CFTSI in the Time of Telehealth
July 24, 2020ID5416
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- 00:07So I'm I'm Steven Marans Amoco,
- 00:09developer of the child and family.
- 00:12Traumatic stress intervention an I am
- 00:14just delighted to be with you all today
- 00:18were all from the AHL team and I think
- 00:21from around the world it's a It's a real.
- 00:24It's a more than a tree.
- 00:26That's an honor to be with you all
- 00:29and I think one of the things I
- 00:32just wanted to begin the discussion
- 00:35today by pointing out the obvious.
- 00:38That TSI is was developed in order to
- 00:41help children and families have been
- 00:45impacted by potentially traumatic,
- 00:47overwhelming events in greater
- 00:50control over what they can control.
- 00:53And I think we're we're operating in this
- 00:57meeting is happening at a time of enormous.
- 01:01An opportunity.
- 01:03And there were only impacted
- 01:06were only impacted by the.
- 01:09Over 19 brawl impacted by the foment of
- 01:13of protest against racism and injustice
- 01:16in our country and around the world,
- 01:20and this adds additional burdens,
- 01:22challenges and opportunities
- 01:24for all of us as clinicians.
- 01:27Um, when we too are affected by
- 01:30the events that are also affecting
- 01:33the people we hope to help.
- 01:36I wanted to state the obvious because
- 01:39I think too often we we may operate
- 01:43in a vacuum and may not be able to
- 01:47adequately support each other as
- 01:49we attempt to continue to do work
- 01:53that is so essential now and always,
- 01:56and dealing with the most vulnerable.
- 01:59Navarre populations but we are part of
- 02:02this part of this world and were part of the.
- 02:08Potentially overwhelming impact of
- 02:10events that are affecting us daily.
- 02:13So it's actually a a wonderful chance,
- 02:18a wonderful opportunity to be together.
- 02:21For the first time in quite some time.
- 02:24But to be together at a time where
- 02:27we all need each other to lean on to
- 02:31support each other as we continue to to
- 02:35support the children and families who are.
- 02:38Overwhelming events in their lives with
- 02:41the aim of helping them to recover.
- 02:44I do want to say that.
- 02:47You know for many years,
- 02:49some of our colleagues have been.
- 02:51Pushing and and actually exploring
- 02:54and implementing the use of Surfside
- 02:57via Telehealth.
- 02:59And so if there is any silver
- 03:02lining in any of what's occurring,
- 03:07the opportunity to develop and put into
- 03:11practice new methods of delivering cai.
- 03:14This is why we we,
- 03:16one of the reasons for coming together
- 03:19today to talk about how we how we can
- 03:22learn from each other in moving forward
- 03:25in a in a new age and to continue to
- 03:28help those that need safety aside the most.
- 03:31So with that,
- 03:32I'm going to turn this over
- 03:34to carry up steam.
- 03:35Who's the Co developer of CFC who's
- 03:38going to lay out what we have in mind
- 03:42for what we hope will be rich discussion.
- 03:45Thanks,
- 03:46Kerry.
- 03:47So welcome everyone, I want to Echo.
- 03:50Stevens comments were so glad you're all
- 03:52here. It's really the first time that we've
- 03:55been able to come together as a full CSI
- 03:59community and really acknowledging that
- 04:00we're in the midst of that many things,
- 04:04particularly in our country, and also
- 04:06something that we've never as a country.
- 04:09Extendo, if you get the world will
- 04:11experience before this particular pandemic.
- 04:14I mean, so it also seems important
- 04:16to start out by acknowledging that
- 04:18the events that are going on and
- 04:20this pandemic are impacting all of
- 04:22us were not just to providers that
- 04:25were also impacted ourselves. So.
- 04:27Today we really wanted to create an
- 04:30opportunity to bring people together.
- 04:32The sort of special community of providers
- 04:35who do acute Perry dramatic work.
- 04:37It's also an opportunity to share
- 04:39some of our experiences as a full 50
- 04:42side community that challenges we've
- 04:44been facing as well as you know how
- 04:47we've been meeting those challenges.
- 04:49So this is really a time when
- 04:52being able to offer.
- 04:53EMT SI may be more critical than ever,
- 04:57so our goal today is to discuss.
- 04:59Find Egypt Elehouse Therese and discuss
- 05:02any questions or challenges coming up
- 05:04in regards to implementing CSI via
- 05:06Telehealth and discussing solution.
- 05:11So just to predict what are
- 05:12sessions going to look like today?
- 05:14As I said, We are going to be recording
- 05:17this event since not everyone could
- 05:19join and we want to make sure that
- 05:22the content is available to everyone.
- 05:25Because of the large number of attendees,
- 05:28this event, as you entered,
- 05:30everyone's been put on mute.
- 05:32In fact, I think we have around 75 people
- 05:35just acknowledging calling in from
- 05:37the United States, Australia, Sweden.
- 05:40As well. And because of the large
- 05:43number we want to actually ask vote
- 05:46if they could keep themselves on mute,
- 05:48but feel free to type into the chat box.
- 05:51Any comments?
- 05:52Any questions you may have.
- 05:53You can feel free to use the razor
- 05:56hand feature will be pausing
- 05:57between each of our sections of
- 05:59our initial discussion to check in
- 06:01with the chat box to review.
- 06:03Any questions or comments
- 06:05that are being raised.
- 06:07That was the end of our initial discussion.
- 06:10Will be opening up conversation,
- 06:11a dialogue to have a dialogue
- 06:13with everyone joining us,
- 06:14joining today and we're really looking
- 06:16forward to hearing from all of you.
- 06:18So again,
- 06:18because the large number of attendees
- 06:20will use the chat box for people
- 06:22to indicate if they have a question
- 06:24or comment and then we can even
- 06:26invite people to come of- need to
- 06:28join and contribute to the dialogue.
- 06:32So welcome, you are joining
- 06:34me and Steven today.
- 06:36Our colleagues and faculty members.
- 06:38I'll start with Kristen Hamill.
- 06:42Christian are you there? Can you say Hello?
- 06:44Hi Everybody, it's so
- 06:45nice to see you all
- 06:46and it's really nice
- 06:47to see some friends in the audience.
- 06:49I haven't seen in awhile. Thank
- 06:52you Kristen and Megan Gosselin, everyone.
- 06:59And Katie just perm. Everybody.
- 07:04And for those of you who
- 07:06attended trainings for if you
- 07:08sign master trainers, again,
- 07:10formally introducing myself,
- 07:11carry up soon as could developer.
- 07:13And of course even marriage you've
- 07:16already heard from Co developers CSI.
- 07:19I also want to acknowledge a few
- 07:21others who are joining us today.
- 07:24I'd like to acknowledge our wonderful CSI
- 07:26master trainers were joining the call.
- 07:28Also. Acknowledge Jenn Brown,
- 07:30who's managing or redcap
- 07:31database and as managing the
- 07:33technology under the presentation,
- 07:35and Hilary Hahn Co.
- 07:36Developer of our red cap database system
- 07:39and just to name the 50 side master
- 07:42trainer ship joined Rachel Sheller,
- 07:44Victoria Dexter, Ann Rodriguez,
- 07:45Carlos Tovar, who is a key member of art.
- 07:49Skip TSI Corda Veltman team as well.
- 07:54So today we're here to support
- 07:56clinicians supervisors in
- 07:57implementing CSI via Telehouse.
- 07:59There has a question that's been
- 08:01raised about whether CTS I can be
- 08:04implemented via Telehealth and
- 08:05for some of us there may have been
- 08:08a May continue to be a concern.
- 08:10That Telehealth creates situations
- 08:12in which it's more difficult
- 08:14to engage patients or clients.
- 08:15It may be that in fact these are
- 08:18the same engagement issues as
- 08:20we might experience in person.
- 08:22It's just playing out until a health.
- 08:25And the question is,
- 08:26how can we work with what we have?
- 08:28How can we recreate being there
- 08:30with a child in caregiver?
- 08:32and I know Megan Dawson is going to
- 08:34be speaking to this in a little bit.
- 08:39So the context for this conversation is
- 08:41very important for some people in the call.
- 08:43Talla Health, maybe something that
- 08:45you've been doing for quite a while.
- 08:47For others they moved to tell a
- 08:49health may have happy relatively
- 08:50quickly in the context of a pandemic,
- 08:52and therefore may have felt somewhat
- 08:54sudden as a result of that,
- 08:56it may have felt a little disorienting,
- 08:58or man raised a lot of questions,
- 09:00and so when when is shifting to talla
- 09:02health into summit more unexpected sudden
- 09:04way we want to figure out how we could
- 09:07we ground ourselves in the political
- 09:09process is in the clinical guidelines.
- 09:11That we know so well as clinicians,
- 09:13and that we followed prior to
- 09:15starting to implement via telephone.
- 09:17So our message to see if she's
- 09:19like community is that CF TS.
- 09:21I can definitely be implemented via
- 09:23Telehouse and both at Yale and organizations,
- 09:26both in the United States and
- 09:28in other countries.
- 09:29Donations have been effectively
- 09:31delivering CSI in this manner,
- 09:33so you'll hear an overarching.
- 09:36Beam today that is reminding ourselves that
- 09:39our goal is to work with what we have.
- 09:42Be creative.
- 09:43Content consider how you might be flexible.
- 09:47We've talked a lot in CSI training
- 09:49and consultation calls about
- 09:50Fidelity with flexibility.
- 09:56So Jennifer could take me to the next slide.
- 10:01Now I'd like to talk a bit
- 10:03about implementing this idea.
- 10:04Telehealth using the different technologies
- 10:06and platforms that you may be using.
- 10:08So we really want to acknowledge that people,
- 10:11clinicians are using a range of technologies
- 10:13and platforms to provide telehealth.
- 10:16Some clinicians are conducting to
- 10:17allow sessions through advanced
- 10:19technologies with video capability
- 10:21and screen sharing and Whiteboarding.
- 10:22Some of you may be conducting Telehouse
- 10:25sessions through simple phone calls,
- 10:27and for some it's anywhere in between,
- 10:30so everyone is in a different
- 10:32place in terms of the technology.
- 10:34So our goal is really to talk about
- 10:37how CSI is possible and effective,
- 10:39regardless of the technological venue
- 10:41you're using to conduct the session.
- 10:44Again, we want to remind ourselves.
- 10:46Of the overarching theme of
- 10:48working with what you have,
- 10:49being creative and reaching
- 10:51for Fidelity with flexibility.
- 10:52So as a very basic example,
- 10:54when we're talking about Plex ability,
- 10:56one example might be that in cases
- 10:58where a clinician is carefully planned
- 11:00to share materials with a client
- 11:02or patient through screen sharing,
- 11:05something may happen.
- 11:06For example,
- 11:06why fire Internet issues and we may
- 11:09need to improvise and depend on the
- 11:12relationship to do the work to really
- 11:14use the Relationship and rely on it.
