WestCoast sponsors lectures, seminars and discussions on theory, technique, issues and research relevant to child and adolescent treatment.  These workshops are open to all and are free or offered for Continuing Education units.  WestCoast Children’s Clinic is approved as a BBS provider for MFTs and LCSWs and a MCEP Provider for psychologists.

Continuing Education Series 2007-2008
All presentations are to be held at the Fruitvale Clinic unless otherwise noted.

The Foster Youth Development Program: Evaluating Health, Mental Health, and Resiliency
Jeffrey I. Gold, Ph.D.
May 23, 9:00-11:00

Foster youth have historically been identified as being at risk for a variety of health, behavioral, and risk behaviors. The current presentation will present information on foster youth enrolled in The California Endowment-funded project examining a comprehensive wrap-around service program executed at WestCoast Children's Clinic. The Foster Youth Development Program used a collaborative, comprehensive, multi-informant (e.g., self-report, caregiver report) and a semi-structured interview format evaluation protocol to evaluate youth enrolled in FYDP. Findings regarding psychological symptoms, resiliency, and coping strategies of transition age youth enrolled in the program will be presented.

Clinical Implications of Disorganized Attachment and Caregiving: A model for Assessment and Treatment Planning
Judith Solomon, Ph.D.
June 20, 9:00-12:00

Total Clinical Outcomes Management and Treatment: Using Structured Assessments in the Treatment Planning Process John Lyons, Ph.D.
June 27, 9:00 – 11:00

This presentation will discuss how structured assessments can be used to inform a treatment planning process. Work over the past decade with the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) will be used to demonstrate a set of approaches to using structured assessments in the treatment planning process. Examples from the many implementations of the CANS will be used to illustrate strategies and challenges to these approaches.

The basic model will build on Total Clinical Outcomes Management (TCOM) philosophy to create structured assessments that operate at the interfaces between assessment and treatment planning processes. By using item level tools in which the items directly inform treatment planning options and the levels of the items directly translate into action levels, a seamless planning process can be achieved.