Playlist

Foundational Skills for CFTSS Providers

This playlist is a compilation of resources that address essential skills for CFTSS providers.  These resources are of a general nature and do not include specific guidance for each of the discrete CFTSS services.  They include foundational training on core competencies such as family-driven practice, trauma-informed care, engagement best practices and documentation.  These can serve as an introduction for new staff or a refresher for experienced staff.

Some of the trainings included in this playlist will bring you to our self-learning center. Please utilize the same login information you use to access our website or registration system and locate them under course catalog.

Assessment Overview and Basics: Best Practices and Application (Part 1)

Client system assessments are an essential component of quality treatment. An assessment is one skill social service providers use to develop interventions, treatment plans, and rapport.  “Assessment involves collecting and analyzing information about people with the aim of understanding their s...
Presenters:
Kara Dean-Assael, LaNail Plummer

Documentation Done Right Part 3: Tip Sheets

As part of the Documentation Done Right Workbook Series, these tip sheets provide useful information and best practices around documentation. Learn more about each resource below! Tip Sheet:  Documenting Evidence-Based Practices: This tipsheet outlines best practices when documenting the use of ev...
Presenters:
Anne Kuppinger, Naomi Weinstein, Yvette Kelly

Documentation Done Right Part 2: Workbooks

As part of the Documentation Done Right Workbook Series, these workbooks are designed to share best practices in documentation and provide users with exercises to practice these skills. Each stand-alone Documentation Done Right workbook targets a specific skill area and is available as a PDF. Choos...
Presenters:
Anne Kuppinger, Yvette Kelly, Naomi Weinstein

Documentation Done Right Part 1: Introduction

Documentation is an important component of delivering behavioral health services and has far reaching implications on the care of a participant. Wondering where to begin? Check out our resources that are designed to help you assess your strengths and weaknesses and offer guidance as to which workbo...
Presenters:
Anne Kuppinger, Naomi Weinstein, Yvette Kelly

Screening for Trauma in a Trauma-Informed and Bias Reducing Way in Children’s Mental Health Services

The goal of trauma-informed screening is to create a safe space to talk about trauma and toxic stress while simultaneously avoiding re-traumatizing children or their parent/caregivers. In this webinar, Dr. Crawford discusses conducting trauma screening in children’s mental health along with her me...
Presenters:
Dana E. Crawford

Best Practices for Telehealth

*Note: This webinar will not address recent OMH guidance on Telehealth. For OMH guidance on the COVID-19 Crisis, please click here.Technology is playing an increasingly significant role in the field of mental health care given the recent changes to mental health in-person service delivery due to COV...
Presenters:
Allura Ralston

Family Alignment Series: Caregiver Engagement Strategies - Part I

The first of two webinars designed to present the evidence for the critical role of caregivers and provide practical strategies and approaches to increase practitioner comfort with and success in engaging caregivers. Part I will focus on ways providers can effectively engage caregivers/parents in th...
Presenters:
Geraldine Burton, Jayson Jones, Kara Dean-Assael, Lydia Franco, Yvette Kelly

Family Alignment Series: First 30 Days - Assessment and Goal Setting

The first 30 days of treatment is a critical time in which to engage and set the foundation for treatment. This webinar will present strategies on engagement, assessment, and goal-setting that will support a more positive and collaborative relationship between providers and families.
Presenters:
Geraldine Burton, Lydia Franco, Yvette Kelly
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