- 11:17For those of you conducting
- 11:19CSI over the phone,
- 11:21sometimes conditions have big worries
- 11:23about whether this is doable and one
- 11:26of the things we've talked about as a
- 11:29group of CSI providers and developers
- 11:31is that this is an opportunity to make
- 11:34use of the silver lining here that,
- 11:37as we all know,
- 11:39one of the goals of Cai is finding words,
- 11:42increasing observation.
- 11:43Ull capacity about symptoms,
- 11:45and increasing communication
- 11:46about symptoms so.
- 11:47When a collision is conducting,
- 11:49either sessions 3,
- 11:50four and five over the phone.
- 11:52When you're working with the
- 11:54child and caregiver together,
- 11:55for example,
- 11:56the clinician may not be able to
- 11:58see the nonverbal communication.
- 12:00The body language of the child
- 12:02and caregiver sort of what's the
- 12:04dynamic happening between the two?
- 12:06So in this circumstance those clinician
- 12:08could actually say to the child and
- 12:11caregiver something like remember,
- 12:12I can't see what's going on right now.
- 12:16How would you describe each others reactions?
- 12:18So in this way you're dealing with
- 12:20the limitations of the telephone
- 12:22and that technology,
- 12:23but you're actually using the
- 12:25limitation to further some of the
- 12:27overarching clinical goals of Cai.
- 12:29You're really increasing observation.
- 12:30Ull capacity you are increasing
- 12:32communication about symptoms and
- 12:34observations between the parent,
- 12:35the child and caregiver,
- 12:36and you're really helping them
- 12:38put words to their experience.
- 12:40So this can really be built into
- 12:42the treatment and blended in,
- 12:44and it's actually a very helpful.
- 12:46Way to help them describe what's
- 12:48happening and putting it into words.
- 12:50So next slide please Jen.
- 12:54Thank you.
- 12:56So some of you may have already
- 12:58received a lot of guidance when it
- 13:00comes to the basics of conducting.
- 13:02Tell health,
- 13:03while others may have received less guidance.
- 13:05We thought we would just start with
- 13:07a very brief review of some of the
- 13:09basics regarding provision of Taylor
- 13:11Health and focus most of today
- 13:13on actually the provision of cai
- 13:15screening preparation for screening,
- 13:16screening and treatment.
- 13:18But as you can see on this slide,
- 13:21some of the basics are for the clinician,
- 13:24making sure that you've been able
- 13:26to identify a private location where
- 13:28you can be for the CSI screening
- 13:30sessions and treatment sessions,
- 13:31ensuring that there's some kind
- 13:33of neutral background that limits
- 13:35distractions and then also ensuring
- 13:36that you have emergency information
- 13:38for the caregiver readily accessible.
- 13:40For example,
- 13:41when you are meeting alone with
- 13:43the child during session 2.
- 13:47Slide. Thank you John.
- 13:49Let's take a moment and talk a little
- 13:52bit about what we can do prior to even
- 13:54starting CSI screening and talk about some
- 13:57considerations really setting up for success.
- 13:59So as we prepared to conduct CSI
- 14:01screening and later treatment,
- 14:03ideally will want to schedule a session that
- 14:05will be held prior to the screening session,
- 14:08during which we can review some
- 14:10considerations that will set up for success.
- 14:12But this session will give the
- 14:14clinician and the family time
- 14:16to really think things through.
- 14:18It's an opportunity for the clinician to set.
- 14:20The expectations and will really
- 14:22help to make the safety aside.
- 14:24Screening and treatment sessions
- 14:26that feel more predictable,
- 14:27which is an important goal in the
- 14:29paragenetic phase of Trump response.
- 14:31So first the condition can identify
- 14:33a time to hold a session with the
- 14:36character in family during which they
- 14:39can Orient the family to tell about.
- 14:41And this session could be seen
- 14:43as part of intake.
- 14:45For example, leading up to conducting CSI,
- 14:47screening and treatment.
- 14:48The idea is for this to be one of
- 14:51the first clinical interactions
- 14:52that clinician has with the family,
- 14:54so the clinician would likely
- 14:56set up the call,
- 14:57initial effect caregiver and again,
- 14:59perhaps the condition.
- 15:00Consider setting up a separate
- 15:02call with a child if appropriate.
- 15:04For example,
- 15:04if you're working with an adolescent
- 15:06and the idea is to proactively spend
- 15:09some time focused on how the clinician
- 15:11can work with the family to make the
- 15:13sessions as useful to the caregiver,
- 15:15and child is possible.
- 15:17So there are a few areas it might
- 15:20be understandably important
- 15:22to review with the families.
- 15:24For example,
- 15:25they may be thinking of the
- 15:28virtual session as a phone call.
- 15:30They may be,
- 15:31so they might be holding the call
- 15:35when they may be multi tasking.
- 15:38So for example when there are
- 15:41making dinner when they're going
- 15:43grocery shopping when they are
- 15:46talking or texting to friends.
- 15:49Jenn, actually,
- 15:50if you could go to the next slide,
- 15:51that would be great.
- 15:55Thank you. So we really want to help
- 15:58them to think about how they might set
- 16:00up the time when they are most focused
- 16:03spending time during that initial call,
- 16:05helping him think differently about how
- 16:06the therapy sessions are conducted over
- 16:08the phone or the computer, or a tablet,
- 16:10how they're different from other
- 16:12kinds of calls that are more informal.
- 16:14So our goal is to really help
- 16:16predict some of these expectations.
- 16:18And next slide please John.
- 16:21So the idea is really to discuss a
- 16:23plan for creating a sense of walking
- 16:25into the therapy room each week,
- 16:27and it's really a nice way to begin the work.
- 16:31It helps to engage the caregiver
- 16:33parenting role and really help set
- 16:36the tone for everything that follows.
- 16:38Which I think can be incredibly important.
- 16:41So we want to work with the caregiver
- 16:43to brainstorm and identify,
- 16:45ideally consistent location where
- 16:46the caregiver and child will be
- 16:48during the CSI sessions.
- 16:50Will want to Orient the caregiver and
- 16:52child participating in virtual sessions.
- 16:54Meaning how do we create that sense of
- 16:56walking into the therapist office so that
- 16:59they really have an appropriate space?
- 17:01Meaning privacy as much as possible,
- 17:03with ideally as few distractions as
- 17:05possible so that they're grounded
- 17:08and ready to participate.
- 17:09And I also might say that at the start
- 17:11of each other screening session,
- 17:13or see if TSI session that the clinician
- 17:15may want to consider starting the
- 17:17session with some kind of checking
- 17:19in so to speak about whether they're
- 17:21actually in a location where they're
- 17:22focused and where there's as much
- 17:24privacy as possible.
- 17:25Perhaps by asking something like you know,
- 17:27are you settled in your room or your space?
- 17:29Or do you need a minute before we begin?
- 17:33Another piece is taking the time to
- 17:35talk with a caregiver about identifying
- 17:37a space for the therapy session.
- 17:39Again,
- 17:39we've talked about as identifying where
- 17:41it will have as few interruptions as
- 17:43possible so that privacy is insured
- 17:45and really lends itself to the
- 17:47caregiver and child really engaging
- 17:49into the work so the family may
- 17:51need to really come up with unique
- 17:53spaces for the therapy sessions.
- 17:55And again,
- 17:55this is the moment for working
- 17:57with what we have.
- 17:58This is the time to be creative,
- 18:00inflexible,
- 18:01the family may have ideas or may
- 18:03need help to think through or.
- 18:05Think outside the box in terms of
- 18:07the setting for these sessions.
- 18:09So for example,
- 18:10we know that families that are
- 18:12participating in CSI who are living,
- 18:13for example,
- 18:14very small studio apartments that the
- 18:16bathroom may be seen as the therapy space.
- 18:19As this is the only space with the door.
- 18:23So thinking creatively,
- 18:23we also want to talk to the caregiver
- 18:25about how they can plan for a
- 18:27child care during the sessions
- 18:28said they were able to focus.
- 18:30So for example,
- 18:31in session one we want to ensure that
- 18:33the caregiver has the opportunity
- 18:34to focus on the discussions that
- 18:35arise in the session,
- 18:37and we want to make sure that they
- 18:39have the space that they need for any
- 18:41reactions that they may come up for them.
- 18:44We also want to Orient the child in
- 18:46caregiver to this new way of working and
- 18:48address the reality of tell Alls so.
- 18:50For example, as you can see on this slide,
- 18:52the clinician might decide to say
- 18:53something like you, even though
- 18:55we're not in the same room together.
- 18:56We're going to do our best to have
- 18:59helpful productive sessions in spite
- 19:00of the fact that we're not in the
- 19:02same room together and that our
- 19:03goal is to make this as useful and
- 19:06helpful as possible so that you get
- 19:07the most out of it as best we can.
- 19:17So Jen, if you want to move to
- 19:20the next slide. If you're using a
- 19:23video component,
- 19:23telehealth positioning the cameras.
- 19:25Also something to think through.
- 19:27We want to review how the position
- 19:29of the camera can ensure that you,
- 19:32the therapist,
- 19:33or able to in the initial sessions
- 19:36to see the caregiver to see the child,
- 19:39and then to see the child care
- 19:42Gerber Dyad in later sessions.
- 19:44It's important to note that in
- 19:46the diotic sessions of CSI,
- 19:47if the child and caregiver don't
- 19:49feel comfortable to sitting
- 19:51right up close next to each
- 19:52other to fit in the camera view,
- 19:54just to remind ourselves and remind
- 19:56them that they can position the
- 19:58camera a little bit farther away
- 19:59so that the therapist can really
- 20:01see them both and they make more,
- 20:03maybe more comfortable where there sitting.
- 20:06I'm in terms of lighting.
- 20:08It can be helpful to ensure that there's
- 20:10enough lighting during that LL sessions.
- 20:12We have really found that sometimes
- 20:14it's hard to see the child and
- 20:16caregivers faces and expressions
- 20:17when there isn't enough light and
- 20:19that the clinician may want to
- 20:21proactively bring up an address.
- 20:23The challenge of where to direct
- 20:25their gaze or their eye contact,
- 20:27particularly maybe when implementing
- 20:28the symptom assessment instruments,
- 20:29but the one possibility is for the
- 20:31therapist to proactively acknowledge
- 20:33that it can be tricky to decide
- 20:35whether where to look at the camera.
- 20:37To look at the video looking right
- 20:39into the camera of the caregiver,
- 20:41child or looking at the picture of the
- 20:43child that maybe if you're using video
- 20:45technology a little bit to the side.
- 20:48So the clinician might say,
- 20:49Dwight you know at times I
- 20:50might be looking at the camera.
- 20:52At times it might be looking at you
- 20:54and we can have a discussion about.
- 20:56So,
- 20:56just to summarize that it's really
- 20:58this is all about setting the frame.
- 21:00It's about reviewing the common
- 21:02pitfalls of families understandably.
