• Marshalling the Troops: Strength-based Individualized Service Planning
  6 hour group training workshop Participants will learn to design highly individualized service plans and supports for youth with serious emotional and behavioral challenges and their families, and will work as team members in the development of a “Wraparound” Service Plan.
• Systems of Care Orientation
  1-3 hours, customized to audience
  Participants will understand the principles of collaborative community based care, the importance of involving the child and family in all aspects of service planning and support activities, and how family members, professionals and policy level representatives can specifically build toward implementing a System of Care.
• Solving the Puzzle of Children with DSM-IV Mental Health Diagnosis & the System of Care
  3 hour self-study or facilitated video workshop
  Participants will understand how the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is used by various agencies and professionals, some of the most common DSM-IV diagnosis categories in children, and unique issues facing family members of children with SED.
• Family Centered Practice
  6 hour community training workshop
  An active and interactive training designed for participants to identify the nine key elements of family-centered practice, and identify what changes need to occur within their communities and agencies to move toward a more family-centered and culturally competent approach to service delivery.
• “Our Town” & the Dynamics of Difference-A Family Centered Workshop on Honoring Family Differences
  2 hours; targeted to audiences of 18 to 40 participants
  How does “our town” deal with families and their differences? This lively, interactive workshop helps participants experience and appreciate family differences from a strengths-based, family centered perspective. Participants will utilize a simulation game to learn about family diversity issues and social barriers that limit access to community resources, and gain insight into culturally competent practice with West Virginia families

SYSTEM OF CARE VIDEO LENDING LIBRARY
Designed for employee inservice opportunities, support groups or self-study. Originally presented "live" at MSFA learning conferences (2003-2006), each video is approximately 90-minutes and includes reproducible handouts. Email requests from our home page, or call(304)399-0126.

• “How Culturally Competent Are You? Self-Assessment for Individuals & Organizations”
  Tammy Pearson, M.A., Region II System of Care Evaluation Team, Marshall University School of Medicine
• “The Effect of Culture on the Special Needs Child”
  Joyce Canter, M.A., Kanawha County Schools
• “Appalachian Culture & the System of Care”
  Teri Toothman, Mountain State Parent Child & Adolescent Network
• “Moving Toward A Culturally Competent System of Care”
  Kenley Wade, Owner & Senior Management Consultant, Wade Management Consulting Services
• “Multicultural Assessment of Children & Adolescents”
  Elizabeth Kelley Boyles, Ph.D., S.S.P., Marshall University Graduate College
• “A Parent's Introduction to Positive Behavior Support”
  Cindy Bryant & Tamara Swinson of the Mountain State Family Alliance
• “MR/DD Co-occurring with Serious Emotional Disorders”
  Lora Stanley of Braley & Thompson, Inc.
• “Panel: Meeting the Educational Needs of Children with Behavioral Challenges”
  Presented by teacher and parent representatives from Cabell County & Kanawha County, WV
• “Asperger’s Syndrome”
  Lora Stanley of Braley & Thompson, Inc.
• “Creating Lifebooks for Foster & Adoptive Children”
  Stephanie Ward of Creative Memories & WV-DHHR Staff
• “Reactive Attachment Disorder”
  Lucy Earles & Megan Mansour Mynes of Goodwill Family Services
• “Caring for Sexually Reactive Youth”
  Karen Yost of River Park Hospital
  Coming Soon!
  
• “Childhood Grief and Loss”
  April Beckett, Dignity Hospice
• “Methamphetamine”
  David Ross, Kanawha County Sheriffs Department
• “Legal Issues Surrounding Children & Mental Health”
  Marc Ellison & Matt Irby,
• “Increasing Client Engagement & Motivation:Stages of Change”
  Karen Yost, River Park Hospital
• “Effective Home Visiting in Appalachia/Role of Fathers”
  Angie Whitley & Chad Messer, TEAM for WV Children
• “Working with/Caring for Abuse-Reactive Youth”
  Karen Yost, River Park Hospital
• “Behavior vs. Mood Disorder”
  Lisa Kaplan, River Park Hospital