COURSE DESCRIPTION: Doing strong medically necessary behavioral health services can be a challenge given thecomplex and co-occurring conditions that many of the individuals we serve present with. Add tothis multiple disciplines and service arrays to support recovery and the whole thing can beconfusing. In this highly experiential training, we will go through the processes of creatingtreatment plans for children and adults with multiple-occurring needs and services. Then we willmove on to implementation of that plan, assuring documentation of our interventions are stage-matched and meet medical necessity. Finally, we will complete transfer and discharge planningprocesses to note when individuals need a different level of care. In this problem-based learningday, we will use case studies, and the documentation used in NEMCMH in teams of practitionersthat work with the same populations, whether children or adults, or individuals with mentalhealth, intellectual/developmental disabilities, substance use, and/or physical health needs.
PRESENTER BIO: Jennifer Harrison is a social worker, chemical addictions counselor and professor in the School of Social
Work at WMU. She is a co-founder of Goal Scaling Solutions, a secure digital outcome application.
Jennifer’s clinical and research focus is outcome measurement, co-occurring disorders, and workforce
development. She has received over $7.5M in funding on workforce development and evidence-based
practice implementation in behavioral health and has presented and partnered nationally and
internationally on shared research and practice.
LEARNING OUTCOME: This training will focus on key social work skills including treatment planning, interventions, dischargeand transition, and case management. Through the team-based experiential learning, staff will workwith other professionals, including psychologists, nurses, peer professionals, and direct careprofessionals to develop shared plans together to support recovery.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Practice taking information from biopsychosocial assessment to assessment stage of change
- Practice developing goals, objectives, and interventions in plans of service which are stage-matchedand meet medical necessity requirements
- Practice contact documentation that clearly states interventions used and response to treatment
- Determine as a team how to respond to updates in goal progress in regular treatment plan updates
- Practice safety planning with individuals who may be at risk of danger to themselves or others, or inrisky community situations.
- Practice transition and discharge processes and how to welcome individuals back if they havedisengaged.
ADGENDA:
0830-0900 – Introduction, framing our collective work
0900-1030 – Treatment planning: Goals, objectives, and interventions
1030-1045 – Break
1045-1200 – Noting interventions: Contact documentation
1200-1300 – Lunch
1300-1430 – Response to treatment: What to do when things change
1430-1445 – Break
1445-1600 – Discharges and transitions: Wrapping up care and the day
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, NEED MORE INFORMATION, OR REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
CONTACT: GENNY GRIMSHAW
(989) 358-7842
GGRIMSHAW@NEMCMH.ORG.