- 21:03May need to review with the therapist.
- 21:05It's really worth spending the time
- 21:07in a first session with a caregiver,
- 21:09perhaps with the child as well.
- 21:11It's about sending the message to the
- 21:13family that they've come to the right
- 21:15place that they're in good hands with you,
- 21:18the CSI therapist,
- 21:19and it can be really helpful
- 21:20and important for the family to
- 21:22experience this message that they're
- 21:24in good hands and will get relief.
- 21:26By participating in CSI via Telehealth.
- 21:30Jenn next slide please?
- 21:32And just a note about structure.
- 21:35Before we pause,
- 21:36I think during safety as I training
- 21:38we discussed the importance
- 21:40of structures and intervention
- 21:42unto itself in trauma cases,
- 21:44which really involves lots of
- 21:46clinical of loss of control as a
- 21:49clinical scheme and the structure of
- 21:51the therapy session can really lead
- 21:53to an experience of predictability
- 21:55and therefore sense of control.
- 21:57So for this reason,
- 21:59as we've discussed for traumatized clients,
- 22:01and patients are more directive
- 22:03structured approach is really warranted.
- 22:05And in fact,
- 22:06is a really good match for Telehealth.
- 22:08So In addition,
- 22:09the structure can be really helpful and
- 22:11important when it feels like there
- 22:13are so many other unknowns in a
- 22:16person's life and you have knowledge
- 22:18ING that definitely in the context
- 22:20of what is happening for this
- 22:23country in this world at this time.
- 22:25So now I'd like to pause for a moment
- 22:27to check in with the chat box so Jen can
- 22:30you let us know when we can all check it,
- 22:32but can you let us know about any
- 22:34questions that have come in that
- 22:36we may be able to respond to? So
- 22:38so far the
- 22:39main question is if the power
- 22:41point will be available to all
- 22:43the attendees afterwards so that
- 22:45they can reference back to it.
- 22:47So I'm really glad you asked that question.
- 22:49Absolutely, we will send this out along
- 22:51with the link to the presentation,
- 22:54both for you all for attending,
- 22:55but also for folks were not able to
- 22:58attend today, so will make sure that
- 23:00everything gets out to everyone.
- 23:03Just to get the moment whether there's
- 23:07any other comments or reflections
- 23:09or questions from anybody
- 23:12else before we move on.
- 23:19OK, so at this point I'd like to turn things
- 23:22over to our colleague Megan Gosselin.
- 23:25Great so thanks Kerry um and just
- 23:27to read before I dive in to the
- 23:30material that I want to present,
- 23:32I just want to reiterate what
- 23:34Kerry and Steven both said,
- 23:35which is just how appreciative I feel
- 23:37to be here amongst all of you I've been
- 23:40personally I've been trying to kind
- 23:42of find Silver Linings where I can
- 23:44during these these months that have
- 23:46been so challenging for so many reasons.
- 23:49In the end, I'm personally finding
- 23:50the fact that so many people,
- 23:52somebody, clinicians,
- 23:53felt that it would be a good
- 23:55use of their time.
- 23:56You been during the middle of the night
- 23:59to figure out how they can continue
- 24:01to hone their skills and helping
- 24:03traumatized kids and families in this venue.
- 24:05I just to me, that's a silver lining,
- 24:08so I just wanted to begin by saying how
- 24:11glad I am that to be part of this so Jen,
- 24:14would you mind going to the
- 24:16next slide please?
- 24:17Great,
- 24:17so I'm going to talk with us today
- 24:19about some of the engagement challenges
- 24:21that we might experience while we're
- 24:23implementing Cai Entella Health and you
- 24:25can see that we've listed a couple here.
- 24:28So we may.
- 24:29We may run into this situation where
- 24:31the child or the caregiver is saying,
- 24:33You know,
- 24:34I don't want to start treatment at
- 24:36this time I feel uncomfortable with
- 24:38this idea of of meeting with you
- 24:41over the phone or through a screen,
- 24:43or by the way,
- 24:44can't we just wait until the the
- 24:46pandemic is over or when we would be
- 24:49able to to be able to be in person?
- 24:52and I think,
- 24:53especially toward the beginning of.
- 24:55The pandemic,
- 24:55some of those comments may have
- 24:58reflected either I'm misunderstanding
- 24:59or A wish that this would be kind
- 25:02of a quick disruption in all our
- 25:05lives that actually hasn't panned
- 25:07out to be the case.
- 25:09And even once a family has
- 25:11agreed to begin cai,
- 25:12I think we've we've all had the experience
- 25:15where there may be some dead ends
- 25:18or some silence during the sessions,
- 25:20either from the child or the caregiver,
- 25:23or both.
- 25:24So the the clients who are
- 25:26really not offering much or.
- 25:28I think you know they adolescent
- 25:30who is kind of in their hoodie
- 25:32and just kind of shrugging,
- 25:34I don't know,
- 25:35so I imagine that some of these scenarios
- 25:37might be familiar to people on the call.
- 25:40And I think one way that we could
- 25:42go would be to take these statements
- 25:45in these kind of behaviours at face
- 25:48value and kind of agree and say,
- 25:50OK, well you know,
- 25:51let's wait until we can do this
- 25:54in person or either or explicitly,
- 25:56or even implicitly give the
- 25:58message that we agree.
- 25:59Yeah, you know, Telehouse is just not.
- 26:02It's just not as good.
- 26:03It's second best,
- 26:05but I think we're all here because
- 26:07we believe that taking that approach
- 26:10is really going to do a disservice
- 26:12to the kid in the family,
- 26:14and that leaving trauma reactions untreated,
- 26:17you know what we know is that they
- 26:19are likely to continue or or even to
- 26:22to get worse so I can quickly share a
- 26:26personal anecdote which helps me as I'm
- 26:29thinking about engagement challenges
- 26:30with new families. Which is it?
- 26:33I reflect back on the initial moments here.
- 26:36When the RR agency was the schools in
- 26:38Connecticut had just closed the day before.
- 26:41It was a Friday and we were all kind
- 26:43of scrambling around in our agency
- 26:46thinking about the following week.
- 26:48We were likely going to be closed and
- 26:51moving to tell a health and another
- 26:53a senior kind of trauma supervisor
- 26:55from a different program came to
- 26:58consult with us and said,
- 27:00how are you guys going
- 27:01to implement these these?
- 27:03Um trauma focused interventions in
- 27:05this new way and I'll never forget my
- 27:08reaction at that point was to say,
- 27:10well, we're not.
- 27:11We're going to.
- 27:12We're going to do case management
- 27:15and supportive checkins,
- 27:16and now looking back and reflecting on that,
- 27:19I can really acknowledge that that was
- 27:21largely driven by my own acute stress
- 27:24reactions that were really limiting
- 27:25my ability to think broadly and
- 27:28creatively and to problem solve an end.
- 27:30So Fortunately,
- 27:31I've been able to move forward
- 27:33from that initial kind of frozen.
- 27:36A feeling.
- 27:36And now as I see it,
- 27:38the question isn't whether we can
- 27:40implement cai intella health because
- 27:42we've had such such tremendous success
- 27:44in doing that over these months.
- 27:46But really, the question isn't.
- 27:48It is now about how are we going to do it?
- 27:52So let's talk more about that.
- 27:54So Jen,
- 27:54would you please go to the next slide?
- 28:01Thank you so as we're encountering this,
- 28:03this range of engagement challenges,
- 28:05I think, really the first thing that we
- 28:08really should try to do is understand
- 28:11what were clinically observing.
- 28:13So I think everyone on this call would
- 28:15agree that assessment is necessary
- 28:17before effective intervention.
- 28:19So I would encourage us all to shift
- 28:21away from thinking about engagement
- 28:23challenges that we're facing in this in
- 28:26this period as being exclusively or even
- 28:29necessarily driven by or caused by Telehouse.
- 28:31And instead we want to get back to our
- 28:35broad kind of clinical perspectives.
- 28:37And also remember what we really
- 28:39know about the traumatic response
- 28:40during this very dramatic phase,
- 28:42which includes, for example,
- 28:44often high levels of Termo Avoidance.
- 28:46And also high levels of overwhelm.
- 28:49So it's really our goal to keep and
- 28:52maintain that clinical perspective,
- 28:54for example by identifying and uncovering.
- 28:56What is the clinical concern?
- 28:58What is the concern or the clinical
- 29:01issue that's actually resulting
- 29:02in the engagement challenge?
- 29:04And then once we have more
- 29:07precisely identified that we can be
- 29:09more effective at addressing it.
- 29:11So, for example,
- 29:12this can be accomplished through questions
- 29:15like help me help me understand your worry.
- 29:18What's the worry about?
- 29:20About participating in treatment in this way.
- 29:23Next,
- 29:24slide Jen.
- 29:25And so as I said,
- 29:27once we have kind of better understood
- 29:29from the the clients perspective what
- 29:31is driving the engagement challenges.
- 29:34Think we're going to be more prepared to
- 29:37affectively intervene and help engage
- 29:39the kid and the caregiver into a trauma,
- 29:42focus screening and treatment that
- 29:43we all believe is really going
- 29:46to be helpful for them.
- 29:47and I think we need to kind of
- 29:50dig deep back into our knowledge
- 29:52about Perry dramatic symptoms,
- 29:54the role of prevention.
- 29:55And then you realize some of that evidence
- 29:58based engagement strategies that we
- 30:00have relied on even outside of Telehouse.
- 30:03So for example,
- 30:04if engagement challenges are playing
- 30:05out with kids or caregivers,
- 30:07saying You know they don't want
- 30:10to participate in treatment or
- 30:12they want to wait to be in person,
- 30:14we might Taylor or clinical discussions
- 30:16to help increase the motivation
- 30:18to participate in treatment and
- 30:20to participate now and we.
- 30:21So, for example,
- 30:22we might focus on what's really
- 30:24in it for them to participate.
- 30:27What are the most distressing or
- 30:29impairing symptoms and what might be?
- 30:32What might we predict will happen to those
- 30:35symptoms when they're not treated overtime?
- 30:38Again,
- 30:39the focus on the role of cai as
- 30:42prevention model or when engagement
- 30:44challenges take the form of,
- 30:47you know, I'm just too overwhelmed.
- 30:49It's too hard to fit in this
- 30:52treatment right now.
- 30:54I think it's important for us to.
- 30:57Conceptualize it's important for us to
- 30:59think about how we conceptualize our
- 31:01role as clinicians in those moments.
- 31:03So our goal,
- 31:04I think as clinicians is to help make
- 31:07things easier and more manageable
- 31:09for families and, you know,
- 31:11I think sometimes we can feel like
- 31:13we're imposing on families when
- 31:15we're trying to schedule with them,
- 31:17when, especially when they're letting
- 31:19us know so much is going on for them,
- 31:22and I think that might be particularly
- 31:25true when were also may be feeling
- 31:27overwhelmed at times during this period.
