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Critical Improvements to Behavioral Health Services in California Getting Ready to Take Place

By Pete Nielsen, LAADC, SAP California Assemblyman Jim Wood has set out to initiate significant and positive change with the introduction and hopeful passing of Assembly Bill 942. The bill will implement behavioral health components into the Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative. It is designed to help …

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Engagement

Engagement — How Do I Create Greater Engagement Using Evidence-Based Practices

Evidence-based practices deliver greater outcomes for individuals and programs is supported by research. But they can only reach their full potential when people are engaged with learning and utilizing these best practices. What is Engagement? The definition of ‘engagement’ can be ambiguous, vague, or narrow. Often it’s taken to mean simply ‘enrollment’ or ‘attendance’. But …

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Curriculum

How Effective Is Your Curriculum? Explore the 5 Es for Differentiating Your Program

Research shows that evidence-based practices deliver greater outcomes for individuals and programs in behavioral health settings. But these practices can only reach their full potential when people are engaged with learning and utilizing these best practices. Curriculum design and development is a discipline onto itself. Training and development is an industry with subject matter experts, …

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