Community Solutions at the University of South Florida is a new national resource for system planning and community capacity building. Formed by research faculty and staff from the USF Department of Child & Family Studies, the mission of Community Solutions at USF is to provide services and training that will equip individuals, communities and states with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively provide behavioral health services and supports to all children, youth and their families.

Fresh with feedback from the 25th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research  & Policy Conference, a series of webinars beneficial to anyone involved in developing successful community initiatives and systems of care will be hosted by Community Solutions at USF. Beginning in May, special tracks related to the provision of children’s mental health services will include healthcare reform, youth transition, family involvement, school improvement, suicide prevention, and the use of social media.

Presenters include research faculty and scholars, educators, policy makers, youth and families who are integrally involved in shaping the children’s mental health field through their expertise in a variety of areas. Visit http://cfscommunitysolutions.cbcs.usf.edu/webinars/

Up next:

August 7, 2:00 pm
Katherine J. Lazear and Stephen Roggenbaum / Saving Lives: A Framework for Suicide Prevention in Schools

August 21 , 2:00 pm
Sharon Hodges and Kathleen Ferreira / Who’s in Charge Here? Governance in Systems of Care

September 12, 2:00 pm
Marlene Matarese, Denise C Sulzbach and Michelle D. Zabel / Developing Centers of Excellence: A Strategy to Build Local Capacity for Centralized Cross-System Collaboratives, Workforce Development Initiatives, and Research and Evaluation in Systems of Care

Sept 25, 2:00 pm
Kathleen Ferreira and Sharon Hodges / Partnerships with Families in Systems of Care: Strategies for Success

October 16, 2:00 pm
Don Kincaid / School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS): Working Together to Implement Systems Change Across Schools, Districts, and States

October 30, 2:00 pm
Sharon Hodges and Kathleen Ferreira / Thinking Systemically: Six Lessons of System of Care Implementation

Nov. 13 , 2:00 pm
Kathleen Ferreira and Sharon Hodges / Connecting Data to Decision Making in Systems of Care

Dec. 4, 2:00 pm
Mary I. Armstrong / How do we Know what is Happening at the Practice Level in Systems of Care