- 31:30But if we can shift the
- 31:32frame for our patients,
- 31:33but also perhaps if it's necessary for
- 31:36ourselves from this idea that treatment
- 31:38sessions are a burden to treatment is
- 31:40really an opportunity that can strengthen
- 31:43the family functioning in an ultimately
- 31:45lead to in a short amount of time,
- 31:48less stress and less overwhelming the family.
- 31:51So I think, of course,
- 31:53we all want to validate that
- 31:55sense of overwhelmed that we know
- 31:57as Perry dramatic providers.
- 31:59This is a really common
- 32:00experience that we heard.
- 32:02A pre pandemic,
- 32:03but it certainly there may be
- 32:05additional burdens right now that
- 32:07are contributing over and above too.
- 32:09That sense of overwhelm.
- 32:10So we do want to validate that we get that.
- 32:14But then how can we help caregivers
- 32:16and kids reframe the idea of this
- 32:19session is kind of just another
- 32:21thing that's on the families plate,
- 32:23but instead can we help them think about
- 32:26these sessions as an investment that
- 32:28the family is making that could and we
- 32:31believe could have a big payoff for them.
- 32:34So for example,
- 32:35if we're successful.
- 32:36Through see after yes I in reducing
- 32:39the caregivers on symptoms we
- 32:41can actually help the case.
- 32:43Management concerns become more manageable,
- 32:45so that's because we know that lowering
- 32:49anxiety and trauma reactions you know
- 32:51we can allow that caregiver to be in
- 32:55a place to be making better decisions.
- 32:58To be able to problem solve more creatively,
- 33:01and similarly.
- 33:02Getting the kids trauma reactions
- 33:04down can certainly improve.
- 33:06And I think we've all seen this as
- 33:08safe TSI providers that can improve
- 33:10the parent child relationship,
- 33:12reduce the parent child conflict,
- 33:14and lead to less stress in the
- 33:16family as a whole and just improve
- 33:18the family functioning.
- 33:20So if we're able to convey that
- 33:22that idea of these sessions as yes
- 33:24taking up time but as really being an
- 33:27investment where the payoff will be worth it,
- 33:30I think that could be an important
- 33:32part of engaging families.
- 33:33Now, this second scenario when families OK,
- 33:36they've said yes we want to,
- 33:38uh, begin this treatment.
- 33:39But then,
- 33:40as you're going through the treatment,
- 33:42we're running into engagement challenges.
- 33:44Then I think you know we've been
- 33:46depending on where we are at with
- 33:48our professional development.
- 33:49In our experience,
- 33:50we may have become comfortable with the
- 33:53idea that in clinical sessions in person,
- 33:55you know their silence, their space,
- 33:57and we become kind of comfortable
- 33:59with how to work with that.
- 34:01But I think for many of us where
- 34:04Tele Health is a new venue.
- 34:06It can be awkward and uncomfortable.
- 34:09You know when long periods
- 34:11of silence on a phone.
- 34:13It feels uncomfortable,
- 34:14but I think again,
- 34:16if we can kind of try to
- 34:18unpack with the family,
- 34:19what might be going on
- 34:20and then that will help
- 34:22us to better approximate what
- 34:24strategies we might have done in person.
- 34:26So I'll just go through a couple of examples.
- 34:29Although these are not
- 34:30meant to be exhaustive.
- 34:32So if a child is quiet or just keeps
- 34:35repeating, you know I don't know.
- 34:37I think you know we might
- 34:39comment on what we're noticing,
- 34:41so you know I'm noticing that
- 34:43you're not really saying much.
- 34:45Have you noticed that?
- 34:46Do you have any ideas about you
- 34:49know why that might be the case and
- 34:51see if the child can bite on that.
- 34:54And if that more open ended approach
- 34:57is is is not getting anywhere,
- 35:01we might kind of utilized the the role
- 35:05of psychoeducation throughout CF side
- 35:07and being grounding for families.
- 35:10But we might utilize it by.
- 35:14By offering some, uh,
- 35:16some of what we know.
- 35:19So, for example, we might say something like.
- 35:23You know,
- 35:23for some kids in especially when
- 35:25their first meeting with me,
- 35:27they might be having yucky
- 35:29feelings in their bodies,
- 35:30and that could make it really
- 35:32hard to talk for other kids even
- 35:34outside of our sessions there.
- 35:36Noticing that it's really hard,
- 35:38it's harder than usual to
- 35:39concentrate and pay attention,
- 35:41and so that could make it hard
- 35:43for you to know how to answer.
- 35:45Some of my questions.
- 35:47For other kids,
- 35:48they may really believe that the
- 35:50best way to manage all the big
- 35:52changes that have happened in
- 35:53their bodies and their feelings
- 35:55and their thought is to kind of
- 35:57don't talk or think at all about
- 35:59what the what happened to me.
- 36:01And that might be going on,
- 36:03and then I would include potentially
- 36:05the possibility that it is the venue
- 36:08of technology by saying something
- 36:09like an for some kids it just feels
- 36:12strange to talked through through
- 36:13a screen or talk over a phone and
- 36:15then you know trying to open a
- 36:18conversation with the child about
- 36:20any of these things sound like
- 36:21they might be happening for you.
- 36:24So, uh, you know?
- 36:26In conclusion,
- 36:26I think it's it's always been,
- 36:29as Carrie said,
- 36:30it's always been important.
- 36:32I believe as cai providers that we convey
- 36:35this sense of confidence and optimism
- 36:37as families are initiating cai with us.
- 36:40The idea that we really believe that
- 36:43they came to the right place and
- 36:46we have the medicine for what is
- 36:49ailing their child in the family.
- 36:51But I think that to the extent that we can.
- 36:55Convey that same sense of growing
- 36:57optimism and growing confidence about
- 36:59the venue of Tela Health as well,
- 37:01even if at the beginning,
- 37:03as to steal a line from Carrie,
- 37:06we need to be borrowing from
- 37:08other people's confidence.
- 37:09I think that would be important.
- 37:11So Jenn, could you go to the left side?
- 37:14And so before I close,
- 37:16I just wanted to briefly raise an
- 37:18issue that can certainly present a
- 37:20particular clinical challenge in one
- 37:22that we absolutely need to have at
- 37:25the forefront of our consideration.
- 37:26So I think we're all familiar with
- 37:29situations where the child in the
- 37:31caregiver are continuing to live
- 37:33with the perpetrator of their abuse,
- 37:36and so we could be speaking about
- 37:38domestic violence or child maltreatment,
- 37:41or or both, and I think it's
- 37:43important to acknowledge that it's
- 37:45always been a challenge to engage
- 37:47those families in treatment with the
- 37:50perpetrator remaining in the home.
- 37:52But it's also important to really
- 37:54consider how Tele health can pose even
- 37:57greater challenges for these families.
- 37:59And then in clinic appointments potentially.
- 38:02and I think the message that we all
- 38:04want to convey is that a prioritization
- 38:07of the family safety is really
- 38:09important when we're scheduling and
- 38:12then implementing cai in the home.
- 38:15So what do we do as Carrie was describing
- 38:18this kind of pre work work with the
- 38:21caregiver and setting things up for success?
- 38:25I think we want to be similarly working
- 38:27with the participating caregiver.
- 38:30So as you recall,
- 38:31in CF CS I would be the non perpetrating
- 38:33caregiver to think about how we can
- 38:36really get creative and be flexible and
- 38:39problem solve around ways that we can.
- 38:41We can offer this treatment so for
- 38:43example some things to consider are
- 38:45is there a consistent time when the
- 38:48perpetrator is not actually at home?
- 38:50Are they working?
- 38:51I've had one family that I worked with
- 38:54in the past where there was a pretty
- 38:57consistent nap time of this individual
- 38:59and we were able to work around that.
- 39:02If not,
- 39:02if there's no time where where
- 39:05that person is not in the home,
- 39:07is there a safe place where the
- 39:10child in the in the caregiver
- 39:12could go just for the CF sessions,
- 39:15and if not,
- 39:16how could we be creative within the
- 39:18home environment to find a place that
- 39:21allows for the privacy that would
- 39:23be necessary to have these sessions?
- 39:26So, as Carrie mentioned,
- 39:27I have one adult patient that I'm
- 39:30routinely meeting with in her bathroom.
- 39:32Um,
- 39:33and if that's not an option is
- 39:35would it be safe for the child and
- 39:38caregiver to meet with us in a car?
- 39:41And there are additional ideas that
- 39:43we could share, but so to conclude,
- 39:46you know,
- 39:46I think hopefully we're all in this call,
- 39:50because we believe that leaving the
- 39:52child and family with no treatment
- 39:54is actually not a great option,
- 39:57not the option we want to go with,
- 40:00Because Articularly for those
- 40:01children who are continuing to
- 40:04live at home with the abuser,
- 40:06that child is is at potentially even
- 40:08greater risk for trauma reactions,
- 40:10given that.
- 40:11You know the presence of this
- 40:13person may serve as a powerful
- 40:16trauma reminder for them,
- 40:17even if the actual violence has stopped.
- 40:20So I think the overarching message
- 40:22and strategy is how can we be as
- 40:25creative and flexible and kind of
- 40:27collaborative with that participating
- 40:29caregiver as we can in order to be
- 40:33able to provide this treatment that
- 40:35we believe can be really helpful.
- 40:38So I'm gonna pause there and an John.
- 40:41Maybe we can talk about if there were
- 40:44questions that came in related to this
- 40:47content before we move on to the next topic.
- 40:53Alright, we have a few questions.
- 40:55Uhm, one from Carla Arroyo due
- 40:57to the high demand and shortage
- 40:59of therapists in our agency,
- 41:0190% of the clients a Spanish speaking.
- 41:03What are your thoughts of using peer
- 41:06support specialists meeting with apparent
- 41:08to review the telehealth settings,
- 41:10what to expect etc?
- 41:11And having the parents attend
- 41:13a Psycho Ed Class led by a
- 41:15trained peer support in general
- 41:17information about trauma in the
- 41:19brain. OK, and I think this
- 41:22you know all anyone from the
- 41:24panel should feel free to jump
- 41:26in with their their thought.
- 41:28I guess I have a question.
- 41:30Where do you mean instead of
- 41:32a moving might be connected
- 41:33to prior prior to engagement
- 41:35prior to screening. Is that what
- 41:37you're thinking of Carla? Yes,
- 41:39yes. So we have. I mean, there are very,
- 41:41very few therapists available, period, right?
- 41:43And so when we have so many so many
- 41:46people trying to access surface is
- 41:49what we find is that you have a lot of
- 41:51people in the waiting list and then
- 41:53they don't qualify for DFCSCFDSI or
- 41:55then you know it's too late or then
- 41:58they don't want treatment anymore.
- 41:59But then what we find?
- 42:01Is that when you use a case management
- 42:03you can make it you're looking at
- 42:06there at the basic needs right?
