Systems of Care: The Road Ahead for Policy and Practice
Monday, October 23
Program 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Reception 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Click here to register online
(Please note: Registration for this program is separate from your AACAP Annual Meeting registration and needs to be paid for separately.)
Click here to download the registration form*
This program brings national and state experts together to define optimal approaches in meeting the needs of children with mental illness in systems of care. It focuses on four aspects of practice in the mental health service delivery arena: 1) governmental policies, practices, and initiatives; 2) the role of advocacy efforts in supporting and driving change on behalf of youth and families with mental illness at political and clinical levels; 3) the clinical challenges for the child psychiatrist and other mental health professionals participating in clinical service planning activities under a system of care orientation; and, 4) a review of the national research on outcomes data in the evaluation and guidance of efforts to improve the efficacy of service delivery in systems of care.
The opening session is a two-part presentation by public agency administrators and child psychiatric clinical directors that discusses policy directions at the federal, state, and local level with specific reference to the roles, opportunities, and challenges faced by child psychiatrists working within or interfacing with public sector service systems. Gary Blau, Ph.D., Director of the Child and Adolescent Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services, leads the session with a discussion of the federal program and Penelope Knapp, M.D., Medical Director for California’s Department of Mental Health, discusses California’s statewide approach, and the integration of federal and state mandates at the local level is addressed by the administrative and clinical leadership within the County of San Diego. The second session explores avenues for system change in the arena of advocacy with presentations by Rusty Selix, J.D., who organized California’s highly successful initiative (Proposition 63) to raise funds for mental health service delivery expansion and innovation and Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, who discusses the family’s role in advocacy at the national level. The panelists end the session with a discussion of the child psychiatrist’s role in advocacy efforts in collaboration with families. The third component is in the form of a clinical practicum experience with both didactic presentation and experiential learning addressing the challenges and practices necessary to conduct a successful Child Family Team meeting. The final presentation reviews the challenges and opportunities and strengths and weaknesses of efforts to assess outcomes in systems of care with specific focus on the outcomes evaluation processes within the San Diego system of care model. Implications for the field and for other jurisdictions are reviewed.
While all systems of care have core commonalities, each country, state, and local community’s needs are unique. Program presentations review these commonalities and differences within the context of a best practices perspective with focus on the tasks required in development, enhancement, and maintenance of such local systems of care. The opportunities and challenges faced by child and adolescent psychiatrists working in these settings are identified and the examples of successful and unsuccessful methods of collaboration with family, public agencies, and community entities are discussed.
The cost of the symposium is $75.00 for pre-registrants (by September 15, 2006), $120 after and onsite (if available). Medical students and residents are FREE, but must preregister. The fee includes a continental breakfast, lunch, reception, and CME credits. Confirmations are mailed to you within three weeks of receipt of your registration. Registrations received after September 15 may not receive a confirmation. SPACE IS LIMITED—REGISTER EARLY! For further information about the program and scholarship opportunities for residents, please call Kristin Kroeger Ptakowski at 202.966.7300, ext. 108
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Monday, October 23
Program 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Reception 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Click here to register online
(Please note: Registration for this program is separate from your AACAP Annual Meeting registration and needs to be paid for separately.)
Click here to download the registration form*
This program brings national and state experts together to define optimal approaches in meeting the needs of children with mental illness in systems of care. It focuses on four aspects of practice in the mental health service delivery arena: 1) governmental policies, practices, and initiatives; 2) the role of advocacy efforts in supporting and driving change on behalf of youth and families with mental illness at political and clinical levels; 3) the clinical challenges for the child psychiatrist and other mental health professionals participating in clinical service planning activities under a system of care orientation; and, 4) a review of the national research on outcomes data in the evaluation and guidance of efforts to improve the efficacy of service delivery in systems of care.
The opening session is a two-part presentation by public agency administrators and child psychiatric clinical directors that discusses policy directions at the federal, state, and local level with specific reference to the roles, opportunities, and challenges faced by child psychiatrists working within or interfacing with public sector service systems. Gary Blau, Ph.D., Director of the Child and Adolescent Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services, leads the session with a discussion of the federal program and Penelope Knapp, M.D., Medical Director for California’s Department of Mental Health, discusses California’s statewide approach, and the integration of federal and state mandates at the local level is addressed by the administrative and clinical leadership within the County of San Diego. The second session explores avenues for system change in the arena of advocacy with presentations by Rusty Selix, J.D., who organized California’s highly successful initiative (Proposition 63) to raise funds for mental health service delivery expansion and innovation and Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, who discusses the family’s role in advocacy at the national level. The panelists end the session with a discussion of the child psychiatrist’s role in advocacy efforts in collaboration with families. The third component is in the form of a clinical practicum experience with both didactic presentation and experiential learning addressing the challenges and practices necessary to conduct a successful Child Family Team meeting. The final presentation reviews the challenges and opportunities and strengths and weaknesses of efforts to assess outcomes in systems of care with specific focus on the outcomes evaluation processes within the San Diego system of care model. Implications for the field and for other jurisdictions are reviewed.
While all systems of care have core commonalities, each country, state, and local community’s needs are unique. Program presentations review these commonalities and differences within the context of a best practices perspective with focus on the tasks required in development, enhancement, and maintenance of such local systems of care. The opportunities and challenges faced by child and adolescent psychiatrists working in these settings are identified and the examples of successful and unsuccessful methods of collaboration with family, public agencies, and community entities are discussed.
The cost of the symposium is $75.00 for pre-registrants (by September 15, 2006), $120 after and onsite (if available). Medical students and residents are FREE, but must preregister. The fee includes a continental breakfast, lunch, reception, and CME credits. Confirmations are mailed to you within three weeks of receipt of your registration. Registrations received after September 15 may not receive a confirmation. SPACE IS LIMITED—REGISTER EARLY! For further information about the program and scholarship opportunities for residents, please call Kristin Kroeger Ptakowski at 202.966.7300, ext. 108
*Denotes Adobe PDF file.
Click here to download the free Adobe Reader for pdf files.
