This fall, CACTI will be hosting a two-day Train-The-Trainer (TTT) event for experienced CTI practitioners! The training will allow individuals to become certified in training CTI workers, an especially valuable asset to have in-house for agencies unable to continually pay for external trainings of new employees. Previous training experience is preferred, but not required. Where:
A service collaborative of representatives from the District of Thunder Bay, supported by the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, received CTI training in May 2018. The aim of the service collaborative is to improve outcomes among people with mental health and addiction challenges following discharge from the hospital
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
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,
A collaboration between the New York State Office of Mental Health, the Center for Urban Community Services and the Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies will develop and test a modified version of CTI to enhance continuity of treatment, housing and community supports for adolescents being discharged from residential treatment facilities. These programs, which provide
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