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Effective, individualized care coordination is essential to maintaining continuity of care and supporting meaningful treatment for justice-involved individuals experiencing behavioral health challenges. Care coordination is the intentional organization of an individual’s care activities and the sharing of information among all people involved in the individual’s care. Care coordination provides that needs and preferences for the individual are identified in advance, communicated to the right people at the right time, and used to deliver meaningful, individualized, and effective care. This training will focus on building awareness of the complex factors of individuals at the intersection of criminal justice and behavioral health, utilizing collaborative and communicative strategies with multidisciplinary teams for care planning, and engaging the individual for active involvement in their care planning as they enter or exit justice-based settings.

About one in five adolescents have a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition in the United States. According to the National Survey of Children's Health (2024), "Between 2016 and 2023, the prevalence of diagnosed mental or behavioral health conditions among adolescents increased 35 percent (from 12.0% to 20.3%)."

This course is about considerations for caregivers and their role in supporting their children throughout the process of receiving psychosocial care for mental or behavioral health conditions. It highlights emotional parenting actions and their alternative counterpart called effective parenting actions. Finally, it offers an overview of motivational interviewing.

The goal of this course is to help assessors and others involved in the Enhanced Standardized Assessment (ESA) process understand Children and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act (CYMHTA) specific requirements for completing an ESA. This course also describes the role that ESAs play in accessing funding for behavioral health treatment through CYMHTA.