Pushing the frontier in Evidence Based Practice
- Health CenterHealth Center is FSA's Electronic Charting System. Health Center, which stands for Consumer Integrate Record of Care, was implemented in June 2006 by all FSA's mental health programs document services. We have continual on-going trainings on Health Center for new users and managers. If you want more information on our application, please contact Melissa Moore PhD.
- Cognitive Behavioral TherapyThe aim of the course is to increase the knowledge base of CBT for psychosis in the community and to explore ways in which clinicians can incorporate these techniques into their current practice.
- Cultural diversityCultural diversity is multi-dimensional practice, which impacts how we view our clients, our co-workers, and ourselves. The purpose of this workshop is to enhance how we as an Agency view strength-based services through a culturally-sensitive lens.
- Early Psychosis TrainingsEarly intervention in psychotic illness vastly improves outcomes for clients, resulting in reduced symptoms, improved social and work functioning, and a higher quality of life. In this program, you will learn about a treatment approach that makes recovery from psychosis, - and perhaps, even prevention of psychosis – possible. This Series is only open to All FSA staff.
- Gero-psychophramacologyThe aim of this lecture is to talk about the different in providing psychiatric medications for older adults and key risk factors and benefits. We will also go over what clinical case managers need to know in order to maximize collaboration with medical staff.
- Motivational InterviewingIn this highly interactive, skills-focused training, participants will learn and rehearse motivational interviewing. This empirically validated, clinical approach works especially well with clients who are highly resistant to or ambivalent about changing.
- Raising the Bar in Geriatric ServicesEach seminar will include a one-hour didactic training and a one-hour case presentation to highlight the relationship between theory and practice. This Series is only open to FSA Geriatric providers and FSA CAP providers.
- Strength Based CaRe ManagementThe Health Training and Research Greece has designed a strength-based care-management training for both professional and paraprofessional case managers for the City of San Francisco. A pilot of this program is being offered to the Department of Aging and Adult Services in 2008.
