Welcome to the Spring 2008 Issue of "In the Loop"

In this issue

• Featured Story: $14M for UK pilots of MST
• Featured Report: Safer Streets - Cutting repeat crimes by juvenile offenders by Fight Crime Invest in Kids
• Announcements from MST Services and MST Institute
• MST Community Updates and Announcements
• New MST-related Publications and Articles

$14M for UK pilots for MST

Source: Prevention Action

Confidence among UK policy makers in the value of 'proven models' for dealing with antisocial behavior has been given fresh momentum by the announcement that the government is to fund trials of Multisystemic Therapy in up to six sites.

Developed during the 1970s by the Family Services Research Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is described as a family and community-based treatment for young people with complex clinical, social, and educational problems, including violence, drug abuse and school expulsion. Read more

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Featured Report: Safer Streets - Cutting repeat
   crimes by juvenile offenders

Source: Fight Crime Invest in Kids

Too many juveniles are becoming chronic, violent offenders. Nothing will make juvenile crime disappear. But solid research from Missouri, Ohio and elsewhere shows that the reforms beginning to happen across America can eliminate 4 out of 10 or more of the repeat crimes now committed by juvenile offenders.
Download report

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Announcements from MST Services and MST Institute

New Hires

Angela Russell
Say hello to Angela

Angela Russell has recently joined MST Services in the role of clinical resource specialist. Angela earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Mississippi State University in 1994, and her master's of science degree in counseling from The University of Memphis in 2000. In 1997, she began working with at-risk adolescents and their families for Youth Villages in Memphis, Tenn. While working at Youth Villages, she served as a family therapist, clinical supervisor, regional supervisor and a system supervisor. Angela lives in Olive Branch, Mississippi, with her husband, Chris, and her son, Alex. When she is not working, she spends time with family and serves as "Team Mom" for her son's competitive baseball team. She loves to read, watch her son play ball and hang out with friends.

Kevin Brown
Say hello to Kevin

Kevin Brown has recently joined MST Services as an MST consultant. Kevin began his involvement with MST in 2003 as an MST therapist, shortly thereafter moving to an MST supervisor role. He remained in this role until February 2008, when he became a consultant, beginning his career with MST Services. He earned a bachelor of science in wildlife conservation and management from Missouri State University and a master of community counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. Prior to working with MST, he owned a local business in Missouri, worked in residential and day treatment programs and as an in-home child protection specialist. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado, and enjoys fishing, hiking, camping, volleyball and working on automobiles and his home.

MST Resources

• Now available via the Network Partner portal: MST Position Statement - Use of Interpreters in Clinical Work
  
  
• "Open Enrollment" 5-Day Training Pilot - MST Services is currently piloting "Open Enrollment" 5-Day orientation trainings process using the MST Services' web-based enrollment platform and shared training coordination responsibilities have begun with Adelphoi Village. Additional organizations are also preparing to participate in this pilot.

MST Institute Announcements

• Problems with the TAM Monitor Report have been corrected and some enhancements added. If you have questions about the report, please contact your Network Partner manager or coach.
  
  
• All users who have not logged into the Enhanced Web site since January 2, 2007 have been de-activated. If you encounter any difficulties as a result of this change, please contact the MSTI Help Desk for instructions on re-activating the user. It is expected that any user with an active login account will actually use it (e.g., therapists entering SAMs, supervisors running reports, etc.).
  
  
• As of April 17, a link was added to the Enhanced Web site main menu page that will allow users with supervisor- or expert-level access to go to the Web page that contains links to all the supervisor development resources documents. To ensure that the supervisors know how to use the resources appropriately, experts should discuss with their coaches strategies for introducing this link to their supervisors.

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MST Community Updates & Announcements

Welcome New MST Teams
Welcome the following teams to the MST community of providers:

Adelphoi Village MST	Adams MST	PA
Adelphoi Village MST	Washington MST II	PA
Adelphoi Village MST	AV Allegheny County	PA
Border Area Mental Health Services Inc.	BAMHS MST Team 1	NM
Child Guidance Resource Centers	Delaware 3	PA
Children's Village	CV-ACS-MST-Team 5	NY
Children's Village	Echo Hills	NY
Children's Village	Westchester OJJDP	NY
Community Solutions Inc.	Johnston	RI
Community Solutions Inc.	Monroe/Pike County PA	PA
Community Solutions Inc.	Berks County PA	PA
Community Solutions Inc.	LA-MST-Baton Rouge team	LA
Harborcreek Youth Services	Harborcreek 2	PA
Institute for Child and Family Health	ICFH PSYCH	FL
Integro, LLC	Integro-Lifeways	MI
River Oak Center for Children	ROCC Team 2	CA
Savio House Savio	Springs PSB	CO
Seneca Center	Contra Costa County MST 2	CA
Southern Living Study	Southern Living Study Team	SC
Southwest Family Guidance Center & Institute	Southwest Family	NM
The Providence Center	Team Hope	RI
The Providence Center	Team Synergy	RI
WOTP	WOTP Programs MST Services	NC
Youth Villages	Dallas 3	NC
Youth Villages	Dallas 1	NC

Annual "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!

Dawn Gensch
Summit Pointe

Amreen Khan
Summit Pointe

Regina Kilgore
Summit Pointe

Nancy Szepanski
Summit Pointe

Kim Markham
Oesterlen Services for Youth Inc.

Valinda Christopher
Genesee County Community Mental Health

Each of these nominees received a letter of recognition and a Certificate of Merit. In addition, each will be considered for the Annual "Whatever It Takes" Award that will be presented at the 2009 International Conference in Charleston, South Carolina held in October.

Nominate Someone for Whatever It Takes


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 staff who are looking for MST-related opportunities and have posted their resumes on the site.

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New Publications

The following MST-related publications are available:

Highlighted articles:

• Kanary, P. & Feller, K. (2008). The Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices. NAMI Beginnings, Winter 2008, Issue 10, 3-4. Download issue
• Ogden, T., Hagen, K., & Andersen, O. (2007). Sustainability of the effectiveness of a programme of multisystemic treatment (MST) across participant groups in the second year of operation. Findings by The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development. Journal of Children's Services, Volume 2 Issue 3 November 2007, 4-14. Download article

Other articles:

• 281 Sheidow, A. J., & Henggeler, S. W. (in press). Multisystemic Therapy with Substance Using Adolescents: A Synthesis of the Research. In N. Jainchill (Ed.), Understanding and Treating Adolescent Substance Use Disorders. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
• 305 Ogden,T., & Hagen, K.A. (2006). Virker MST? Kommentarer til en systematisk forskningsoversikt og meta-analyse av MST. Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 26,3, 222-233. English translation: Does MST work? Comments on a systematic review and meta-analysis of MST, full English language translation available.
• Schoenwald, S.K., Heiblum, N., Saldana, L., & Henggeler, S.W. (in press). The international implementation of Multisystemic Therapy. Special Issue, International Translation in Health Behavior Research, Evaluation & the Health Professions.
• Surace, C. (2008). Medicaid coverage of Multisystemic Therapy. NAMI Beginnings, Winter 2008, Issue 10, 5-8. Download issue
• Norwegian researchers find flaws in 'gold standard' program review, Prevention Action, BluePrints Conference Special edition 2008. Read article

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

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