Wraparound Training and Resources
Wraparound Skills: Online Trainings
MassHealth-CBHI developed a series of free online and interactive trainings to promote high fidelity Wraparound. You can access these trainings on the MA TA DSRIP Marketplace website: https://www.ma-dsrip-ta.com/trainings/csa-trainings/
CSA Wraparound Training and Coaching: Skill Sets for Wraparound
The MA Statewide Wrap Coaching team created these tools to support ongoing training and coaching in service to high fidelity Wraparound practice. These resources provide a breakdown of the skills that Care Coordinators and Family Partners need to practice high fidelity Wraparound. For guidance on how to use these tools, download the PDF or WORD version for the Family Partner or Care Coordinator Skill Sets Overview and Complete Set. If you would like to search and sort the skill sets for each role, download the XLSX document next. You can also download the FP and CC Initial Training cards. Laminated versions of these cards are distributed to anyone who completes the Wraparound Fundamentals Training Program or the Training and Coaching Wraparound for Supervisors training series
- Family Partner Skill Sets Overview and Complete Set XLSX | PDF | Word
- Family Partner Initial Training Cards PDF | Word
- Care Coordinator Skill Sets Overview and Complete Set XLSX | PDF | Word
- Care Coordinator Initial Training Cards PDF | Word
Theory of Change Grid
Vroon VanDenBerg states that the Theory of Change (TOC) is the theoretical foundation of the wraparound process, it’s why wraparound works. It shows how the wraparound process will create sustainable outcomes and why it’s different from other services. The TOC grid is broken out into four key components. The chart offers examples of wraparound activities that align with the TOC. This tool should be used in supervision and regular practice for CCs and FPs to ensure that families attain long-term success. PDF | Word
Resources to Support Wraparound and Family Centered Care
MassHealth-CBHI curated a list of free online resources that include e-learning modules, webinars, videos, and other helpful documents relevant to working with children and families.
https://www.ma-dsrip-ta.com/trainings/online-resources/
National Wraparound Initiative (NWI)
This organization works to promote understanding about the components and benefits of care coordination using the Wraparound practice model, and to provide the field with resources and guidance that facilitate high quality and consistent Wraparound implementation.
Supporting Youth and their Families in Crisis Training
In the fall of 2020, the Office of Behavioral Health at MassHealth under the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) requested providers of Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) and In-Home Therapy (IHT) attend Supporting Youth in Crisis and their Families, a training facilitated by Kappy Madenwald, MSW, LISW. The training was offered over fifteen times to program directors, supervisors, and frontline staff, including in-home therapy clinicians, TT&S worker, care coordinators, and family partners.
Demand for the training was very high, so the training was recorded to ensure providers can continue to utilize it as a resource. Staff who were unable to secure a spot at one of the live sessions can now learn all of the content by watching this video. In addition, provider agencies/programs have the option of adding this training to their existing staff training requirements.
This training introduces or reinforces key core competencies in supporting children in crisis and their families, including:
- Delivering youth and family-centered, instead of “expert” driven care
- Engaging parents as collaborators
- Delivering strength-based services instead of services that are focused on deficits/barriers
- Delivering services that are intended to be harm-reducing and crisis-resolving
- Minimizing iatrogenic harm in the delivery of crisis intervention supports and services
- Application of core competencies in safety planning with youth and families
- Delivering mobile crisis services within the construct of a broader, crisis system of care
Continuing Education (CE) credits are not available for the training recording.
Video: Crisis Training CBHI
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Outpatient Therapy Training and Resources
Coordinating Care for Youth in Outpatient Therapy: Online Traininig
In collaboration with the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center at the Department of Mental Health, MassHealth-CBHI developed this This brief online training to explains the care coordination responsibilities that outpatient therapists have for their clients birth to 21 years.
https://www.cbhknowledge.center/op-online-training-resource/
Tip Sheet for Outpatient Clinicians
This resource provides outpatient clinicians with information about their roles as Hub providers, as well as links to other resources to enhance their effectiveness as members of a youth and family’s team.
Assessment and CANS Training
Assessment and Clinical Understanding: Online training
MassHealth-CBHI commissioned the Assessment & Clinical Understanding training in response to the need for improved assessment and clinical formulation skills. Thise training is designed for In Home Therapy (IHT) clinicians, Intensive Care Coordinators (ICC), Outpatient therapists and their supervisors. For more information on how to enroll, visit https://cbhitraining.org/
CANS Training and Certification
This training is for clinicians in certain levels of care who will be providing behavioral health assessments to MassHealth children and youth under the age of 21. These clinicians are required to complete this training and certification in order to provide behavioral health assessments to MassHealth children and youth under the age of 21 if they are enrolled as a MassHealth provider or as network providers in one of MassHealth’s contracted managed care entities. Click here to access the CANS Training and Certification homepage.
https://masscans.ehs.state.ma.us/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Default.aspx
In-Home Therapy Practice Profile
In partnership with the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center and in-home therapy providers across the state, MassHealth-CBHI developed a practice profile for in- home therapy (IHT). A practice profile is defined by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) as a tool for operationalizing the core elements of a program or practice. Itthat breaks down large concepts such as “engagement” into discreet skills and activities that can be taught, learned, and observed. The IHT Practice Profile, along with other tools to support practice, is housed on theMassHealth-CBHI partnered with the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center to create a practice profile for In Home Therapy. Click here to access the practice profile and other tools.website. https://www.cbhknowledge.center/iht-practice-profile-1
Additional Resources
The Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center
Based in the Department of Mental Health, the Knowledge Center is a close partner with MassHealth-CBHI and supports the dissemination of best practices in children’s behavioral health.
Adolescent SBIRT Toolkit for Providers
This is a step-by-step health care providers’ guide to prevent and address substance use disorder among youth. It was developed through a partnership of the Massachusetts Departments of Public Health (DPH) and Mental Health (DMH), and the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP).
Caring Together
Caring Together is the result of Department of Mental Health (DMH) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) developing joint service standards, program specifications and management structures to create a more rational, effective, and administratively efficient system of residential care for youth. This website is for Caring Together providers.
The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP)
MCPAP is a system of regional children's mental health consultation teams designed to help primary care providers (PCPs) meet the needs of children with psychiatric problems.
Department of Public Health Postpartum Depression Web Page
This website provides basic information on postpartum depression and resources for mothers and caregivers as well as regulations and reporting requirements for providers.
MCPAP for Moms
This program promotes maternal and child health by building the capacity of providers serving pregnant and postpartum women and their children up to one year after delivery to prevent, identify, and manage depression.
Trauma Toolkit for Primary Care
This six-part series is designed with the primary care practice in mind – those who may or may not be familiar with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the process of asking families about exposure to ACEs or other traumatic events. This project was funded through a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Early Childhood Mental Health Primary Care Toolkit
This toolkit was developed by the Early Childhood Mental Health Partnership, a joint effort of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Boston Public Health Commission. A small change at the pediatrician's office can make a large difference for children. Integrating early childhood mental health staff, services, and systems into pediatric practices, also known as medical homes, transforms primary care visits into holistic visits that attend to the physical and mental health of a young child and provide a source of support for the whole family.
The Children’s Mental Health Network
This network provides weekly news and unbiased analysis of key issues focused on children, youth, and families’ mental health and well-being. The Network reaches a widely diverse audience. Readers and contributors to the Network come from all walks of life – parents, youth, community leaders, policy-makers, state and federal officials, and increasingly, similar groups from countries across the globe.
| Last updated: | January 30, 2023 |
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