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Maine NTI

Kick Off Meeting

July 14, 2016

This Initiative is funded through the

Department of Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and Families,

Children's Bureau, through a Cooperative

Agreement, Grant #90CO1121.

The contents of this publication do not

necessarily reflect the views or policies of the

funders, nor does mention of trade names,

commercial products or organizations imply

endorsement by the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. This information

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credit the National Adoption Competency

Mental Health Training Initiative.

NTIKickoff

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

The Need

“Every time I left my son’s therapist office I felt like a 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

“I was sitting in the hospital after trying to kill myself, and the social worker lady told me, I should be happy that I was adopted, as my parents had gotten me out of the horrible orphanage.”

-Roberto (Age 14)

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

Cooperative Agreement Established

Partners and Staff Joined, Infrastructure Established

Assemble and Convene National Advisory Board

2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Child Welfare Curriculum Development

Jurisdictional Scans to Invite Pilot Sites

Pilot Sites InvitedMOA and DUA Initiated (April ‘16)

Implementation Specialists Hired

Pilot States Kick Off

Child Welfare Curriculum Pilot Cohorts Outreach

Pilot State Implementation Teams Established

CW Curriculum Launch January ‘17

Implementation Teams add Cohort groups, monitor progress of trainees

CW Curr. “close” December ‘17

Mental Health Curriculum Development

Pilot Sites MH Systems Outreach,MOA and DUA Initiated

Implementation Teams Identify Cohort for training

MH Curriculum Launch August ‘17

MH Curriculum “close” June ‘18

Data Analysis, Evaluation Findings

Curriculum Revisions

National Launch CW and MH Curricula

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-Infuse/Integrate into

Training System

Worker/Participant Impact

Cost Analysis

• Identify Facilitators and Barriers

• Measure increase in array, adequacy, effective application of services

• Knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practice behavior change

• Level of participation and satisfaction

• Variation of outcomes by demographics

• Develop web-based training

• Implement web-based training

Child Welfare Training Evaluation Data Collection

Systems Impact-Infuse/Integrate into

Training System

Worker/Participant Impact

Cost Analysis

• NTI Staff and partners collecting data from state administrators, key informants, and implementation team benchmarks

• Data Collection measures embedded into curriculum, follow up survey 6 months post training completion

• NTI staff and partners tracking progress of participants enrolled in course, provide feedback to sites

• NTI staff and partners tracking comprehensive 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

who . . .

Mental Health Professionals who . . .

Provide casework services for children in foster

care who have a goal of adoption/ guardianship

Prepare children/youth for adoption or

guardianship

Provide clinical services for children in foster care

who have a goal of and/or are preparing for

adoption/ guardianship

Prepare parents/guardians for adoption/

guardianship of children from foster care.

Provide clinical services for parents/ guardians who

are preparing to adopt or assume guardianship of a

child from foster care

Provide support for families (both children and

adoptive parents/guardians) in the immediate

post-placement period, prior to finalization

Provide clinical services for adoptive parents/

guardians and children/youth in the immediate

post-placement period, prior to finalization

Provide post-permanency/post-finalization

casework services with adoptive

parents/guardians and children/youth from

foster care

Provide post-permanency mental health services

with adoptive parents/guardians and

children/youth, including those adopted through

private domestic and international adoption

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 Format

TrainingDemonstration

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 3-January 2017-December 2017

Evaluation - benchmarking tool to measure progress, achievement of implementation

Implementation – address barriers, implement coaching strategies, provide feedback loop of progress of users, begin to integrate into policies,

standards of practice, and training systems

Phase 2-September 2016-December 2016

Evaluation - self study, implementation team survey, planning tool to measure site characteristics, readiness, motivation, capacity

Implementation - identify and convene implementation team, identify cohort training groups and/or characteristics, define strategies for

recruitment, retention, completion of training course and supervisor modules

Phase 1 – April 2016-August 2016

Implementation - includes initial contacts with site contacts, jurisdictional scans, calls, planning for kick off meeting, co-hosting kick off meeting

Evaluation - includes state administrator's survey, identifying key informant to measure readiness, MOA’s and Data Use Agreements

NTI Pilot – Mental Health Training

Phase 3-August 2017-June 2018

Evaluation - benchmarking tool to measure progress, achievement of implementation

Implementation – address barriers, implement coaching strategies, provide feedback loop of progress of users, begin to integrate into policies, standards of

practice, and training systems

Phase 2-January 2017-August 2017

Evaluation - self study, implementation team survey, planning tool to measure site characteristics, readiness, motivation, capacity

Implementation - identify and convene implementation team, identify cohort training groups and/or characteristics, define strategies for recruitment, retention,

completion of training course and supervisor modules

Phase 1 – August 2016-January 2017

Evaluation - includes state administrator's survey, identifying key informant to measure readiness, MOA’s and Data Use Agreements

Implementation - includes initial contacts with site contacts, jurisdictional scans, calls, planning for kick off meeting, co-hosting kick off meeting

Launch Live Training

August 2017

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

Pilot Site Responsibilities

Identify team members

Plan for technical capacity for training

Provide feedback

Recruit target users

Collaborate with NTI

Tasks of the State Implementation Team (SIT)

Develop and execute the implementation plan

Monitor data collection

Build buy-in

Nurture relationships

Integrate training

Continue engagement with practice leaders and advocates

Activities of the SIT

Identify and recruit target users

Determine participation requirements

Determine timing for pilot participation

Develop communication plan

Key Decisions for Today:

Prioritize target users

Discuss outreach and recruitment

Explore technology and logistics

Determine communication strategies

Where do we go from here?

Debbie Riley, Chief Executive Officer, C.A.S.E.Riley@adoptionsupport.org 301.476.8525

Dawn Wilson, Director, NTIWilson@adoptionsupport.org 828.455.2315

Lisa Maynard, Implementation SpecialistArizona, Maine, Minnesotamaynard@adoptionsupport.org 585.507.7588

Joanne Trinkle, Implementation SpecialistCalifornia, Washingtontrinkle@adoptionsupport.org 518.265.5344

Mary Wichansky, Implementation SpecialistIllinois, S. Carolina, TennesseeWichansky@adoptionsupport.org 240.606.4846

Laura Arroyo, Administrative Supportarroyo@adoptionsupport.org 301.476.8525

June Dorn, Federal Project Officer, Children’s BureauJunedorn@acf.hhs.gov