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Mental Health Program Evaluation Template MHPET ONLINE. Objectives. Participant will be able to… Determine whether the on-line MHPET is an appropriate tool for your setting. Determine what needs to be in place in order to use the on-line MHPET
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Mental Health Program Evaluation Template MHPET ONLINE
Objectives Participant will be able to… Determine whether the on-line MHPET is an appropriate tool for your setting. Determine what needs to be in place in order to use the on-line MHPET Learn the steps for using the on-line Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template.
MHPET Purpose • Enhance the evaluation of mental health services in the SBHC and/or in any school setting • Improve mental health practices in the SBHC and/or in any school setting • Collect data for school mental health advocacy and technical assistance efforts at NASBHC
Need for Quality Improvement in Mental Health in SBHCs • Increased recognition that objective measures are needed for SBHC quality of care, especially in mental health • Such a measure needs to recognize: • Many disciplines involved in providing MH services • Wide range of interventions • Limited translational research around best practice in schools
Qualifiers and Caveats Quality Improvement for mental health services in schools is new and unfamiliar territory Consider where your program is developmentally This is not about judgment i.e. good or bad, right or wrong Should not be tied to staff performance appraisal or funding
MHPET Development • In January 2004 NASBHC convened a workgroup to develop an evaluation tool • Adapted the School Mental Health Quality Assessment Questionnaire (MH-QAQ) developed by Mark Weist et al. at the Center for School Mental Health • Broadened questions from clinician to program level • Expanded questions to be inclusive of school staff and non-mental health providers • Shortened, fewer dimensions and indicators
MHPET web-based tool www.nasbhc.org Beta testing ’07-’08 April ’08 went online Set up to be completed by teams Individuals complete tool independently Computer generates average score for team. Teams go back 3-6 months later to complete a second time Computer generates second set scores with comparison to first set.
Principles for SBHCs • Supports the school • Responds to the community • Focuses on the student • Delivers comprehensive care • Advances health promotion activities • Implements effective systems • Provides leadership in adolescent and child health http://www.nasbhc.org/site/c.jsJPKWPFJrH/b.2743459/k.9519/NASBHC_Principles_and_Goals_for_SBHCs.htm
James A Davis Middle School 1224 Clarendon Ave. Bessamer, AL 2
James A Davis Middle School 1224 Clarendon Ave. Bessamer, AL 3 Set Two Survey will be available after… Set Two Survey will be available after July 25, 2008
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