People who are aging and who have mental health conditions often experience accelerated aging and may experience difficulties engaging with service providers. This learning community will explore knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for working with these residents. We will:  Identify strategies for engagement with older residents using positive and strengths-based interventions. Review a multi-dimensional wellness model. Discuss how this holistic philosophy can be applied to assessment, interventions, programming and access to community resources. Register HERE

Join us for a six webinar series intended to provide a comprehensive overview, with practical applications, of Foundational Community Supports (FCS) documentation. What do the webinars cover? Each webinar covers a specific type of documentation and addresses Medicaid requirements and the importance of the connection between assessments, service plans, and progress notes, known as the Golden Thread. Who should attend? These webinars are for FCS staff responsible for service provision and documentation and emphasize interactive activities with practical applications. We recommend...

In this month's learning community session we will talk about the normative or evaluative function of supervision. The presenters will discuss how to develop a cooperative alliance, clarify staff roles and tasks, ensure that work is performed in a manner consistent with agency policy and professional norms and ethics. In addition, we will answer questions and share pertinent experiences and resources. Register HERE.

Many individuals and agencies work hard to make sure that Foundational Community Supports is operational and successful.  Join us for this opportunity to hear how we are doing and  to pat yourself on the back for your part in it. Register HERE.

Peer coaching monthly webinar Each month Coordinated Care offers a chance for you to connect with expert peers from across Washington State. Sessions will vary around topics such as DBT Skills, Trauma Informed Peer Support, Whole Person Healing and much more! Webinars will include An explanation of the topic, why it is important, and how to implement the tools in one-on-one and group peer settings. Time for live Questions and Answers. Upcoming sessions Supervision Strategies for CPC's: Getting the most...

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual Meetings The Northwest MHTTC is partnering with the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North...

Join us for a six webinar series intended to provide a comprehensive overview, with practical applications, of Foundational Community Supports (FCS) documentation. What do the webinars cover? Each webinar covers a specific type of documentation and addresses Medicaid requirements and the importance of the connection between assessments, service plans, and progress notes, known as the Golden Thread. Who should attend? These webinars are for FCS staff responsible for service provision and documentation and emphasize interactive activities with practical applications. We recommend...

Join us for a six webinar series intended to provide a comprehensive overview, with practical applications, of Foundational Community Supports (FCS) documentation. What do the webinars cover? Each webinar covers a specific type of documentation and addresses Medicaid requirements and the importance of the connection between assessments, service plans, and progress notes, known as the Golden Thread. Who should attend? These webinars are for FCS staff responsible for service provision and documentation and emphasize interactive activities with practical applications. We recommend...

Join us for a six webinar series intended to provide a comprehensive overview, with practical applications, of Foundational Community Supports (FCS) documentation. What do the webinars cover? Each webinar covers a specific type of documentation and addresses Medicaid requirements and the importance of the connection between assessments, service plans, and progress notes, known as the Golden Thread. Who should attend? These webinars are for FCS staff responsible for service provision and documentation and emphasize interactive activities with practical applications. We recommend...

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are hosting a meet-up for non-provider ACT stakeholders who assume a role...