CENTER FOR EBPs

Patrick E. Boyle, MSSA ('89), LISW-S, LICDC
Director of Implementation Services
patrick.boyle@case.edu

In his role as Director of Implementation Services, Patrick oversees the technical-assistance services of all initiatives of the Center for EBPs at Case, including two coordinating centers of excellence that disseminate the evidence-based Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) and evidence-based Supported Employment (SE) models. The Center also disseminates other best practices and emerging practices, including the Ohio Tobacco & Recovery (TR) stages-of-change model, Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Benefits Planning ($BP). All of these service approaches are designed to improve quality of life and other outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness or co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders (see sidebars).

Patrick supervises a staff of consultants, trainers, and evaluators, and provides consultation, training, and evaluation to community-based service organizations, public and private psychiatric hospitals, and state, regional, and county boards in Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and The Netherlands. One of his primary messages to all behavioral healthcare professionals emphasizes the relationship among systems change, organizational change, and clinical change: he knows from experience that the three processes are equally important and interdependent.

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Two clips from conversations with Patrick. For more information, see the “Related Stories” section at the bottom of this page.

1.) The Importance of Regional Stakeholder Meetings (2m, 45s) Professional peer-networks disseminate lessons-learned in Ohio. | listen & learn more | get complete story |

2.) MI Supervision in a Team Setting (2m, 47s) Track #18 from "The Spirit of MI | Motivational Interviewing (Audio CD). | listen & learn more | get complete story |

ABOUT PATRICK (continued)

Patrick brings to his leadership role at the Center for EBPs experience in research and teaching and over 35 years in direct-practice, clinical supervision, and administration in the fields of addiction services, mental-health services, and employee-assistance programs. Before joining the Center, he provided employee-asssistance services and supervised a team of counselors who provided crisis interventions to people who experienced traumas while at work.

From this diverse professional history, Patrick has shaped the technical-assistance services of the Center for EBPs to emphasize the importance of organizational consultation that helps service providers become self-sufficient with implementing, evaluating, and sustaining clinical innovations over time. For example, he has learned that having service-team members participate in training events is only one part of a multi-step process for implementation. The training must be reinforced in practice with regularly scheduled and focused clinical supervision. Yet, he emphasizes, for this to occur, there must be policies in place at the administrative level that encourage and support this. For Patrick, clinical supervision does not focus on paperwork and productivity; rather, it focuses on the quality and effectiveness of clinical skills that enhance the relationship between clinicians and the people they serve.

Over the years, Patrick has ensured that the Center and its initiatives provide opportunities for professional peer-networking for providers throughout Ohio via conferences and regional meetings, where executives, program managers, clinical directors, team leaders, and direct-service providers can share stories about their experiences and, thus, disseminate lessons-learned to help each other avoid common pitfalls and adopt strategies that get results (see “Related Stories” below). Patrick has also ensured that the Center actively promotes and supports intersystem collaborations that maximize service efficiencies. Service-system collaborators have included professionals and advocates from mental health, alcohol and drug addiction services, vocational rehabilitation, health, housing, residential services, consumer advocacy groups, and criminal justice, among others.

Patrick earned a master’s degree from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in 1989 and is currently a doctoral candidate at the School. He is also an adjunct faculty member. He has contributed to several publications related to implementation of evidence-based practices and is co-investigator of a recently completed research study that investigated the impact of evidence-based Supported Employment (SE) services for people diagnosed with co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders who were also receiving evidence-based Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) (see “Related Stories” below).

In addition to maintaining a private counseling practice, Patrick also serves Mental Health America in Arlington, Virginia as the chair of the substance abuse and co-occurring disorders subcommittee. He is also a member of the public policy committee.

Written by Paul M. Kubek, MA, director of communications at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University, with contributions from Matthew K. Weiland, MA, writer and producer at the Center.

RELATED STORIES

Center creates regional stakeholder meetings to disseminate lessons-learned in Ohio

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RESEARCH STUDY:
The Impact of Supported Employment for Consumers with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders

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MINT initiative helps set agenda for future of motivational interviewing in Ohio

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The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing (2m, 47s)

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Advisory committee enthused by Tobacco Recovery readiness assessments, integration of new service model with IDDT

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