June 17 is the next event!/ Our Center is presenting an important training series as part of the Ohio Medicaid Health Homes initiative, which is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The event, titled "A Breath of Fresh Air: Promoting Health-Behavior Change among People with SPMI," is designed for health and behavioral healthcare organizations in Ohio. This event occurs on five different days in five cities from March to June, 2013. Learn how to support health-behavior change with stages of change, motivational interviewing, and an emphasis on tobacco interventions. Register online today. $0, Free./ CEUs, CMEs.

Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, of our Center will present a training session, titled "Why Won't My Clients Do What I Tell Them To?," at a meeting of the Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association (OCPOA) on Thursday, February 7. This session examines change from a client-centered perspective, drawing upon stage-wise principles (stages of change) and motivational interviewing. This training is designed for chief administrators of probation services and community control agencies and their staff.

If you or others you know are interested in earning a master's degree in social work and pursuing a career in clinical leadership for evidence-based practices that improve outcomes for vulnerable populations, contact the Leadership Fellows Program at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Qualified candidates with a bachelor's degree in any discipline will be considered. Study full time for two years. Full scholarships available.

Since 2004, Patrick Boyle of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices has been transferring knowledge about evidence-based practices from the center's work in Ohio and other states to the Netherlands. He's also been teaching an annual study-abroad course that takes health and human-service professionals and university students to the Netherlands to study with policymakers and service providers there.

Take an educational holiday overseas in March 2012. Several travel-abroad courses for Case Western Reserve University students are open to working professionals in health and human services. Join Patrick Boyle of the CEBP for his course, "Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Services," and a trip to the Netherlands (March 9 to 18). Other classes travel to Guatemala and Poland.

We have launched a new website and need your help with the transition by creating (or re-creating) your own membership account, which is free. The new "my account" feature helps you manage your event registration, resource downloads, and more. We have also moved the websites of our Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives to this new website, so remember to update any references to those links.

Part 1 of a series on mental health and addiction-services research and training initiatives at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Discover how the Center for Evidence-Based Practices transfers new treatment technologies to service organizations and hospitals in Ohio, 23 other states, and overseas.

Part 2 of a series on mental health and addiction-services research and training initiatives at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Discover what researchers at the Center on Substance Abuse and Mental Illness have been learning about prenatal exposure to cocaine, social networks of incarcerated women, and the Clubhouse model for adults with schizophrenia.

Part 3 of a series on mental health and addiction-services research and training initiatives at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Two faculty researchers team up with policymakers and service organizations to develop and test a research-informed intervention, called "Project RESTORE," for people with severe mental illness and addiction in the criminal justice system.

Part 4 of a series on mental health and addiction-services research and training initiatives at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. This research project examines the experiences of people with severe mental illness. It explores how their transitioning on and off Medicaid insurance might impact their access to the community-based services that are so essential for health, well-being, and recovery.