Kansas Leads The Way:
Model programs and expertise that bring international attention

We take the opportunity in this month’s EBP News to highlight the many ways in which Kansas is making a difference with regard to EBP and Strength’s dissemination, not only nationally, but internationally.  Kansas’ role is significant, and mental health centers in Kansas should be proud that their model programs are being visited by international scholars wanting to hear and see EBP in action.

Here is a summary of our recent international visits, by country:

JAPAN

September 2003
Charlie Rapp spoke about Strengths Model Case Management at the Psychosocial
Rehabilitation Conference in Nagasaki, Japan.

Date
Rick Goscha gave a keynote address at the third annual Japanese Care Management conference.  He also spoke at the Graduate School of Life Sciences at Osaka University.  He discussed the Strengths Model of Case Management. 

March 2005
Dr. Hideki Tanaka and a large delegation from Wesleyan University in Nagasaki, Japan came to visit Kansas to learn about the Strengths Model of Case Management.  During their visit, they spent time at Pawnee Mental Health Center’s with their Strengths Case Management Team (attending group supervision and observing case managers in the field).  They also visited Johnson County Mental Health Center’s Supported Employment Services to learn about how to help clients return to work.

Picture:  Dr. Tanaka and his colleges with Rick Goscha, Charlie Rapp, Diane Etzel-Wise and Elizabeth Sheils from KU-SS

September 2006
In September of 2006, Social Work Professors Masakazu Shirasawa, Tsukasa Yonamine and Chiemi Hata visited Kansas to learn about Strengths Model Case Management.  During this visit, they visited Labette Center for Mental Health Center’s Strengths Case Management Program as well as attending a Strengths Case Management training.

We are honored that Dr. Sadaaki Fukui from Japan is joining the Office of Mental Health Research & Training this year to study the impact of the strength's assessment on consumers living in Nursing Facilities for Mental Health.  He will be utilizing a unique computer program, not available in the United States, to analyze the data. 

   SWEDEN

February 2004
Sven-Uno and Sonia Marnetoft visited Kansas from Mid-Sweden University in Ostersund, Sweden.  They are interested in using the strengths model of case management and supported employment with rehabilitation workers in Sweden working to help sick listed Swedes go back to work. 

September 2005
Charlie Rapp and Linda Carlson from KU-SSW were invited to Ostersund, Sweden for a week to present information about the Strengths Model of Case Management and Supported Employment at Mid-Sweden University.

October 2006
The Marnetofts visited again for two week in October to study more closely the Strengths Model of Case Management and Supported Employment.  During this visit, they spent a day with Valeo Behavioral Health Care’s  Supported Employment Team and they visited the Labette Center for Mental Health Service’s case management and supported employment services.

Picture:  Sven-Uno and Sonia Marnetoft with Valeo’s Supported Employment Team.

NEW ZEALAND

Charlie Rapp and Linda Carlson have been working with Te Korowai Aroaha/Affinity Service to implement both Strengths Model Case Management and Supported Employment Services in Auckland New Zealand.  Most recently, Charlie and Linda traveled in May 2005, February 2006 and September 2006 to provide training and consultation to this agency as well as workshops for both the North and South Island of New Zealand. 



Picture:  The Te Korowai Aroaha/Affinity Supported Employment Team with Linda Carlson in September 2006.

INDIA

Dr. Srilatha Juvva, is spending four months of her Fullbright Award in Kansas.  She is particularly interested in adapting strengths-based mental health interventions to the culture in India.  She is particularly interested in strengths model case management, supported employment, and self-help approaches like WRAP.

UNITED STATES

Nationally, members of the KU's Office of Mental Health Research and Training have presented EBP and Strength's Trainings to various states across the country.

STRENGTH'S CASE MANAGEMENT

Strengths Case Management training is offered 10 times a year  in Kansas and is available to staff at mental health centers.  However, this training is also available and provided to organizations outside of the state.  In recent years, Strengths Case Management training has been provided to individuals in Oregon, Montana, and California (4 times).

STRENGTH'S SUPERVISORS TRAINING

      One of the neglected areas within the evidence-based practice dissemination in the United States has been direction and training for supervisors of EBP implementation sites.  States have asked the University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Office of Mental Health Research and Training to provide supervisor’s training for the supervisor’s of their programs implementing evidence-based practice.  Dartmouth College contracts with Linda Carlson to provide supervisors training to all of the states implementing supported employment as an evidence-based practice including Oregon, Maryland, DC, Vermont, Connecticut, South Carolina.  Other states that have requested the training are Ohio (IDDT Supervisors) and Indiana (ACT Supervisors). 

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING is a part of Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment, as an EBP.  Dianne Asher, an IDDT consultant and trainer is providing motivational interviewing training in Minnesota.

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