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Course Description

Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is a national initiative aimed at identifying and promoting practice and policy to create strong and closely coordinated partnerships between families, youth, residential and community partner providers, advocates, and policymakers to ensure that comprehensive and effective services and supports are available to youth and their families who receive residential interventions. BBI seeks to ensure that services and supports provided by residential providers and their community partners are family-driven, youth-guided, strength-based, culturally and linguistically competent, individualized, evidence-informed, and consistent with the research on sustained positive outcomes post-discharge. 

 

HOW TO REGISTER:

All steps MUST be followed in order to register for all of the course topics and to receive continuing education.

Step 1: Register for each of the NINE training topics by clicking into each course SECTION

Step 2: Complete each online webinar. The Webinar link is located in the course SECTION for each topic. To access the webinar, click on the word Webinar.

Step 3: At the completion of each course topic, fill out the CE Request Form (this will need to be completed 9 times)

Step 4: Complete all post-program Course Evaluations - full first and last name must be on all evaluations

Course and Webinar questions should be directed to ktaylor1@performcare.org

Course Outline

There are 9 courses in this training series.  These trainings will be offered as a recorded webinar. 

Course 1 - HBGCE0097-001 - Best Practices In the Use of Psychiatric Medication for Youth During Residential Interventions

Course 2 - HBGCE0097-002 - Cultural & Linguistic Competence (Part 1): Why Does it Matter? 

Course 3 - HBGCE0097-003 - Cultural & Linguistic Competence (Part 2): Implementation Strategies

Course 4 - HBGCE0097-004 - Cultural & Linguistic Competence (Part 3): On a one-to-one level

Course 5 - HBGCE0097-005 - First Steps for Leaders in Residential Transformation 

Course 6 - HBGCE0097-006 - Including Family Partners on Your Team 

Course 7 - HBGCE0097-007 - Pre-Hiring, Hiring, Supporting and Supervising Youth Peer Advocates in Residential Programs 

Course 8 - HBGCE0097-008 - Successful Strategies for Tracking Long-term Outcomes 

Course 9 - HBGCE0097-009 - Youth-Guided Care for Residential Interventions 

Learner Outcomes

The purpose of the BBI online training program is to enhance the understanding, knowledge, and skills of the workforce, families, and youth in a number of key areas. 
Individuals who complete the different training modules will increase their knowledge base in the different topic areas, as well as learn about different skills and strategies to support better outcomes for youth and families who receive residential interventions. 

Individuals who complete the different training modules will increase their knowledge base in the different topic areas, as well as learn about different skills and strategies to support better outcomes for youth and families who receive residential interventions. 

 

At the end of this training series, participants will be able to:

  • Describe what is known about the use of psychotropic meds during residential interventions
  • Name the organizational requirements related to cultural and linguistic competence
  • Name the benefits to organization related cultural and linguistic competence
  • List concrete strategies to improve cultural and linguistic competency
  • Define cultural and linguistic competence at the organizational and individual level
  • List necessary steps to prepare and organization for Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC) implementation
  • Describe major areas of organizational life in which CLC must be embedded
  • Name resources to promote CLC
  • Describe benefits of CLC specific to clinical and behavioral outcomes for youth receiving residential interventions
  • Describe examples of supervisory approaches to support staff members’ growth in CLC
  • Identify tools and resources to support CLC practice
  • Describe examples of service issues related to specific cultural domains such as religion, race and sexual orientation
  • Identify tools and resources to support CLC practice
  • Describe examples of service issues related to specific cultural domains such as religion, race and sexual orientation
  • Describe strategies and practices others have taken as first, and early, steps toward this transformation.
  • Describe why outcome measurement is needed
  • Identify key variables that can be measured and generalized to inform us about child and family well-being
  • Describe the role of the family partner
  • Explain what is meant by ‘lived experience’ and why this is important                                                                                   
  • Identify characteristics of Youth-Guided Care in residential interventions before entry, during the intervention, and post discharge
  • Name effective strategies for hiring and implementing family partner roles
  • Specify themes of engagement as identified by youth for discussing ways in which youth can be empowered in residential interventions
  • Identify the purpose and structure of Youth Advisory Councils

Notes

Please follow the steps provided on each course section page to receive continuing education credit for attendance to this course.

This training (all 9 courses together) has been approved for 16.5 continuing education hours through co-sponsorship of Temple University Harrisburg, a PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselor pre-approved provider of continuing education. These credit hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW/LMFT/LPC biennial license renewal. Certificates of attendance documenting continuing education hours will be issued by Temple University Harrisburg.

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