Eleven people representing eight organizations throughout the Buckeye State attended the Ohio SE CCOE's outcomes-based management training this spring, entitled "Client-Centered Management for Supervisors of Supported Employment (SE) Services." The training was presented by Linda Carlson, LMSW, of the University of Kansas' School of Social Welfare.

One of the hallmarks of effective clinical supervision is real-time observation of service providers at work in the community with consumers. Ric Kruszynski, MSSA, LISW, LICDC, tells a story from his experience that illustrates how 20 minutes of clinical supervision in the community with immediate feedback helped one team member refine her approach and transform a woman's recovery journey.

At the Northeast IDDT Regional Stakeholders meeting in May, participants shared challenges and emerging solutions to implementing and sustaining family psychoeducational programs and enhancing the recruitment and retention of service team members. Family psychoeducation is a core component of the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) model.

The Ohio SE Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) kicked off one of its main initiatives for this year on March 25 by hosting the first Regional Stakeholders Meeting in the state. These meetings will take place regularly in different regions of Ohio to encourage professional peer-support networks among individuals from multiple disciplines and multiple systems of care.

Three of our consultant-trainers joined the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) by attending a three-day training event at Atwood Lake Conference Center from April 29 through May 1. The Center for Evidence-Based Practices is participating in the MINT initiative as a way to add to the pool of advanced MI consultants and trainers in Ohio. MI is an evidence-based treatment.

The 2008 Ohio Supported Employment Conference drew close to 200 participants from Ohio and 10 additional states, demonstrating the growing national interest in this evidence-based practice. Gary Bond, PhD, of the ACT Center of Indiana was a keynote speaker. Listen to highlights of our conversation with presenters and participants, including stories of consumer recovery.

The State of Ohio's commitment to helping people with substance use disorders and mental disorders reduce and eliminate the use of harmful tobacco products entered a new phase on December 7, 2007 with the Tobacco Cessation Kick-Off Event, which was held at Southeast, Inc., a community-based behavioral health care organization in Columbus.

Over 400 people from communities throughout Ohio, 12 other states, and overseas convened in Columbus, Ohio on October 2 & 3, 2007 for the seventh annual Ohio SAMI CCOE/ IDDT Conference. The event featured two keynote plenary sessions and 36 workshops. Learn what some presenters and conference participants have to say about the implementation of Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT).

The fidelity review (or assessment) provides a formal mechanism for independent evaluation of evidence-based practices (EBPs), such as Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) and Supported Employment (SE). The fidelity review is not an audit or accreditation process. It is strictly a quality-improvement process that provides program managers and implementation teams with information about an organization's progress with EBP implementation.

A Research Infrastructure Grant (RIG) awarded to the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University has enabled the Center to expand its capacity to access and analyze fidelity-review data gathered from service organizations that are implementing Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) and/or Supported Employment (SE).