- 42:08And then and then,
- 42:09but then by the time they get to
- 42:12the therapist is almost like well,
- 42:14we're good.
- 42:15You know the the things are moving
- 42:17so so my idea is how could you
- 42:19keep him engaged by providing
- 42:21their basics basic needs,
- 42:23but also by starting working
- 42:24with them on what to expect,
- 42:26not just entirely help but with trauma.
- 42:28What emotional, like even doing some sort of.
- 42:31So it's I made at least with the
- 42:34population were working with,
- 42:36sometimes you get to that first session
- 42:38with the parent an and they don't like it.
- 42:42It's a complete Psycho
- 42:43Locational session on emotions,
- 42:45just is not just good and bad.
- 42:48It's about emotions and what?
- 42:49What are the works?
- 42:51Because in our culture.
- 42:52We were not talking about how
- 42:54like what are emotions is good
- 42:56and bad and that's about it.
- 42:58And you don't cry,
- 42:59you don't complain and so that has been
- 43:02one of the hardest things for us in
- 43:04implementing this model that you know it's.
- 43:07It's almost like when in session too
- 43:09and we gotta move are in station 3
- 43:11and it feels like you can't even
- 43:14finish and just things seem too
- 43:15convoluted and still were trying
- 43:17to figure out how can we use the
- 43:20continuum of air into helping these families,
- 43:22but it's still trying to
- 43:23maintain flight Fidelity.
- 43:24Within within the
- 43:26model. So. On
- 43:30faculty I'm I'm. I'm happy to
- 43:32sort of start of.-. The response.
- 43:35Check. I'm so Carl, I really appreciate
- 43:39you bringing this up for multiple reasons,
- 43:41and I think it really appreciate the
- 43:43understaffing and also wanting to keep folks
- 43:45engaged so that they actually transition in.
- 43:47Does the TSI and also trying to address
- 43:50the issue of making sure that they're still
- 43:52in the pair dramatic days when you start.
- 43:55And so I think that it's a really lovely
- 43:58idea that you've come up with to use peer
- 44:02support specialist to keep them engaged.
- 44:04and I think that as you wrote in
- 44:06your question reviewing telehouse
- 44:08settings and what to expect,
- 44:10having caregivers attend a group that's
- 44:13focused on general psychoeducation
- 44:14about trauma, etc.
- 44:15That's being conducted by a peer support
- 44:18specialist sounds like a really wise
- 44:20thing to do I think that you might also.
- 44:23You're also bringing up some things
- 44:25that are about not just be a
- 44:28safety aside via Telehealth, But.
- 44:30In general,
- 44:31where you're saying that actually
- 44:33there's a piece of our culture that we
- 44:35need to address in terms of discussing
- 44:38and putting words to feelings, etc.
- 44:40And I'm wondering whether that could be
- 44:42built in at all to anything that the
- 44:45peer support group would be talking about.
- 44:48I do think that once one gets.
- 44:51Connect to the clinic.
- 44:53Deceive TSI clinician.
- 44:55Reviewing some of these things
- 44:58in a pre screening.
- 45:00Giving yourself the space is
- 45:02what you're talking about.
- 45:03Setting up a call that you could build
- 45:04for case management of Billington issue,
- 45:06where you actually have the space.
- 45:08It talk about review that out,
- 45:10because I think it's begins the engagement
- 45:12between caregiver an therapist,
- 45:13so that if the peer support specialist
- 45:15reviewed it a little bit of we review
- 45:18because it's about engagement and
- 45:20it gives you the space to discuss
- 45:22things prior to screening and then
- 45:24prior to treatment.
- 45:24So I'm wondering if that addresses
- 45:26some of your concerns,
- 45:28and whether other faculty has
- 45:29anything else to add.
- 45:33But I I
- 45:34don't I. I think it's a.
- 45:37It's a really creative way of thinking
- 45:40about a very real constraint in
- 45:43terms of just the number of folks.
- 45:46and I completely agree that it's such a
- 45:49shame if there is this initial opportunity.
- 45:52But then the delay interrupts the
- 45:55possibility of folks getting help that
- 45:58actually having some of the Psycho ad
- 46:00and the general description of something.
- 46:03In between good and bad feelings
- 46:06sounds like a lovely idea.
- 46:09I do want to emphasize that that would
- 46:13not replace when they do enter into CSI
- 46:17that doesn't replace discussing the frame.
- 46:20The shared frame of reference around what
- 46:23we know about trauma and and treatment,
- 46:27because again it is shared so
- 46:30that there may be some repetition,
- 46:33but I think reviewing.
- 46:35Again, once one is able to start,
- 46:38the treatment is a very important
- 46:41central ingredient to then being able
- 46:44to move through CFTSI with an anchor
- 46:47point in what is shared about what
- 46:50is known about traumatic reactions.
- 46:54So I'm sorry to enter into
- 46:56interact again and again.
- 46:57This is just something that
- 46:58we're trying to figure out,
- 46:59so if if their peer support was to do this,
- 47:02type educational piece and it's looking
- 47:04at at the trauma and the brain.
- 47:05I mean we're looking at just what are,
- 47:08what's the impact, right? What?
- 47:09What is it that what are some of?
- 47:11What are some of the things that we
- 47:13can start seeing in our children and
- 47:15why it happens and all this stuff?
- 47:17So then by the time they get to
- 47:19the therapist, they're looking at
- 47:20the symptoms and processing and.
- 47:22And it's almost like a more
- 47:23in depth conversation.
- 47:24But uhm, so when when is it
- 47:27possible that when they say that
- 47:29the peer support could be doing,
- 47:31the CPS is as with the with the
- 47:34parent before in and the children
- 47:36so that the therapist is not
- 47:38used to that time in decision.
- 47:40So that's another complain that we've had.
- 47:42You know, that they're going.
- 47:44There's just a lot of time we
- 47:46don't have the time to do this,
- 47:49but can we use supportive services
- 47:50to help with it with the paperwork,
- 47:53and then we can review it as a team in our?
- 47:57In that immediate some weeks,
- 47:59you know, as we move into the cases.
- 48:03Can we?
- 48:04Again,
- 48:04I guess I'm struggling with keeping Fidelity,
- 48:08Anne, Anne,
- 48:09Anne,
- 48:09and really the realistic way
- 48:11of of running and moving an
- 48:14organization when you have all
- 48:16kinds of barriers such as timing,
- 48:19you know insurance is
- 48:21payments and all this stuff.
- 48:25Well, I think we could. We could
- 48:27continue this discussion further.
- 48:29An happy to do it offline so
- 48:31that we make sure that we have
- 48:34an opportunity for you know,
- 48:36the continued points of discussion.
- 48:38I would simply say I don't
- 48:40think it's an either or,
- 48:42and I think that what you're
- 48:44describing in the interim about
- 48:46being able to engage folks and keep
- 48:49people engaged while they're waiting
- 48:51by giving information in the way
- 48:53that you're describing can be, uh.
- 48:55A very creative approach.
- 48:57I would underline the fact
- 49:00that that again CF cyan.
- 49:02All the intervention strategies are based on.
- 49:05Again something that shared
- 49:07between the provider,
- 49:08the clinician and the family.
- 49:10So regardless of what
- 49:12occurs prior to session,
- 49:14one being able to refer back to that
- 49:17shared frame of reference will be
- 49:20a significant and important shared
- 49:22anchorpoint throughout the cai sessions.
- 49:25But.
- 49:26More than happy to continue this discussion.
- 49:29You know,
- 49:30following this web and R,
- 49:32this is actually a great opportunity
- 49:35to identify broader issues
- 49:37that don't just apply during a
- 49:39pandemic and turmoil. Steven I
- 49:42think we're going to move forward and have
- 49:44Katie thank you so much. Carla Katie.
- 49:46I'm going to turn it over to you.
- 49:49Great thanks Kerry Mom.
- 49:50I wanted to do it just another
- 49:52little borrowing of language.
- 49:53There you go. Thanks
- 49:54Jennifer me. The next slide
- 49:55there go kicking a man. Just echo
- 49:57what Megan said in terms of silver
- 49:59lining and being here with you
- 50:01all during the current time.
- 50:02So I'm grateful to be with you all and
- 50:05excited to be a part of this event.
- 50:07So I'm going to jump into talking
- 50:09about CSI screening and then
- 50:11going into the actual sessions.
- 50:13So overall, we really want to
- 50:15think about doing the screening in
- 50:17the way that you would in person.
- 50:19In general, I think that the key piece
- 50:22in preparation that we want to think
- 50:24about is using the pictorial rating sheet.
- 50:26How we're going to incorporate that
- 50:28depending on the means of Telehealth
- 50:31that we're using again emphasizing
- 50:32as you'll hear us say over and over.
- 50:35This creativity with flexibility.
- 50:36So depending on how you're
- 50:38conducting the session,
- 50:39for example whether or not it's by
- 50:41phone video that can help influence
- 50:43and determine how we're going to
- 50:45incorporate the patrol reading sheet.
- 50:47So if you,
- 50:48for example are on video,
- 50:50you can have the capacity to hold
- 50:52it up and show it on the screen.
- 50:55I know Carrie test on these as
- 50:57well a little bit in the beginning.
- 51:00Another option can be to share the
- 51:02screen as was mentioned as well
- 51:04before as well as sending it by email.
- 51:07If that is something that you feel
- 51:09comfortable in the relationship with
- 51:10the family or you have the capacity to do.
- 51:13We also as a team we're talking
- 51:15about getting really creative.
- 51:16In another option that could enhance
- 51:18himself observation capacities or
- 51:20abilities for kids to be really engaged
- 51:22and involved could be to help them
- 51:24develop their own pictorial rating sheet,
- 51:26so walking them through the different
- 51:28categories of their rating sheet
- 51:30and having them draw or create one
- 51:32on their own in preparation to
- 51:33do the CPS escalating measure.
- 51:35And so if the therapist is
- 51:37conducting the CPS by phone,
- 51:39this is still something that
- 51:40we feel is really feasible,
- 51:42but wanted to highlight some of the
- 51:44differences as well that doing it by phone.
- 51:47In the areas that you could go into,
- 51:49that might be helpful to make
- 51:51that a little bit more seamless,
- 51:53so it's really important to review the
- 51:55frequency categories at the start and
- 51:57repeating the frequency categories
- 51:58again as needed throughout the CPS measure.
- 52:00If the child in Gig Harbor needs
- 52:02it in particular,
- 52:03but reminding them throughout and
- 52:05making sure to sort of be aware of
- 52:08who's in front of you and listening
- 52:10for you know what's going on in
- 52:12terms of our their pauses,
- 52:13or making sure that their comprehending
- 52:15and needing the prompting as you go along.
- 52:17For those rating categories,
- 52:19another important point that I think
- 52:21has been helpful in Telehealth and
- 52:23been useful to me as an emphasis
- 52:25on the amount of times per week
- 52:27in those rating categories.
