Welcome to the Fall 2009 Issue of "In the Loop"

In this issue

• Featured Story: Advanced Behavioral Health Receives Prestigious SAMHSA Science and Service Award
• Announcements from MST Services and MST Institute
• MST Community Updates and Announcements
• Update from Family Services Research Center
• New MST-related Publications and Articles

Advanced Behavioral Health Receives Prestigious SAMHSA Science and Service Award

SAMHSA created the Science and Service Awards as a national program to recognize community-based organizations and coalitions for exemplary implementation of evidence-based services. Earlier this year, Advanced Behavioral Health (ABH) was awarded the 2009 SAMHSA Science and Service Award for its work in the area of co-occurring disorders. ABH is a nonprofit behavioral health management company that specializes in utilization management, provider network administration, research and dissemination of best practices and health information technology.

Over the past 10 years, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Court Support Services Division (CSSD) have increased funding for MST and the number of teams has grown from two to 28 in Connecticut. Since becoming the Connecticut MST Network Partner in 2004, ABH has provided all quality assurance measures and training and support for the DCF and CSSD MST teams from a local level. ABH established a monthly provider call, as well as an MST Workforce Development Committee in order to bring together providers and stakeholders to support the implementation of MST consistently and effectively across the state.

One of the primary goals of MST is to keep youth at home and out of residential placement. From 2004 to 2008, 3,649 youth were served by MST teams in Connecticut. Eighty-two percent of youth were living in the community at the time of discharge and only 14.9 percent of the youth discharged from MST were placed in a more restrictive setting. Additional goals of MST are to increase school attendance and to prevent future arrests. During the same period, 84 percent of youth discharged from MST were enrolled in school or working and 73 percent of the discharged youth had not been arrested during treatment.

To learn more about ABH, visit www.abhct.com.

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Announcements from MST Services and MST Institute

MST welcomes it newest team member
Nancy Lyons joined MST Services this past summer. A native of North Carolina, she attended Appalachian State University where she received a bachelor of science degree in sociology. After college, her career path led her into the human resources field. Since then Nancy has gained experience in various positions from being a stay-at-home mom to an office manager of a marketing firm. She came to MST with some knowledge of the organization due to her previous work with Trio Solutions. Nancy spends her spare time with her husband and son and the family dog, Toby. When time allows she also enjoys reading fiction and exercising.

MSTI Enhanced Website: EW 2.0
A major upgrade and enhancement of the MST Institute Enhanced Web Site project called EW 2.0 has been completed. EW 2.0 provides enhanced reporting capabilities to assist programs in monitoring program performance. To learn about these new reports, users can download training guides, register for a training webinar at http://www.mstinstitute.org/services/training.shtml or attend an MSTI webinar.

Is your MST team listed correctly?
Please review for accuracy the lists of licensed MST programs at http://www.mstservices.com/licensed_teams_by_organization.php

Medicaid Users Group
The next call is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, at 1 p.m. (ET). Interested in joining this call? Please contact Melanie Duncan at melanie.duncan@mstservices.com.

Free MSTI Website training
Free training for the MSTI website is now availble. Internet access is required to participate and registration is limited. Please sign up early at http://www.mstconference.com/website_training.

Webinars for MST professionals
Website training is available via webinars on several topics, and these trainings will be updated in the near future to include information related to EW 2.0 (see above). Registration is limited to 15 telephone connections and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to http://www.mstservices.com/training.php and click on "Webinar Registration" to sign up. Access to the Internet and a telephone connection are required to participate.

MSTI Follow-up Interview
The MSTI Follow-up Interview service is now available to programs that are also using the TAM-R Data Collection service. For additional information about this service, please contact Molly Brunk at molly.brunk@mstservices.com.

Web Services Order Form
A new web services order form has been posted on the MST Institute website, http://www.mstinstitute.org/contact/resources.shtml. This update includes a revised rate of $25/family/month for TAM-R data collection for new collection contracts. Existing TAM-R data collection contracts are not affected by this rate change.

Conference Material Available Online
Download Karen Blase's opening plenary materials from the 2009 MST International Conference. Those interested in accessing other training materials from the International Conference should consult with their MST expert.

