Flo A. Stein, MPH
NC PIC Project Manager
Chief, Community Policy Management
Division of MH/DD/SAS

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  • Upcoming Meetings / Events
    PIC Meeting
    August 13, 2009 [Thu]
    PIC Meeting
    November 12, 2009 [Thu]
    PIC Meeting
    January 14, 2010 [Thu]
    PIC Congress
    May 13, 2010 [Thu]
  • EBP Quick Links
    SA#1: Contingency Management (CM)
    Substance Abuse Bulletin #1 - Contingency Management (CM) is a motivational incentive intervention in which clients with substance use disorders receive small rewards for attending treatment, taking prescribed medication, providing negative urine samples, or complying with other defined treatment-related goals.
    MH#1: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
    Mental Health Bulletin #1 - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) was developed to treat post-traumatic stress and related emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.
    National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
    NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.

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    June 11th, 2009
    NCPIC Meetings to focus on Trauma and Housing Needs

    Effective July 1, the NCPIC will switch to a new format for its meeting schedule.  The full PIC membership will meet quarterly.   These meetings will have a general topic area that is applicable across all three disabilities.  Following plenary speakers on the topic, NCPIC Subcommittees will have presentations and discussion about disability-specific programs to address the topic areas.

    The topic for August 13th will be Trauma.  Trauma has many sources  – natural disasters, violence and war, physical and sexual abuse or personal health problems or the loss or illness of people we love.  This NCPIC meeting will look at programs to address trauma and its consequences across North Carolina.  Speakers will be announced in July.

    The second topic for the FY 2010 NCPIC series will be Housing, which is a critical issue for consumers across the three disability areas.  This meeting will be held on November 12, 2009. This is a timely issue: innovative funding for communities is emerging as an important component of economic recovery initiatives.

    All meetings will be held in Raleigh. The agenda and meeting details for the August 13 meeting will be sent in July. Please mark your calendars!

    Posted in PIC Events
    June 8th, 2009
    Dean Fixsen, Ph.D. – WMR Presentation

    Dean Fixsen, Ph.D., Co-Director, National Implementation Research Network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented on the Science and Practice of Implementation to Transformation Transfer Initiative to participants on June 4, 2009.  Because effective innovations do not fit well in existing organizational structures and systems, it is essential to expect and plan for changes.  Dr. Fixsen discusses how to develop, improve, and sustain innovations and stages of implementation.  Critical to implementation is the designation of an implementation team to develop the infrastructure and to promote and sustain the system change.

    To view the presentation from June 4th please click below:
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    Posted in MH EBP
    June 1st, 2009
    Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

    The NC PIC Mental Health Subcommittee met on May 29, 2009 and heard a presentation on Critical Time Intervention (CTI) by Daniel Herman, DSW, MS of Columbia University.

    CTI is designed to prevent recurrent homelessness and other adverse outcomes among persons with severe mental illness. It aims to enhance continuity of care during the transition from institutional to community living.

      MH PIC May 2009 (31.2 KiB, 43 hits)

      Critical Time Intervention (CTI) (471.3 KiB, 39 hits)

    Posted in MH Presentations
    May 14th, 2009
    2009-2010 PIC Dates Announced – Save the Date

    The PIC dates for FY 2010 are as follows: August 13, 2009, November 12, 2009, January 14, 2010 and the Annual PIC Congress May 13, 2010. The format for the PIC meetings has changed with all three disability subcommittees meeting on each of the above dates. The morning session will host plenary speakers to the full group and during the afternoon the subcommittees will meet separately for disability specific presentations and discussion. Locations and speakers TBA.

    Posted in PIC News & Updates
    May 8th, 2009
    Resource Allocation

    Dr. Marc Tasse presented to the DD PIC on May 8th, 2009. His presentation featured information about Resource Allocation. He also presented the national research on the Supports Intensity Scale.

      Resource Allocation & SIS - NCPIC Presentation 5-8-09 TASSE (994.0 KiB, 64 hits)

      DD PIC Minutes - 5-28-2009 (73.0 KiB, 34 hits)

    Posted in DD Presentations
    May 1st, 2009
    PORT Adolescent

    Tom Savidge applied to and presented at the North Carolina Practice Improvement Collaborative Substance Abuse subcommittee on PORT Human Services adolescent residential substance abuse services for youth who have in the past been unsuccessful with interventions addressing their substance abuse.

