On the Road to Recovery: Transition from ACT

On the Road to Recovery: Transition from ACT

A three part webinar series

The ACT Institute and The Center for Practice Innovations are pleased to announce a three-part webinar series focusing on the process and outcome of transition from ACT.   This webinar series is designed for all ACT providers.

 Webinar # 1 “The Transition Project“

        July 29, 2014

        11:30 AM-12:30 PM

  Presenter: Molly Finnerty,MD and Discussant: Gary Clark, LCSW

Molly Finnerty, MD and her research team will present findings from the Transition Project conducted with 24 ACT teams in NYS.  This three-year project examined the use of transition practices and their association with positive discharge.  

Webinar # 2 “Changing the focus of the ACT team“

        August 19, 2014

        11:30 AM-12:30 PM

  Presenter: Kara Simpson, LCSW-R and Discussant: Gary Clark, LCSW

North Central Bronx ACT Team Leader, Kara Simpson, LCSW-R, will discuss the challenges and opportunities that emerged for her team as they changed their focus towards transition. Ms. Simpson will discuss tools from the transition project that can help guide the process.

Webinar # 3 “Community inclusion: Overcoming complex clinical

                    barriers for consumers, families and community agencies“

        September 23, 2014

        11:30 AM-12:30 PM

  Presenter: Pat Myrie, RN and Discussant: Gary Clark, LCSW

The Bridge Senior ACT Team leader, Pat Myrie, RN, and ACT Psychiatrist, Dr. Alexendre Sacha Vington, MD, will present the last phase of the transition process that includes linkage, tryouts,  transfer of care, and follow up. 

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Presenters’ Biography 

Molly Finnerty, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and the Director of the Bureau of Evidence Based Services and Implementation Science, for the New York State Office of Mental Health. Dr. Finnerty directs the development and implementation of PSYCKES web-based HIPAA complaint applications to support clinical decision making and quality of care. PSYCKES applications aggregate administrative data into user friendly reports for state health authorities, providers and consumers. Dr. Finnerty oversees a number of quality initiatives focusing on improving psychotropic prescribing practices, reducing medical and behavioral health readmissions for children and adults in the Medicaid program, and increasing engagement and medication adherence. PSYCKES is implemented in over 400 different settings across New York State, and has yielded significant changes in quality measures and a return on investment in pharmacy cost savings. Dr. Finnerty is a graduate of Middlebury College and received her medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine. She completed her residency at Columbia University, and completed fellowships in Public Psychiatry at Columbia, and Services Research at Cornell. She is an Associate Research Professor at New York University, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She also teaches for the Columbia University/ New York State Psychiatric Institute, Public Psychiatry Fellowship, and serves on the American Psychiatric Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Executive Steering Committee.

Gary Clark, LCSW, currently is the New York City Coordinator of ACT services for the New York State Office of Mental Health. Mr. Clark has over twenty years of experience in the Behavioral Health Field as a direct practitioner, clinical supervisor, trainer, educator, researcher and public health administrator. Gary Clark, OMH – New York Field Office, will discuss the overall impact of the Transition Project on NYS ACT Teams.

Kara Simpson, LCSW-R is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years experience in the field of Social Service. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from Hampton University and a Masters in Social Work from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.    She excels in both collaborative and self-directed settings to deliver quality services to psychiatrically vulnerable populations using evidenced-based practices. Ms. Simpson is currently the Team Leader of the North Central Bronx Assertive Community Treatment Team.

Patricia Myrie, RN has over 15 years of experience as a psychiatric nurse.  She has over ten years working with ACT, beginning as the registered nurse, and is currently the Senior Team Leader for the three Bridge ACT Teams in the Bronx and Manhattan.  Her passion and overall life goal is to provide and integrate quality health care into behavioral health care.  Her experience with ACT has given her the aspiration, to enhance the ACT Model within the emerging health care system.