OVERVIEW

  Please Note:

• Ohio providers: Free for ACT team members; $30 for others
• Non-Ohio ACT providers: $125
• Our registration system will ask you to identify your ACT status.
• If you have questions, contact us via email: cebp-admin[at]case.edu

Abstract

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a widely researched service delivery model for individuals with mental illness (and co-occurring substance abuse) who experience consistent, severe symptoms and who benefit from regular, intensive treatment from a multidisciplinary team of trained mental health professionals.  Participants of this workshop will learn the Core processes involved in the operations of an ACT team.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the ACT Core process of Integrated Assessment.
• Discuss the Treatment Planning Process for ACT teams.
• Describe the timeline for the core processes.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Organizations that are interested in and/or in the process of implementing and utilizing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), the evidence-based practice. Examples of those who should attend include the following:

• Program managers
• Team leaders
• Team members 
• Quality Improvement (QI) specialists

LOCATION

State Library of Ohio

Description:

Lodging & Travel Details:

1. Hampton Inn & Suites
   501 N. High Street
   Columbus, OH  43215
   (614) 559-2000
   http://shortnorth.org/businesses/hampton-inn-suites/ 
2. Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
   33 E. Nationwide Blvd.
   Columbus, OH  43215
   (614) 461-4100
    http://shortnorth.org/businesses/crowne-plaza-downtown/ 
3. Hilton Columbus Downtown
   401 N. High Street
   Columbus, OH  43215
   (614) 384-8600
   http://shortnorth.org/businesses/hilton-columbus-downtown/

Registration Policies & Instructions

Online Registration

• Each person must register online with his or her own email address (work or personal email) and password and include contact information.
  • This also applies to walk-in registrations (see Walk-In section below).

• The data you enter via online registration helps us manage events from start to finish (e.g., seating, rosters, payments, attendance, certificates).
• We do not accept registration via paper mail, fax, or email.
• Payment by check is not a form of registration.

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What We Need from You

• Register online
  
  • Click green "Register Now" button.
  • Provide the required information (e.g., email address; password).
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• Select sessions/workshops (check boxes in left column of Agenda tab).
• Select CEUs.
• Pay registration fee (see Payment Policies tab).
• Open, print, save a copy of your event-confirmation email (see Tech Tip #1 & #2 above) to confirm your online registration..
• Sign-in at the event.
• Attend the entire event.
• Provide any required post-event information, if applicable (e.g., attendance code).

Signing In

• Sign-in at each event typically begins before the posted start time.
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• Bring a copy of your event-confirmation email to the registration table.
• Seating is reserved for those who pre-register.
• Seating is not guaranteed for those who walk-in (see Walk-In section below).

Certificate of CEUs

• Fulfill the requirements listed above.
• We will mail you a continuing-education certificate after the event.
• This may take several weeks.

Certificate of Attendance

• If you do not need CEUs but do need proof of attendance, select the "certificate of attendance" box in the Questions section of the online registration form.

Walk-In Registration

• Only if seating is available; no guarantees.
• First-come, first-served.
• Pay your registration fee at the event.
• Fulfill the requirements listed in "What We Need from You" section above.

• You must create a free account on our website as soon as possible. We will add your registration information only after you create your account.

Need Help?

• See Tech Tip #1 & #2 above.
• Contact us (click here).

Payment Policies & Instructions

When to Pay

• Please pay your registration fees in advance of your attendance at the event.
• Each person must register online (see Registration Policies tab).

Pay by Credit Card

• We have added online credit card payments for our events via the Quikpay system of Case Western Reserve University.
• If the option appears on your event of choice, you may pay online when you register or anytime before the registration deadline. Sign in to your account, go to your event of choice or to the "my account" section, "my events" tab.
• Our website will redirect you to Quikpay.
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  • Do not close your web browser.
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• Quikpay will send you a payment confirmation email. 
• Quikpay will also add a payment confirmation to the "my account" section, "my events” tab of your membership account on our website.

Pay by Check

• We do not accept registration via paper or fax, so payment by check is not a form of registration.
• Make checks payable to the following:
  
  • "Case Western Reserve University."
• Include this in memo section of your check:
  
  • "Center for EBPs; LC: 7164."
• Send your check or money order via US Mail to our main office.
  
  • See the "Contact Us” section of our website for the most current address (click here).
• We will apply your payment to the "my account" section, "my events” tab of your membership account on our website and send you a payment-confirmation email.
• Use your payment-confirmation email for your organizational reimbursement process.

For Organizations

• Organizations that pay for multiple registrants must include on the check the first name and last name of each person for whom payment is being made.
• We will apply the payment to the "my account/my events" section of each person’s membership account on our website.
• Each person at your organization must create his or her own membership account (see "Registration Policies” section).
• We do not accept registration via paper or fax, so payment by check is not a form of registration.

Past-Due Payments

• Individuals with past-due payments to the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University (or its Coordinating Center of Excellence initiatives) will not be able to register for an event until all outstanding payments have been received.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

• No refund requests will be honored if they are postmarked after the registration deadline listed in the right column of this page.
• Refunds are subject to an administrative processing fee.
• Cancellations and requests for refunds should be submitted to the following:

cebp-events@case.edu