Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team Presenters Sally Walker Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team Presenters Sally Walker Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team Presenters Sally Walker Director Behavioral Health Administrative Unit Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural PA Thomas J. McDermott, MBA Administrator Centre
Presenters
Sally Walker Director Behavioral Health Administrative Unit Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural PA Thomas J. McDermott, MBA Administrator Centre County MH/ID/EI and D&A Anthony DeStefano, MA Executive County Director NHS Human Services Northwestern & South Central Pennsylvania Bob Fleming Community Connections of Clearfield and Jefferson Counties Behavioral Health Program Specialist 2 Dual Diagnosis Coordinator (BH/IDD) Consortium CHIPP Coordinator
Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team
Operationalization & Program Data
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Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team (DDTT) Implementation:
- RFP Awarded by Community Care Behavioral Health
early 2011, with scheduled program implementation date
- f July 2011
- DDTT operationalized August of 2011
- Interviews and conditional offers occurred August 2011—
January 2012
- March 2012– DDTT enter accepted their first referral
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DDTT Roadblocks and Obstacles:
- Large Geographic Coverage Area
- Employee Candidates Meeting Minimum Qualifications
- Buy-in from Providers and Community Services
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1st DDTT Referral
- CLA in Rural PA
- Severe and Persistent Behaviors with multiple
Hospitalizations
- High Will – Low Skill Direct Care Staff
- DDTT and CLA on Different Pages
Buy-in From Providers & Community:
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- Top-Down Approach with Expectation Setting / Buy-in
- DDTT is not an Ala-Carte Service
- Skill Transference is 50% of DDTT service
implementation
- Continue to Adapt and Collaborate to Achieve Best
Possible Outcomes for Individuals
Lessons Learned
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PROGRAM DATA (See Handout)
- Bradford/Sullivan
- Huntingdon/Mifflin/Juniata
- Cameron/Elk
- McKean
- Centre
- Northumberland
- Clarion
- Schuylkill
- Clearfield/Jefferson
- Tioga
- Columbia/Montour/Snyder/Union
- Potter
- Forest/Warren
- Wayne