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MST Community Updates & Announcements

Welcome New MST Teams (July to September 2009)

Integrated Family Services, LLC	IFS Team 1	LA
Metropolitan Circles, LLC	Natchitoches Team 1	LA
FJP de Viersprong	Dordrecht	Netherlands
Connecticut Junior Republic	Torrington/Danbury 2	CT
Magnolia Family Services, LLC	Magnolia Family Services Team 1	LA
Kennebec Behavioral Health	Coast	Maine
MST San Francisco	SF Seneca Center	CA
Cambridgeshire UK CYPS	Cambridgeshire UK MST-CAN	United Kingdom
Seneca Center	Alameda 3	CA
Youth Villages	Hickory 3	NC
Youth Villages	Durham3	NC
Youth Villages	Charlotte1	NC
Youth Villages	Asheville2	NC
Life Changing Solutions, LLC	Life Changing Solutions Alexandria Team 1	LA
Life Changing Solutions, LLC	Life Changing Solutions Lafayette Team 1	LA
ReStart, Inc	MST Rocky Mount	NC
ReStart, Inc	ReStart Team Greenville	NC
GGZNML	Limburg Zuid	Netherlands
Youth Villages	Charlotte1	NC
Fife Council MST	Fife 1	United Kingdom
Cognitive Development Center of Monroe	CDC Abbeville	LA

Quarterly "Whatever It Takes" Recipients
The following individuals received "Whatever It Takes" recognition this past quarter. These individuals, teams, or programs have demonstrated creative, out-of-the-box thinking, persistence and dedication to do "whatever it takes" to accomplish a positive MST outcome for MST youth and their families. Congratulations to the following recipients!

Melina Fazzolari-Napoli	SCO Family of Services Juvenile Justice Initiative	NY
MST Software Design Team	MST Institute	CT
Bernie Centeio	MST Services	HI
James Thrower	Metropolitan Circles LLC and Life Changing Solutions, LLC	LA
Helle Nygaard	MST Denmark	Denmark
Gretchen Boehm, MS	Adelphoi Village	PA
Susan Parker	Tri County Mental Health	ME
Kevin Brown	MST Services	CO
Kristen Dodd	MST Institute	VA
Daniel Bachicha	MST Services	MN
Patrick Duffy	MST Services	SC
Naamith Heiblum	MST Services	Israel
Dr. Rod Hall	White Foundation	FL
Pat Cook	Halvorson House	NM
Leslie Ashley	Adelphoi Village	PA

MST Jobs
Please remember to utilize the free MST jobs Web site, http://www.mstjobs.com/, as a part of your agency's staff recruitment strategy. You can post positions as well as review resumes of applicants, who are looking for MST-related opportunities and who have posted their resumes on the site.

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News Briefs from Family Services Research Center at MUSC

Highlighted article - Dissemination and Effectiveness of Multisystemic Treatment in New Zealand: A Benchmarking Study, Scott Henggeler, PhD

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New Publications

The following MST-related publications are available:

• Cartwright, W.S., Kitsantas, P. & Rose, S. (2009). A demographic-economic model for adolescent substance abuse and crime prevention. Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 25(2), 157-172.
• 345 Henggeler, S.W., Letourneau, E.J., Chapman, J.E., Borduin, C.M., Schewe, P.A., & McCart, M.R., (2009). Mediators of Change for Multisystemic Therapy with Juvenile Sexual Offenders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 451-462.
• 347 Ogden, T., Hagen, K.A., Askeland, E. & Christensen, B. (2009). Implementing and evaluating evidence-based treatments of conduct problems in children and youth in Norway. Research on Social Work Practice, 1-10.
• 348 Ogden, T., Hagen, K.A. (2009). What works for whom? Gender differences in intake characteristics and treatment outcomes following Multisystemic Therapy. Journal of Adolescent, 1-11.
• 349 Henggeler, S.W., Sheidow, A.J., & Lee, T. (2009). Multisystemic therapy. In J.H. Bray & M. Stanton (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of family psychology (pp. 370-387). West Sussex, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

All MST-related publications can be located at: www.musc.edu/psychiatry/research/fsrc/pubs.htm

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