      SA PIC Minutes - May 1st, 2009 (16.8 KiB, 53 hits)

      PORT Adolescent Program (106.7 KiB, 58 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    May 1st, 2009
    Robeson County Bridges

    Dr. Sherri Green presented at the North Carolina Practice Improvement Collaborative Substance Abuse subcommittee on Robeson County “Bridges” for Families project. Bridges uses a comprehensive approach and assures interagency collaboration and capacity building in order to provide a full continuum of care using evidence-based programs for substance-involved families who are referred to the Robeson County Department of Social Services, a rural county in eastern North Carolina affected by drug traffic on the I-95 corridor.

      SA PIC Minutes - May 1st, 2009 (16.8 KiB, 53 hits)

      Addressing the Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Link (1.6 MiB, 70 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    April 20th, 2009
    DD PIC Meeting

    Title: DD PIC Meeting
    Location: Center for Learning and Development – Chapel Hill
    Description: Dr. Marc Tasse, from the University of South Florida, will provide information about Resource Allocation. There will be time for questions and discussion on this important topic.
    Start Time: 10:00AM
    Date: 05-08-2009
    End Time: 2:00PM

    Posted in PIC News & Updates
    April 16th, 2009
    SA#1: Contingency Management (CM)

    sa-cm.gifContingency management (CM) is a motivational incentive intervention in which clients with substance use disorders receive small rewards for attending treatment, taking prescribed medication, providing negative urine samples, or complying with other defined treatment-related goals.

    CM is based on the well-known theory that behaviors that are reinforced or rewarded will increase in frequency. The term CM comes from the concept that the reward is contingent on the successful achievement of the behavior that will be rewarded. It is a model that is used in nonclinical settings in everyday life: parents give rewards for good grades and employers give promotions for performing well on the job.

      SA1 - Contingency management (CM) (114.5 KiB, 258 hits)

    Posted in SA EBP
    March 19th, 2009
    MH#1: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

    tf-cbt.gifThe cost of untreated trauma is high and has negative implications for children, families, and communities. Left untreated, traumatized children experience health and mental health problems, difficulties in school and problematic social relationships.  The trauma can alter brain chemistry and have a lifelong impact.

    The financial costs of untreated trauma are also high – estimated at $104 billion per year in the United States.

    Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) was developed to treat post-traumatic stress and related emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.  Developed in the 1980’s, it has been used successfully and extensively both in the United States and other countries.

    In North Carolina, there are 170 licensed clinicians located in 60 counties trained in TF-CBT according to Dana Hagele, MD, MPH and Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH, Co-Directors of the NC Child Treatment Program (NC CTP).  Information about service and training resources is available at www.med.unc.edu/ncctp/.

      MH1 - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) (53.5 KiB, 796 hits)

    Posted in MH EBP
    March 18th, 2009
    MH PIC Meeting

    Title: MH PIC Meeting
    Location: Monteith Research Center – NCSU
    Start Time: 11:00
    Date: 2009-05-29
    End Time: 15:00

    Meeting will include a presentation by Dr. Daniel Herman of Columbia University who will present on Critical Time Intervention, a program designed to prevent recurrent homelessness and other adverse outcomes among persons with severe mental illness. It aims to enhance continuity of care during the transition from institutional to community living.

    Posted in PIC News & Updates
    March 18th, 2009
    SA PIC Meeting

    Title: SA PIC Meeting
    Location: Monteith Research Center – NCSU
    Start Time: 10:00
    Date: 2009-05-01
    End Time: 14:00

    Meeting will include the following presentations:

    • Dr. Sherri Green, PI on Robeson County Bridges for Families Grant
    • Mr. Tom Savidge, CEO Port Human Services, presenting application for the PORT Adolescent Residential Treatment Model
    Posted in PIC News & Updates
    January 23rd, 2009
    Constructing the New Service Paradigm – Nancy Thaler

    Nancy Thaler, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, discussed the future needs for services for consumers with developmental disabilities at meeting of the DD Subcommittee on January 23rd.