- 52:28So really honing in on for example if
- 52:30their rating is to that two or three
- 52:33times per week this is occurring and
- 52:35that can help with them assessing
- 52:37where there at in their symptoms and
- 52:39having a clearer sense.
- 52:40and I find that to be particularly
- 52:43useful on the phone as well.
- 52:45Then I'm so similar to conducting
- 52:47safety sign person sharing
- 52:48that control rating shooting.
- 52:49Thinking carefully about
- 52:50this really helps them focus.
- 52:52It helps raise awareness and it really
- 52:54does help have an easier time reporting
- 52:57on symptoms in the frequency of those.
- 52:59And then concretely thinking about
- 53:01going into this CPS measure,
- 53:03just as we do in person.
- 53:05Again, the Commission will read or walk
- 53:07through the CPS symptoms questions and
- 53:09as the caregiver or child response,
- 53:11depending on who you're meeting with at that,
- 53:14I'm going to select the one that
- 53:16feels describes the frequency of
- 53:17the symptoms for them, and really,
- 53:19using how you prepared that
- 53:21patrol rating sheet again,
- 53:22whether that's on the phone and
- 53:24you're going through it in terms of
- 53:27reminders of the frequency ratings,
- 53:28or showing them on the screen.
- 53:30Etc.
- 53:31However, you set it up.
- 53:33And then after conducting
- 53:34the screening again,
- 53:35just as you typically would make your
- 53:37recommendation for treatment and really
- 53:39by conducting the assessment in this way,
- 53:41you're conveying to the family we've got
- 53:43this and that they are accessing a helpful,
- 53:45effective treatment through this.
- 53:47Then you will tell.
- 53:49Alright,
- 53:49we can go to the next slide.
- 53:55Thanks Jenn. Alright so
- 53:57now to jump into conducting actual and
- 54:00managing CSI sessions to think about
- 54:02sessions one and two again follow the
- 54:05same format as you would in person.
- 54:07Provide a quick reminder of the clinical
- 54:09goals of session one and two at the onset,
- 54:13and similarly to the screening.
- 54:14Find a way to be creative and
- 54:17affectively inappropriately used.
- 54:18A pictorial rating sheet according to the
- 54:21measures that you're using in those sessions.
- 54:23So for example, session one.
- 54:25That's the PCL PTS DRINMFQ.
- 54:27And then in session two
- 54:29of the PTS dri another Q.
- 54:31And then I'm gonna spend a little
- 54:33bit more time thinking about
- 54:34this setup for session three.
- 54:36But again,
- 54:37the over Arcing and overall theme is
- 54:39to conduct it as you would in person,
- 54:41but reminding them in preparing
- 54:43them that you've reviewed the same
- 54:45questions with both of them about the
- 54:47big events in the child's life and
- 54:49how the child has been doing since
- 54:51the events have happened and that
- 54:52we're going to be walking through what
- 54:54you've reported to me in our recent sessions.
- 54:57Obviously in reference to both session one
- 55:00session 2 for the caregiver and the child.
- 55:02Just as he wouldn't receive
- 55:04TSI in person session,
- 55:05think about the dire that you have,
- 55:07whether that's persons on the other
- 55:09line on the phone or in front of you
- 55:11in the video in both the cab driver
- 55:13on the child and think about what
- 55:15preparation specific to this family that
- 55:17might be helpful to set them up for.
- 55:19This can join session,
- 55:20whether that's prompting whatever
- 55:22support that might be,
- 55:23but you need to that family and
- 55:25you should have a good sense of
- 55:27this from your session and wanted
- 55:29to interactions with them so far.
- 55:31And this was already emphasized as well,
- 55:33but I think is important to say again
- 55:35in the context of session three,
- 55:38that this structure of CSI and the
- 55:40use of these structured instruments
- 55:41to help the family helps him regain
- 55:43a sense of control.
- 55:45But it also,
- 55:46particularly in the time of Telehealth,
- 55:48helps us as CSI conditions.
- 55:49She really Orient ourselves and
- 55:51anchor ourselves in the model
- 55:53and in the clinical work.
- 55:55An and some of these examples are
- 55:57also mentioned, but just to reiterate,
- 55:59in terms of if someone's being quiet,
- 56:01if you can see the nonverbals and make
- 56:03observations of those and comments on that.
- 56:05If there's pauses over the phone to
- 56:07also be particularly aware of these
- 56:09particular during session three,
- 56:10given that there together,
- 56:12and what that might be bringing
- 56:14up for families in the event that
- 56:16the child and cake over don't
- 56:17want to sit next to each other.
- 56:19This is when this instance,
- 56:21I know is mentioned in the beginning.
- 56:23But this is one most likely will come
- 56:25up might be at session three as it.
- 56:28Potential barrier,
- 56:28but thinking about the problem solving
- 56:30options about moving the camera
- 56:32back and discussing with them about,
- 56:33you know the options for having
- 56:35them since so you
- 56:37can see them, but that
- 56:39they are also comfortable.
- 56:41OK, we can go on shoes at
- 56:43the next slide, perfect.
- 56:44And so by session four and five,
- 56:47you're really going to have a nice
- 56:49sense of the family in terms of
- 56:52what setup and support Phil mean.
- 56:54As I mentioned,
- 56:55going into these last two sessions,
- 56:57but again, just thinking about
- 56:59the big tool reading sheet that
- 57:01corresponds to the instruments
- 57:02you reviewing for these sessions.
- 57:04Being creative,
- 57:05using what you've learned,
- 57:06and gathered clinically about
- 57:08these families so far using their
- 57:10words and hopefully at that
- 57:12point the capacity to continue in
- 57:14the framework that you set up.
- 57:15Well, have really gotten some
- 57:17case at this point in treatment.
- 57:20So I'm gonna before we parted.
- 57:22I'm actually going to pass it on to Kristen,
- 57:24'cause she's going to continue
- 57:25with some of the structure of
- 57:26the sessions from there.
- 57:28Thank you Katie.
- 57:30'cause I'm going to
- 57:31start my talking about teaching
- 57:33coping strategies. We have
- 57:34Telehouse so you teach them
- 57:35very similar to
- 57:36what you would do in person in your office.
- 57:38You're going to teach them with
- 57:40the child and caregiver together.
- 57:42You're going to rely on in vivo
- 57:43practice in the session so you're going
- 57:45to teach them the strategies right
- 57:47then and there during the session,
- 57:49and you're going to choose strategies
- 57:51that target the symptoms you have
- 57:52decided to work on and have them
- 57:54practice just those strategies at home
- 57:56as the symptoms arise between sessions.
- 57:58Like other areas,
- 57:59we've discussed regarding regarding how
- 58:01to implement safety S Ivy Hotel Health,
- 58:03it's a time to be flexible and
- 58:05use your creativity.
- 58:06If you're a clinician who typically
- 58:08uses tools or props in the office,
- 58:10such as stress balls, feathers, etc.
- 58:12You don't have those available
- 58:13to be a tile health,
- 58:15but you do have what families
- 58:17have in their home.
- 58:18They may have slime or play DoH
- 58:20drawing or coloring materials.
- 58:21Those free coloring apps
- 58:23that exist for all ages
- 58:24are really great.
- 58:26And if you
- 58:27feel like, um, like they may be struggling
- 58:30to grasp the strategies via Telehealth.
- 58:32For example, if you're teaching
- 58:33something like focused breathing
- 58:34or progressive muscle relaxation by
- 58:36phone and they're not able to see you
- 58:39demonstrating those steps strategies,
- 58:40there are some fun videos you may
- 58:42want to suggest to help reinforce
- 58:44the use of those strategies.
- 58:49Channel you please
- 58:51up. You already
- 58:52did OK, thank you, um.
- 58:55So I'm going to talk about the
- 58:57post and for this you're going
- 58:59to introduce an administer that
- 59:01assessment measures for the post,
- 59:03just as you would in person.
- 59:05You're going to start by re and re
- 59:07orienting them to the measures.
- 59:09The CPS in the PCL you're going to start by.
- 59:13Talking about,
- 59:13remember when we first met during the
- 59:15intake I asked you these questions
- 59:17regarding how your child was doing.
- 59:18We're going to do that
- 59:19same measure right now.
- 59:21The same thing with the PCL.
- 59:23And even if it's possible that you
- 59:25can share the pictorial rating sheets
- 59:27using the method that's been working
- 59:29with for you up until this point.
- 59:33It's also a really good time to
- 59:34point out where key trauma symptoms
- 59:36started and where they have changed,
- 59:38and you may have to narrate a little
- 59:40bit more about what you're doing,
- 59:42because when you're in the office,
- 59:43you can see that you're looking at
- 59:45the different measures they can see.
- 59:47Oh, that symptoms were all fours
- 59:49and fives in the beginning,
- 59:50and maybe now there are ones and
- 59:52twos and you have to say hold on.
- 59:54I'm going to add up these scores
- 59:56and just walk through what you're
- 59:58doing and so they have an idea.
- 01:00:02Disposition planning. It might be a little
- 01:00:04bit more difficult than
- 01:00:05it typically does for kids who
- 01:00:07need longer term treatment.
- 01:00:08There may be less capacity for referrals
- 01:00:10as we were just hearing an you might
- 01:00:12have feelings about having children
- 01:00:14placed on a wait list during a pandemic
- 01:00:16and in a similar vein for kids whom
- 01:00:18you're not recommending longer term
- 01:00:20treatment but whose families are
- 01:00:21more isolated due to the pandemic,
- 01:00:23it may feel harder to end with them as well.
- 01:00:27So this is where we can really
- 01:00:29take advantage of the one month,
- 01:00:31three month follow ups that are
- 01:00:32already built in to see if TSI we
- 01:00:34can use them either as a bridge to
- 01:00:36longer term treatment or with families
- 01:00:38where treatment is not recommended.
- 01:00:40Further treatment,
- 01:00:41but who are really more isolated
- 01:00:43because of the pandemic.
- 01:00:45Generally, go to the next slide, please.
- 01:00:49So a couple of key challenges
- 01:00:51that are coming up consistently.
- 01:00:52I'm going to talk about now.
- 01:00:54One is that children and adolescents
- 01:00:57who really don't want to be on video.
- 01:00:59Some may say outright to you and somebody
- 01:01:01just appear really uncomfortable.
- 01:01:03It's important not to assume
- 01:01:05what's going on for them,
- 01:01:06but to think about what's happening
- 01:01:09clinically 1st and then try to address it.
- 01:01:11Talk it through with them.
- 01:01:13An once you've determined
- 01:01:14that that is what's going on,
- 01:01:16try to problem solve and determine
- 01:01:18what's the right solution for the
- 01:01:20family that you're working with.
- 01:01:21You can play around with what's possible
- 01:01:24and what you have to work with in
- 01:01:26terms of what venue you're using.
