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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Training
“We now have thousands of
experiments across the country
which have proven that in mental
health training is not enough to
create change.”
--Dr. Robert Drake/Dartmouth PRC
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Programs & Practices
• Factors
– Multiple methods
– Quality and
structure of
supervision
• Link training and supervision
– Policies and
standards
• Strategies
– Integrate & intersperse didactic
& applied learning
– Provide ongoing monitoring & in
vivo clinical supervision for skill
maintenance
– Address productivity policies &
standards that pose obstacles to
skill development &
maintenance
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Programs & Practices
Interaction of Staff Selection, Staff
Training, and Staff Supervision
• Training staff with fewer skills required
more intensive sessions initially - left no
room for anything but ongoing and expert
supervision from the Team Leader
• Failing to accurately assess practitioners’
attitudes about the model and the
population as well as their openness to
change proved even more costly
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Programs & Practices
Supervision
• Factors • Strategies
– Recruitment
– Match supervisors to IDDT
approach and
philosophy
philosophical stance – Facilitate meeting structure and
opportunity for in vivo
– Supervision structure
monitoring
– Supervisor support – Provide supervisors with access
–Time
to training, consultation, and
– Consultation support peer networking
– Administrative
support
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Programs & Practices
– Evaluate feasibility of program
leadership role
Study finding:
Conclusions from Case Study
Findings
The process of developing the skills
required to deliver IDDT well occurs over
time, in context of clinical application and
with consistent and expert supervision
and mentoring.
• Practitioner characteristics are variably
important
• Professional experience and skills did not
compensate for unwillingness to change
• Expert supervision and training appeared
• Skills Training and Supervision
to compensate for deficits in experience
cannot be separated
and skill level where motivation to
• Both are necessary for success change was present
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Promoting Recovery-Oriented
Programs & Practices
Programs & Practices
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