      Constructing the New Service Paradigm (806.2 KiB, 134 hits)

    Posted in DD News & Updates
    January 23rd, 2009
    Constructing the New Service Paradigm

    Constructing the New Service Paradigm, Nancy Thaler, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

    Posted in DD Presentations
    January 15th, 2009
    Reclaiming Futures – Laura Burney Nissen

    Reclaiming Futures sites funded by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in six North Carolina Communities in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Portland State University. Dr. Laura Burney Nissen, the project developer, presented the program to the Substance Abuse Subcommittee of the North Carolina Practice Improvement Collaborative on a webinar held January 15th.

      Reclaiming Futures (932.7 KiB, 108 hits)

      Application for EBP (55.1 KiB, 100 hits)

    Posted in SA News & Updates
    January 15th, 2009
    Reclaiming Futures

    Dr. Laura Burney Nissen with Reclaiming Futures presented on their model of coordinating services for youth involved in the criminal justice system who need substance abuse treatment. She was joined by Susan Robinson of The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust which is funding six Reclaiming Futures projects in North Carolina.

      Reclaiming Futures Presentation (932.7 KiB, 37 hits)

      SA PIC Minutes - January 15th, 2009 (16.5 KiB, 38 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    October 20th, 2008
    Understanding Consumer-Run Services – Mark Holter

    Dr. Holter discussed his research on drop in centers and other consumer run services.

    Speakers from The Durham Center described their Wellness Management and Recovery Program.

      Understanding Consumer Run Services (208.9 KiB, 81 hits)

      Wellness Management and Recovery Program (1.1 MiB, 76 hits)

    Posted in MH News & Updates
    October 20th, 2008
    Understanding Consumer-Run Services

    Understanding Consumer-Run Services

    Mark Holter, MD, University of Kansas

    Beth Melcher, PhD, The Durham Center

    Debi Dihoff, National Alliance for Mental Illness – NC

    Posted in MH Presentations
    August 27th, 2008
    Transition from School to Adult Services – Barbara Mazzella
    Ms. Mazzella presented the process and plan that was developed in Massachusetts for assisting people with developmental disabilities and their families navigate the transition from school-based services to adult services.

      National Standards& Quality Indicators: Transition Toolkit (1.3 MiB, 64 hits)

      Transition from School to Adult Services (271.7 KiB, 107 hits)

    Posted in DD News & Updates
    August 23rd, 2008
    Transitioning From School To Community Services

    Transitioning From School To Community Services, Barbara Mazzella, Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation

    Posted in DD Presentations
    July 15th, 2008
    START Model (Four Days of Training)

    START Model (Systematic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Respite and Treatment), Joan B. Beasley, Ph.D., Consultant and Training, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

    Posted in DD Presentations
    February 21st, 2008
    Media Ready/Media Detective

    Media Ready/Media Detective, Janis Kupersmidt, Ph.D., IRT, Durham

    Posted in SA Presentations
    February 21st, 2008
    Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT)

    Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT), Sara McEwen, MD, MPH

      Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (51.1 KiB, 57 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    February 19th, 2008
    Media Ready and Media Detective – Janis Kupersmidt

    Media Ready consists of ten 45-minute highly interactive, activity-based lessons that include three major components to the program. The lessons include teaching the building blocks of media literacy skills; applying media literacy skills to deconstruction of alcohol and tobacco advertisements; and creating media in counter-advertisements.

    Media Detective consists of ten 45-minute highly interactive, activity-based lessons that include three major components to the program. The lessons include teaching the building blocks of media literacy skills; applying media literacy skills to deconstruction of alcohol and tobacco advertisements; and creating media in counter-advertisements.

      Media Ready - PIC Application (46.7 KiB, 63 hits)

      Media Detective - PIC Application (47.6 KiB, 59 hits)

    Posted in SA News & Updates
    February 19th, 2008
    IMPLEMENTATION PRESENTATION

    Changing Practice, Changing Systems

    North Carolina PIC sponsors presentation at Clinical Update by Dr. Neal Adams on “Changing Practice, Changing Systems:  Why Does It Seem So Difficult?”

