Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) GAINS Center is providing a free webinar,
“Continuous and Collaborative: Best Practices for Family Treatment Court Screening and Assessment”
on July 16, 2024,1:30-3:00 p.m. ET.
Continuous and Collaborative: Best Practices for Family Treatment Court Screening and Assessment
July 16, 2024, 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET
Family treatment court (FTC) teams often think of “screening and assessment” as a task to complete in the early stages of a case. While vital to inform initial service delivery, screening and assessment processes must be collaborative and continuous to respond to the evolving strengths and needs of parents and children. This presentation will encourage FTC teams to conduct an “assessment inventory” to understand what tools are being used, when, and by whom, and how to collaborate to best use the information without overburdening families.
In this webinar, presenters will outline how to integrate “checks” into FTC phases and milestones to ensure parents and children are receiving needed supports and services that will prepare them for successful case closure and sustained recovery. Two panelists will share how their FTC used a continuous and collaborative screening and assessment process.
Presenter
Alexis Balkey, MPA, Program Director, Center for Children and Family Futures, Irvine, California
Kelly Jones, MPA, Senior Associate, Center for Children and Family Futures, Irvine, California
Ashley Armstrong, Specialty Courts Coordinator, Greene County Family Treatment Court, Springfield, Missouri
Ambi Daniel, CASAC II, Resource Coordinator II, Oneida County Family Court, Utica, New York