coaching strategies, provide Evaluation - benchmarking tool to measure progress, achievement of feedback loop of progress of users, begin to integrate into policies, standards of implementation practice, and training systems
NTI Responsibilities Access to web-based training Issuance of certificates of completion and CEUs Provision of technical assistance Guidance through implementation Assistance with communication & marketing
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