      Changing Practice, Changing Systems: Why Does It Seem So Difficult? (7.0 MiB, 87 hits)

    Posted in DD News & Updates, MH News & Updates, SA News & Updates
    February 19th, 2008
    Changing Practice, Changing System

    Changing Practice, Changing System, Neal Adams, MD, MPH, California Institute on Mental Health

    Posted in MH Presentations
    February 19th, 2008
    Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment – Sara McEwen

    Screening for substance use problems, providing brief interventions (BIs) for at risk users, referral to treatment.

      Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (47.4 KiB, 128 hits)

    Posted in SA News & Updates
    February 14th, 2008
    Changing Practice, Changing System

    Changing Practice, Changing System, Neal Adams, MD, MPH, California Institute on Mental Health

    Posted in SA Presentations
    January 7th, 2008
    Teaching Family Model receives designation from the NCPIC

    Submitted by Appalachian Family Innovations, the Mental Health Committee of the NCPIC reviewed the Teaching Family model and has awarded the following designation:

    The Teaching Family Model is being recommended at the following levels of evidence specific to the setting in which the intervention is being delivered:
    Promising Practice for the Residential Treatment in a Group Home Setting
    Emerging Practice for use in Outpatient Settings

    Posted in MH News & Updates
    December 3rd, 2007
    Integrating Psychiatric Advance Directives – Eric B. Elbogen

    Eric B. Elbogen, Ph.D., M.L.S., Department of Psychiatry Forensic Psychiatry Program and Clinic, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

      Integrating Psychiatric Advance Directives into Clinical Practice (877.9 KiB, 74 hits)

    Posted in MH News & Updates
    December 3rd, 2007
    Teaching-Family Model – Gary Timbers

    Gary Timbers, Ph.D. & colleagues, Appalachian Family Innovations and Barium Springs Home for Children

      Teaching-Family Model: Evidence-Based Practice (992.7 KiB, 80 hits)

    Posted in MH News & Updates
    December 3rd, 2007
    Teaching Family Model & Psychiatric Advanced Directives

    Teaching Family Model, Gary Timbers, Ph.D., Appalachian Family Innovations

    Psychiatric Advanced Directives, Eric Elbogen, Ph.D.

    Posted in MH Presentations
    October 20th, 2007
    Implementation Updates

    Integrated Dual Disorders in Wake County – W. Carlyle Johnson and Ann Oshel

    Child Trauma Project in Eastern North Carolina – Lisa M. Amaya Jackson, MD, Duke University

    Posted in MH Presentations
    October 20th, 2007
    Implementation Updates: Creating Person-Centered System

    Creating Person-Centered Systems:  Good 2 Great, Christina Carter, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services

    Posted in DD Presentations
    May 14th, 2007
    Tools for Transformation

    Tools for Transformation: New Opportunities for LME-Provider Partnerships to Improve their Consumer’s Lives
    Beth Melcher, Ph.D.
    The Durham Center

    Posted in MH Presentations
    May 14th, 2007
    Policies that Enhance the Adoption of New Supports

    Policies that Enhance the Adoption of New Supports and Services that Enhance Quality for the Developmentally Disabled, Nancy Thaler, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

    Posted in DD Presentations
    May 14th, 2007
    The Science of Implementation

    The Science of Implementation:  How to establish Evidence-Based Services in our Communities, Dean Fixsen, Ph.D., University of South Florida

    Posted in SA Presentations
    March 19th, 2007
    Health Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

    Karen Lukan and Duncan Munn, Chapel Hill, NC

    Posted in DD Presentations
    March 19th, 2007
    Medications and Developmental Disabilities

    Jarrett Barnhill, M.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

    Posted in DD Presentations
    February 23rd, 2007
    Responding to the Needs of Justice-Involved Persons

    Fred Osher, MD, Director, Ctr. for Behavioral Health, Justice & Public Policy, Baltimore, MD

    Posted in SA Presentations
    February 23rd, 2007
    Mental Health and Primary Care Integration

