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Center for Evidence-Based Practices Advances Innovations for Behavioral Healthcare in 36 States, 5 Countries
Staff turnover in behavioral healthcare organizations has always been a
challenge for sustaining service innovations that improve quality of
life and other outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness
and addiction to alcohol, tobacco, opioids, and other drugs. The Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve
University celebrates its 20th Anniversary helping service systems and organizations advance workforce development to support and sustain best practices that improve quality of life and other outcomes for individuals and families. / The Center is supported by the Ohio Department of Medicaid.
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Training Available for Ohio’s Expedited SSI & SSDI Program
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)
has developed the Expedited SSI & SSDI Program as a way to reduce the
processing time of applications for disability determination for adults
with severe and persistent mental illness. OhioMHAS is training community-based behavioral health providers in the
state about the program, so they may assist
eligible individuals. Ohio providers may request an in-person training from OhioMHAS to take place
at their organizations.
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Supported Employment in Ohio Gets Boost with Training Series
The State of Ohio continues to expand its commitment to employment for
people with severe mental illness, and the Center for
Evidence-Based Practices is helping to make this happen with consulting and evaluation services and a statewide training initiative. The training series is designed for organizations implementing Supported Employment/Individual Placement and Support (SE/IPS), the evidence-based practice. The series is supported by the Ohio
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. / Next up: September 29 & 30, 2016 in Columbus, OH.
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Stages of Behavior Change, Employment Promote Housing Stability
Our
Center presents an important training that provides an introduction to the effects of
substance use and abuse on emotion, cognition, behavior, and employment.
It explores stages of behavior and things to say and not say when
encouraging individuals through a process of personal change. Increase housing stability among
people with mental illness and substance use disorders. The training occurs on multiple dates at multiple locations throughout Ohio. This series is supported by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS).
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Conference 2012 Review: Over 300 from 19 States Attend 49 Workshops that Highlight EBPs, Health Homes for SMI
Our EBP conference featured a keynote plenary about the transformation of health and human services in Ohio and 49 workshops to improve the integration, management, and delivery of services to adults and adolescents with mental illness and substance use disorders. The event took place Oct 22 & 23. Our Center also presented Champion Awards to three outstanding organizations. Certificates of attendance and CEUs have been mailed. Free PDFs of many presentations are available online.
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Employment reaches 36 percent for people with mental illness in Ohio
An analysis of employment data from23 behavioral healthcare organizations in Ohio shows that 36 percent of people with serious mental illness who received evidence-based Supported Employment/Individual Placement and Support (SE/IPS) services were competitively employed in full-time or part-time jobs in September 2011. The number is significant, because the national average was 37 percent in that same month for similar services delivered at multiple organizations in 12 states as part of the Johnson & Johnson-Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program.
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