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The annual conference of the National Alliance to End Homelessness to be held in July in Washington, DC will feature two workshops on CTI, both scheduled for the afternoon of July 13. The first, co-led by Dan Herman of Columbia University & NYS Psychiatric Institute and Laura Morris of Resources for Human Development, Inc. will focus on working with single adults. The second workshop, focused on homeless families, will be led by Judith Samuels of New York University & Nathan Kline Institute. We hope to see you there!
June 29, 2010
Jeffrey Olivet and Sam Johnston (both from the Center for Social Innovation) and Dan Herman (Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute) led a panel presentation at the 3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation held in Bethesda on March 15 and 16, 2010. The team described finding from their recently completed pilot study of web-based CTI training for social workers and other staff working in homelessness service settings. This study, a collaborative project carried out with support from NIMH, tested a virtual community of practice approach to supporting providers as they developed needed skills and specific plans to implement CTI in their organizations.
March 17, 2010
Columbia University will offer the first academic course on CTI to social work graduate students. Entitled, Facilitating Continuity of Care for Vulnerable Populations in Critical Transitions: Applications of CTI, the course is part of the school’s advanced generalist practice sequence. Dr. Fang-pei Chen, an assistant professor at the school, plans to offer the seven week course during the spring semester of 2010. The course will address risk factors and strengths of a variety of vulnerable populations in transition; introduce the CTI model, its practice skills, and supervision; and explore its broader applications. For the final assignment, students will be asked to conceive and design a transitional service model adapting the approach and strategies employed in CTI. For further information, please contact Dr. Chen at fc2208@columbia.edu
November 10, 2009
The Center for Social Innovation has issued a final evaluation report on its NIMH-funded effort to develop and pilot test a web-based CTI training and implementation support model for social workers and other staff working with homeless persons. This innovative project, which brought together experts in CTI, adult and team-based learning theories and multi-media technology, was the initial phase in what is hoped to be an ongoing initiative intended to make web-based training on CTI and related interventions broadly available to providers and to evaluate the effectiveness of such training. According to the report, initial results are quite promising; high levels of completion, knowledge development and satisfaction were reported by most trainees. Most encouraging, however, is that 80% of trainees reported that they had actively begun to implement CTI in their agencies within 30 days of completing the course. The complete report is available here.
October 30, 2009
Dan Herman of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and New York State Psychiatric Institute gave an invited presentation on CTI at the 2009 meeting of the NIMH Outreach Partnership Program in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 30. The program partners with national and state organizations, including local branches of NAMI and mental health associations to strengthen the public health impact of research by disseminating the latest scientific findings; informing the public about mental disorders, alcoholism, and drug addiction; and reducing the associated stigma and discrimination.
March 31, 2009
The Center for Social Innovation (formerly the Institute on Homelessness and Trauma) has launched a new initiative to provide online training for social workers on evidence-based practices. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, this innovative effort will reach social workers who might not otherwise be able to access training, and improve care by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to provide services that are supported by strong research evidence. Their efforts will begin with CTI. In collaboration with a team from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, they will develop web-based CTI training and implementation support materials and test the materials with social workers in the field. The initial round of pilot training began in March, 2009. If successful, CSI and the Columbia team hope to offer training more broadly in 2010. For further information, contact Tara Vary at CSI at tvary@center4si.com.
January 15, 2009
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