- 01:01:29For example,
- 01:01:29video platforms like zoom and some others.
- 01:01:32They have an option to pin participants,
- 01:01:35so the patient will only see the
- 01:01:37therapist or to make themselves really small.
- 01:01:40I had a teenage boy that I was working
- 01:01:43with last week that I met with for
- 01:01:45the very first time and he was very
- 01:01:48far back and looking down the whole
- 01:01:50initially and so we started talking
- 01:01:52about and I knew this was somebody who
- 01:01:55was also very avoidant due to his trauma.
- 01:01:57I had already known this prior
- 01:01:59to meeting with him,
- 01:02:01but.
- 01:02:01He talked through a little bit
- 01:02:03about What is this like to do this
- 01:02:05via video and what it's like to see
- 01:02:07you on your screen and and I said,
- 01:02:09You know,
- 01:02:10there's an option where you can pin so
- 01:02:12the participants so you only seeing me
- 01:02:14and he lit up right away and was like wait,
- 01:02:16can you show me that?
- 01:02:18Can you show me how to do that?
- 01:02:20And he still sat back and
- 01:02:21didn't look up very much,
- 01:02:23but he was much calmer and more engaged.
- 01:02:26And you know why we really do?
- 01:02:28If we have the option to use video,
- 01:02:30it's helpful to see what's
- 01:02:32happening nonverbally.
- 01:02:32We also we had one family with
- 01:02:34a teenage girl who she was just
- 01:02:36so uncomfortable being on video
- 01:02:38that she just wasn't engaging.
- 01:02:39We tried a couple of different tactics,
- 01:02:42changing the video,
- 01:02:42and then ultimately we decided to try
- 01:02:45switching to phone an that actually it made
- 01:02:47a huge difference in her ability to engage.
- 01:02:49So it's really it's problem solving
- 01:02:51in working with what you have.
- 01:02:54Another challenge is distracted children.
- 01:02:55We know that kids get really distracted
- 01:02:57during sessions in our office as well.
- 01:03:00So just like you would in your office,
- 01:03:02it's helpful to think about
- 01:03:04what might help them focus.
- 01:03:05So maybe it's setting up so they
- 01:03:07are able to engage in a specific
- 01:03:10activity during the session,
- 01:03:11like drawing, coloring,
- 01:03:12playing with Plato or slime.
- 01:03:14My 8 year olds that I I met with
- 01:03:16a couple of weeks ago.
- 01:03:17She brought materials to the session.
- 01:03:19She practice braiding while she
- 01:03:20was talking to me and it really
- 01:03:22helped her be able to sit.
- 01:03:24Instead of running around,
- 01:03:25sit calmly and focus on what
- 01:03:27we were talking about.
- 01:03:28The you know the difference
- 01:03:30between them being at home or be in
- 01:03:32the office is that the child care they
- 01:03:34need to bring and find the materials
- 01:03:36and bring them to the session.
- 01:03:37Since you can't put it out for them and
- 01:03:40there's a lot more for them to choose
- 01:03:42from and to show you when there at home.
- 01:03:44So it's helpful to have that discussion and
- 01:03:47prepare about what they might want to use.
- 01:03:49If a child needs to take a movement break,
- 01:03:52you can help orchestrate that for them.
- 01:03:54For some children, engaging in that
- 01:03:56need to move can be really helpful.
- 01:03:59And as with many challenges,
- 01:04:01remember that engaging the caregivers
- 01:04:02help with all of these things
- 01:04:04can just be really useful.
- 01:04:08OK John.
- 01:04:30OK, so a couple of questions
- 01:04:32that have come through.
- 01:04:34Wi-Fi freezing and not being
- 01:04:36able to tell if the client is quiet
- 01:04:39or if they're actually frozen.
- 01:04:41Maria Blanchard asked that question,
- 01:04:43Kelly Stout actually commented that
- 01:04:45she's heard the suggestion of putting
- 01:04:47something having them put something
- 01:04:48in the room that moves so you can
- 01:04:51actually see if it's if that freezes.
- 01:04:53Then you know it's the Wi-Fi connection,
- 01:04:55but that's still moving.
- 01:04:57Then you know that's the client.
- 01:05:01Do you have any suggestions
- 01:05:02from our our panel here?
- 01:05:07Anyone? No, just that I like the
- 01:05:11creativity that's that's being offered
- 01:05:13there an and I think we've all had the
- 01:05:15the awkwardness of the frozen Wi-Fi
- 01:05:17or the Wi-Fi connectivity issues.
- 01:05:19And you know, I think this is
- 01:05:21where are being are genuine selves
- 01:05:23that you know just talking about?
- 01:05:25Yep, this is one of the things that
- 01:05:27were going to be flexible about,
- 01:05:29and to the extent that we can kind
- 01:05:31of have a sense of humor about
- 01:05:33it and and even for the question
- 01:05:36that I think Maria asked,
- 01:05:37maybe even just being very
- 01:05:39direct with the family about.
- 01:05:41There are times when I'm not sure.
- 01:05:43Whether it's actually the
- 01:05:44Wi-Fi that has kind of frozen,
- 01:05:46or whether you're not,
- 01:05:47you're not responding,
- 01:05:48and so maybe we could come up
- 01:05:50with a way so that I could better,
- 01:05:53better know that perfect. I think
- 01:05:56it's not. You know it's not only the our
- 01:05:58clients and families Wi-Fi that freezes.
- 01:06:00Mine was freezing all last week and
- 01:06:02I would start by telling them I'm
- 01:06:04having some Wi-Fi issues
- 01:06:05and if this happens we
- 01:06:06that we would, we
- 01:06:07would switch to talking by phone
- 01:06:09if it was happening or the IT was
- 01:06:11dropping. I like that Christmas,
- 01:06:14so we're talking about maybe
- 01:06:15even having a pro actively
- 01:06:16bringing this and saying
- 01:06:17that it might happen.
- 01:06:18And I've even talking about we have a
- 01:06:20backup plan. I would agree with all this
- 01:06:22and the only minor thing I would add
- 01:06:24is that I think that the message going
- 01:06:27into all of this in the preparation
- 01:06:29is that we're in this together.
- 01:06:30TSI but also in the telephone mode that
- 01:06:33while difficulties come up or not,
- 01:06:35the clinician and the family are
- 01:06:36in this together in terms of the
- 01:06:38difficulties that could arise.
- 01:06:40Can help with engagement as well.
- 01:06:47There was a question about using puppets
- 01:06:50to engage kids, and
- 01:06:51if anybody had
- 01:06:53thoughts on that.
- 01:07:03Anyone respond about
- 01:07:08using puppets? As a way to engage
- 01:07:12the child into the treatment. Well,
- 01:07:16I I think one of the points that was raised
- 01:07:20was that it it and tell me if I got this
- 01:07:24right but that it seemed to work great.
- 01:07:27But then the child gets distracted by the
- 01:07:29puppet if I understood that correctly
- 01:07:31and it seems to me that that's where
- 01:07:34again the child's using the puppet for
- 01:07:37displacement and that one can use join in
- 01:07:40that displacement and talk directly to
- 01:07:42the puppet about what might be going on.
- 01:07:45That may be a. Very short response,
- 01:07:48but that's what came to my
- 01:07:51mind in in in our experience.
- 01:07:55But others might have other ideas.
- 01:07:58I guess my only other
- 01:07:59ideas that you know the themes
- 01:08:01that we've been talking about,
- 01:08:02our flexibility, creativity,
- 01:08:03and one thing that we didn't talk
- 01:08:06about that for me has been a mantra
- 01:08:07has been like self compassion,
- 01:08:09which is that if something doesn't go well,
- 01:08:11I try not to beat myself up tonight, right?
- 01:08:14OK, well that was a good try.
- 01:08:16Let's let's try something else.
- 01:08:18So I guess if you're finding
- 01:08:19that this is a successful way
- 01:08:21to help engage especially kids
- 01:08:23on the younger and roll with it.
- 01:08:25And if it's not working with
- 01:08:26a particular patient,
- 01:08:27kind of saying but without us.
- 01:08:29Something we tried and let's
- 01:08:31try something else.
- 01:08:36Nicola hurting also said that she
- 01:08:38commented on the connection issues
- 01:08:40with specific cases when
- 01:08:41it seems to happen alot.
- 01:08:43She actually calls a cell phone and
- 01:08:45does the audio over the cell phone
- 01:08:47so that she always has connection.
- 01:08:49So even if the Wi-Fi freezes
- 01:08:51they can still talk through it.
- 01:08:53But she also mentioned that she has done,
- 01:08:56you know use like puppet type things
- 01:08:58with her younger children to animate
- 01:09:00and be playful over Telehealth.
- 01:09:02And it's been very successful
- 01:09:04and kind of helping to
- 01:09:05engage them. Pause for a moment.
- 01:09:07Nickel, I know you've been doing a lot of.
- 01:09:11Tell a Health Ministry is going to help.
- 01:09:13Do you mind coming off like for a moment and
- 01:09:17just? Hi, good to see
- 01:09:20you see you too. Uhm, Yeah, Uh, I've
- 01:09:25been doing most of my Telehealth is with TF
- 01:09:29CBT and PSBCBT. And
- 01:09:31then we've been doing our
- 01:09:33assessments and screening which we
- 01:09:35include the CSI measures all over.
- 01:09:38Tell a health. And so.
- 01:09:41I think I'd
- 01:09:42like to say that
- 01:09:43I you know
- 01:09:44when I when I
- 01:09:45moved some kids from in person to
- 01:09:47to tell a health because of Covid.
- 01:09:50Uhm, the puppet idea,
- 01:09:51that was something we had used in session.
- 01:09:54She loved this stuff animal I had.
- 01:09:56It was her favorite thing and so
- 01:09:58using that having that be kind of
- 01:10:00a transitional object in terms of
- 01:10:02like we can still connect and we
- 01:10:04can still do some similar things
- 01:10:06that we did in person was important.
- 01:10:09So if you have got kids that you.
- 01:10:11Transitioning over to tell a
- 01:10:13health at this point probably not
- 01:10:15was the empty side
- 01:10:16being a shorter Reaper
- 01:10:17intervention, but that can be very helpful
- 01:10:20to utilize some of those
- 01:10:21same items that you would in
- 01:10:23in person. I don't care if you
- 01:10:25have specific questions, no, I
- 01:10:27just wanted to
- 01:10:28know it's just nice to sort of
- 01:10:30hear your experience with it,
- 01:10:32and I do think that we may be
- 01:10:34definitely in this country.
- 01:10:36Possibly be experiencing going back
- 01:10:37to having therapy in person and
- 01:10:39then because of things happening.
- 01:10:41Maybe note back to Telehealth.
- 01:10:42So I think that your comments
- 01:10:44are things that are helpful now.