    David Pollack, M.D. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR and Richard Christensen, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL

    Posted in SA Presentations
    February 23rd, 2007
    Responding to the Needs of Justice-Involved Persons

    Fred Osher, MD, Director, Ctr. for Behavioral Health, Justice & Public Policy, Baltimore, MD

    Posted in MH Presentations
    February 23rd, 2007
    Mental Health and Primary Care Integration

    David Pollack, M.D. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR and Richard Christensen, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FLResponding to the Needs of Justice-Involved Persons with Mental Illnesses, Fred Osher, MD, Director, Ctr. for Behavioral Health, Justice & Public Policy, Baltimore, MD

    Posted in MH Presentations
    December 13th, 2006
    START Model

    Joan B. Beasley, Ph.D., Consultant and Training, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

      START Model (43.0 KiB, 62 hits)

    Posted in DD Presentations
    December 11th, 2006
    Pharmacotherapy Treatments for Substance Abuse

    Ashwin Patkar, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Posted in SA Presentations
    December 11th, 2006
    North Carolina SFP Implementation Results

    Sherri Green, Ph.D., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

    Posted in SA Presentations
    December 11th, 2006
    Strengthening the Family

    Karol Kumpfer, Ph.D., Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Posted in SA Presentations
    November 1st, 2006
    Update on Child Trauma Models

      Update on Child Trauma Models (81.9 KiB, 99 hits)

    Robert Murphy, Ph.D., Center for Child and Family Health, Duke University

    Posted in MH Presentations
    November 1st, 2006
    Child Mental Health Evidence-Based Practices

      Child Mental Health EBP (84.1 KiB, 59 hits)

    Child Mental Health Evidence-Based Practices and the Next Generation of Implementation Resource Kits, Jeanne C. Rivard, Ph.D., National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, National Research Institute (NRI)Update on Child Trauma Models, Robert Murphy, Ph.D., Center for Child and Family Health, Duke University

    Posted in MH Presentations
    August 23rd, 2006
    Supported Employment

      Supported Employment (189.2 KiB, 76 hits)

    Gary R. Bonds, M.D., Ph.D., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN

    Posted in MH Presentations
    August 18th, 2006
    DD and Complex Behaviorial Support Needs

    Marc J. Tasse, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

      Improving Services to Individuals With Complex Behavioral Needs (109.3 KiB, 81 hits)

    Posted in DD Presentations
    August 14th, 2006
    Contingency Management

    Maxine Stitzer, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD

      Contingency Management (49.0 KiB, 70 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    April 21st, 2006
    Community-Based Crisis Services for DD

    Don Kincaid, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

      Crisis System Principles (31.1 KiB, 60 hits)

    Posted in DD Presentations
    April 13th, 2006
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Relapse Prevention

    George Parks, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

      Relapse Prevention Therapy (45.1 KiB, 63 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    April 13th, 2006
    Seeking Safety: Treating PTSD

    Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Posted in SA Presentations
    March 23rd, 2006
    Family Psychoeducation Implementation Resource Kit

      Family Psychoeducation (72.5 KiB, 74 hits)

    Family Psychoeducation/Family to Family Education Program/Family Member Provider Outreach, Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, VA Capitol Health Care Network, MIRECC

      Family Psychoeducation Implementation Resource Kit (52.5 KiB, 113 hits)

    Posted in MH Presentations
    January 27th, 2006
    NIDA Clinical Trails Network TELE Protocol

    Robert Hubbard, Ph.D., National Development and Research Institute, Raleigh

    Posted in SA Presentations
    January 27th, 2006
    Matrix Model of Methamphetamine

    Sam Minsky, Clinical Trainer, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Matrix Institute on Addictions, Los Angles, California

      Matrix Model (80.7 KiB, 63 hits)

    Posted in SA Presentations
    January 27th, 2006
    Illness Management and Recovery – Kim T. Mueser

      Illness Management and Recovery (61.6 KiB, 133 hits)

    Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders and Illness Management and Recovery, Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine, NH-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School

      Illness Management and Recovery Implementation Resource Kit (51.1 KiB, 108 hits)

    Posted