Developing Outcome Strategies in Children's Mental Health

by Hernandez, Mario

• ISBN13: 9781557665201
• ISBN10: 1557665206
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: PAUL H. BROOKES PUBLISHING CO, INC.

Summary

Do you know if your services are reaching the intended population? Are those services provided as planned? Are you able to use outcome information to improve service delivery? This new book is designed to help you explore answers to these questions! Recognizing the value of measuring outcomes in children's mental health services, the authors share with you the realities of developing and sustaining outcome-based evaluation strategies that help you understand what your program has accomplished. You'll learn what strategies have worked for systems and agencies of all sizes across the country as they share their challenges and successes in tracking information about the populations they serve, the services provided, and the results achieved. You'll see the various methods they've used to capture the information they need, whether it be to evaluate a state mental health system in Vermont or to create a budgeting system in Florida. Then, you'll learn how to take existing

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Editorial Advisory Board	ix
About the Editors	xi
Contributors	xiii
Foreword Abram Rosenblatt	xvii
Introduction	xxiii
Acknowledgments	xxvii
Section I Frameworks and Current Issues
Findings from the Chinsegut Outcomes Retreat	3	(18)
Mario Hernandez
Sharon Hodges
Teresa M. Nesman
Heather L. Ringeisen
Theory-Based Accountability	21	(20)
Mario Hernandez
Sharon Hodges
A Family Empowerment Model of Change	41	(22)
Ann Vander Stoep
Linda Green
Robert A. Jones
Charles Huffine
Section II Case Studies and Experiences from the Field
Santa Barbara's Multiagency Integrated System of Care	63	(18)
Michelle Woodbridge
Michael J. Furlong
J. Manuel Casas
Todd Sosna
Evaluation Lessons Learned in Vermont	81	(16)
Theodore A. Tighe
Nancy G. Pandina
John D. Burchard
David P. Kelley
Mariah E. Coe
Janet A. Bramley
Carrie M. Clough
Florida's Use of Accountable Innovation	97	(18)
David W. Overstreet
Glen Casel
Teri Saunders
Mary I. Armstrong
A Magic Growth Formula for Mental Health Services in Santa Cruz County	115	(24)
Deborah Jacobson
Dane Cervine
Section III Tools, Methods, and Strategies
Performance-Based Contracting	139	(14)
Michel Lahti
Using Strengths-Based Data to Evaluate Children's Mental Health Programs	153	(14)
Michael H. Epstein
Eileen Dakan
Donald P. Oswald
James T. Yoe
Using a Three-Phase Decision-Making Model to Integrate Emerging Practices	167	(16)
Sue Ann Savas
Mary C. Ruffolo
Child Welfare Permanency Outcomes: An Application of the Children's Services Simulation Model	183	(20)
John D. Fluke
J. Christopher Graham
Donald J. Baumann
Jacob A. Esterline
Using Existing Databases to Measure Treatment Outcomes	203	(18)
Steven M. Banks
John A. Pandiani
Section IV Linking Outcomes to Quality and Utilization
Improving Service Quality by Linking Process to Outcomes	221	(18)
Rex S. Green
Creating Useful Information in Data-Rich Environments	239	(18)
Sharon Hodges
Michelle Woodbridge
Larke Nahme Huang
Index	257