xxAACP Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2004
- 2004 Training Institutes on Systems of Care for Children
- Trauma Report Available
2004 Training Institutes on Systems of Care for Children
The biennial Training Institutes will be held June 23 - 27, 2004 in San Francisco, CA at the Hilton San Francisco. The 2004 Training Institutes will focus on developing local systems of care for children and adolescents with, or at risk for emotional disturbances, and for their families.
The 2002 Training Institutes, held in Washington, DC were attended by 1800
individuals representing a wide variety of disciplines, confirming an
extraordinary level of interest in training related to
the development of systems of care. The 2004
Institutes will offer an opportunity to obtain in-depth, practical information
on how to develop, organize, and operate comprehensive, coordinated,
community-based, family-focused, culturally competent systems of care,
and how to provide high quality, effective clinical
interventions and supports within them. The Institutes
will focus on improving policy and practice, reflecting the
importance and interdependence of both the system and the service
delivery levels. The 2004 Institutes will include a
special emphasis on early intervention, with a dual
focus on providing mental health services to young children
and their families and identifying mental health problems at an earlier
stage and providing appropriate interventions to
maximize the likelihood of positive outcomes.
The Institutes are sponsored and organized by the National Technical Assistance
Center for Children’s Mental Health at the Georgetown University Center
for Child and Human Development in partnership with the Child, Adolescent
and Family Branch of the federal Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration. For more information, contact the
National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at
Georgetown University, 3307 M. Street, NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC
20007, (202) 687-5000; email
institutes2004@mindspring.com;
Trauma
Report Available
The National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning
(NTAC) is proud to announce the release of Developing Trauma-Informed Behavioral
Health Systems: Report from NTAC’s National Experts Meeting on
Trauma and Violence August 5-6, 2002 Alexandria, VA.
The August 2002 experts meeting was designed to accomplish several goals: 1)
to review and assess progress made in the states since the first national
experts meeting, identifying major successes and
remaining challenges; 2) to identify and re-energize
leadership in the states on this issue; 3) to ensure coordination
of trauma initiatives with other related NASMHPD priorities; 4) to
consider the new opportunities that have emerged in
the environment since the events of 9/11/01; and 5) to make specific
recommendations to NASMHPD, the states, and other
organizations and groups concerning next steps in creating trauma-informed
systems of care. This important new report is an attempt to summarize
the proceedings of the experts meeting for those who attended and all
those who are seeking more information on creating
trauma-informed mental health systems.
While the report was not published in print form, you may access the final
version online at www.nasmhpd.org. If you have any questions or comments
about this report, please feel free to contact the NTAC office. National
Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health
Planning, National Association of State Mental Health
Program Directors 66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 302,
Alexandria, VA 22314; (703) 739-9333, ext. 131; (703) 548-9517 fax,
www.nasmhpd.org
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