- 01:10:46And possibly in the future,
- 01:10:48so it's very much welcome. You've
- 01:10:51done without with measures as we
- 01:10:53utiliza PowerPoint where we have one
- 01:10:56question at a
- 01:10:57time on the screen 'cause we use a
- 01:11:01lot utilize shares
- 01:11:02screen sharing. So that's how kind of how
- 01:11:05we've we've done the measures, and then we
- 01:11:08have the clinician
- 01:11:09have the whole measure also on
- 01:11:11their part of their screen,
- 01:11:12and then have fillable forms to be
- 01:11:15able to fill it in so that it's not
- 01:11:18overwhelming for a caregiver
- 01:11:19or a child to see like 20 questions at once,
- 01:11:23and that the you can also have
- 01:11:25the rating scale with the stars
- 01:11:27up underneath each question.
- 01:11:28So that's something that we've
- 01:11:30been doing in terms of screening
- 01:11:32and assessment that we find it.
- 01:11:34Very effective and kind
- 01:11:36of not as overwhelming and
- 01:11:38as close to how we
- 01:11:39usually do it in person.
- 01:11:41Thank you Nicola. Anyone from
- 01:11:44our team want to talk a little
- 01:11:46bit about maybe how? Additionally,
- 01:11:48how we've sort of been approaching
- 01:11:51using the control rating sheets
- 01:11:53and using the how we use the
- 01:11:56instruments when we've been doing it.
- 01:11:58When we drink telehealth when
- 01:12:01there's a visual or not. Or not.
- 01:12:04There was also a question
- 01:12:06about um from Shannon.
- 01:12:08Carry about if they're sharing
- 01:12:10the actual forms and session 3
- 01:12:12on a screen share or favorably
- 01:12:14going over the questions.
- 01:12:17For me, I I don't share the
- 01:12:19actual measure I've been sharing,
- 01:12:22just just very much in the way that
- 01:12:25Nicola you were describing.
- 01:12:27I think it's a lot can be a lot for
- 01:12:31some families to kind of see that,
- 01:12:34and I'm sure you know,
- 01:12:36as we're all getting more and
- 01:12:38more familiar with the items on
- 01:12:40the various measures, you know,
- 01:12:43a lot of them require kind of caustic,
- 01:12:46explain and change the
- 01:12:48language to help my kiddo.
- 01:12:50Or I caregiver understand and so for me,
- 01:12:53I've been just putting up the
- 01:12:55the pictorial rating scale
- 01:12:57and not the actual measures.
- 01:13:01Alright, I'm done
- 01:13:02it that way to Megan Ann also.
- 01:13:04Um, I've shared the screen and
- 01:13:06I've also used on one of them.
- 01:13:09I used like a whiteboard option
- 01:13:11an and wrote them out and
- 01:13:13so trying trying different.
- 01:13:15Our techniques that seemed to work.
- 01:13:19Great. I also wanted to sort of also
- 01:13:24acknowledge that you know there was.
- 01:13:26You know, we really want to be aware
- 01:13:29that we were talking about this,
- 01:13:31that we realized that everyone
- 01:13:32calling in repeating what I'd
- 01:13:34said earlier is using technology.
- 01:13:36Different technologies in different
- 01:13:37platforms in different ways.
- 01:13:38And, you know, we really want to be
- 01:13:41sending the message that we understand
- 01:13:42that there's sort of a disparity in
- 01:13:45terms of resources that can exist
- 01:13:47between clinicians and families.
- 01:13:48So we really respect that
- 01:13:50some families we may be using.
- 01:13:52Tablets, laptops,
- 01:13:53computers and other families
- 01:13:54we may be using the telephone,
- 01:13:56depending what?
- 01:13:57Technology is available and
- 01:13:58what they have or they may
- 01:14:00not even have the Internet
- 01:14:02or Wi-Fi. So I
- 01:14:04really wanted to address well
- 01:14:05in just just to figure that.
- 01:14:08That that so if you are
- 01:14:10doing it over the phone,
- 01:14:12I think this was said earlier,
- 01:14:14but the idea of really using a
- 01:14:16lot of repetition anry grounding
- 01:14:18in the answer choices.
- 01:14:20But which is we know,
- 01:14:22and I know this is deep deeply
- 01:14:24embedded in the training that
- 01:14:25repetition in paramedic work is
- 01:14:27actually not bad and it's actually
- 01:14:30grounding and helpful to people.
- 01:14:32So if you were doing this
- 01:14:34without any visuals,
- 01:14:35I would just think that the repetition of.
- 01:14:38Uh, with the various answer choices
- 01:14:40are could be really helpful.
- 01:14:44I just wanted to add to
- 01:14:46that about their phone.
- 01:14:47I've actually done a lot more by
- 01:14:49phone than I was anticipating doing,
- 01:14:51just by the nature of the
- 01:14:53families I'm working within,
- 01:14:54the resources they have or glitches etc,
- 01:14:56and I found it really feasible.
- 01:14:58You know the repetition
- 01:14:59pieces key in terms of.
- 01:15:01Sometimes I've even repeated the
- 01:15:03frequency rating categories after
- 01:15:04every question and walking through it,
- 01:15:06so sometimes it does take
- 01:15:07a little bit longer.
- 01:15:08However, I do find it to
- 01:15:10still be just as effective,
- 01:15:12and I've been pleasantly surprised by that.
- 01:15:16Thank you well, I also want
- 01:15:18to acknowledge we have.
- 01:15:19Lisa Wright is joining us today from
- 01:15:21Virginia and at least I know that you
- 01:15:23have been doing CSI via Telehealth
- 01:15:25and wanted to just ask if you would
- 01:15:28take a moment to just make a comment.
- 01:15:30Reflection on your experience in doing this.
- 01:15:37But Loose Lisa.
- 01:15:42She may have had to get of-.
- 01:15:44OK, well we'll find a way to
- 01:15:47convey leases, experiences,
- 01:15:47but I do know that least actually has
- 01:15:50written up a piece on her programs.
- 01:15:52Experience with doing CS.
- 01:15:53I would tell a health,
- 01:15:55and that's actually been disseminated
- 01:15:56by the National Children's alliance.
- 01:15:57The MCA, which is the organization
- 01:15:59in United States that overseas all
- 01:16:01child advocacy centers so will make
- 01:16:03sure that we get out to all of you.
- 01:16:05At least is written up in her
- 01:16:08experience with doing that.
- 01:16:10I know that just because I know
- 01:16:12I'm before we run out of time.
- 01:16:15There have been questions asked about.
- 01:16:17Upcoming training so I will
- 01:16:19write something in the chat about
- 01:16:21upcoming training while we continue
- 01:16:22asking additional questions
- 01:16:24or actually opening it up.
- 01:16:25Now that keep coming with people's
- 01:16:27comments would really like this
- 01:16:29to be a dialogue and conversation
- 01:16:31from to hear from all of you.
- 01:16:33So if you want to actually raise
- 01:16:36your hand through the chat.
- 01:16:37Uhm,
- 01:16:38let us know you have something
- 01:16:39you'd like to say.
- 01:16:40We'd really love that and have
- 01:16:41you come up Mike.
- 01:17:04When they have a covered a lot today,
- 01:17:07I'm glad people's questions have been
- 01:17:10coming throughout the presentation.
- 01:17:19So the the only thing I would I would
- 01:17:22add and I want to be very brief so
- 01:17:25that give people have a moment to
- 01:17:28kind of figure out whether they want
- 01:17:31to add anything to the discussion,
- 01:17:33but in the the point about children
- 01:17:35and families where the perpetrator
- 01:17:37is still present in the home,
- 01:17:39I think that there is something
- 01:17:42important to remember that you know
- 01:17:44the the idea that the what's in it for
- 01:17:47them also applies to the perpetrator.
- 01:17:49That again, the focus is not on
- 01:17:52retailing and the perpetrator can be
- 01:17:54reminded of the alleged perpetrator.
- 01:17:57Be reminded that is not about repeating.
- 01:18:00You know. Whatever the accusations are,
- 01:18:02but actually trying to help the
- 01:18:04child in a way that the.
- 01:18:07With the family can benefit by
- 01:18:10decreasing the child's distress
- 01:18:11and similar symptomatology,
- 01:18:13but there was a comment that just came in.
- 01:18:18Uh from Brittany?
- 01:18:26Yeah, Brittany said
- 01:18:27that her center has been offering
- 01:18:29in person sessions for engagement
- 01:18:31at screening session three and
- 01:18:33the last session if the family
- 01:18:35is comfortable and would like to
- 01:18:37come in there doing the normal.
- 01:18:40The screening in the lobby,
- 01:18:41temperature taken and given masks,
- 01:18:43and but they're doing the remainder
- 01:18:45of the session through Telehealth.
- 01:18:51So my my reaction to that is really,
- 01:18:54you know our agency and I think it
- 01:18:56depends on where where people are at
- 01:18:58in terms of where their state is that
- 01:19:01where the countries that in terms of
- 01:19:03overall kind of levels of infection and.
- 01:19:05Terms of weather in person.
- 01:19:07Appointments are available at this point,
- 01:19:09but my question for a it was a
- 01:19:12Britney Yeah my question for Britney
- 01:19:14I thought I would find myself
- 01:19:17curious about whether it's hard to
- 01:19:19shift back and forth between the in
- 01:19:22person and then the Telehealth.
- 01:19:24I'd be curious about what
- 01:19:26her experience was of that.
- 01:19:36Do you mind coming out great? Yeah sorry,
- 01:19:38I just went ahead and had to type it.
- 01:19:41Yeah, several of our clinicians have been
- 01:19:43offering that and there's been families
- 01:19:45that have have liked that and haven't
- 01:19:48seemed to have too much of an issue.
- 01:19:50Kind of transitioning back and forth,
- 01:19:51but again, you know many of our
- 01:19:53families are more comfortable
- 01:19:55just doing it all remotely,
- 01:19:56which is totally fine as well,
- 01:19:58so I think it's been kind
- 01:20:00of mixed on that point.
- 01:20:06When it sounds like your
- 01:20:09agency has the capacity,
- 01:20:10then to provide some choice which you
- 01:20:13know we know from the themes of trauma
- 01:20:16that you know we feel caught off-guard,
- 01:20:19powerless, helpless and overwhelmed.
- 01:20:21You know, during and then following
- 01:20:23these traumatic experiences so your
- 01:20:26agency is helping to reverse that
- 01:20:28by providing some choices that,
- 01:20:30while maintaining kind of physical safety,
- 01:20:32so that sounds great.
- 01:20:37Any other questions or comments,
- 01:20:43either from focusing in
- 01:20:48or from our team?
- 01:20:55Yeah I have
- 01:20:56a question. This is Anna Maria
- 01:20:58I I think I put it in the chat.
- 01:21:01I'm not sure if you guys saw it,
- 01:21:03but I'm wondering if you
- 01:21:05have any upcoming training
- 01:21:07specifically for Spanish speaking. CF TSI.
- 01:21:10So I think that's a really interesting
- 01:21:14question, and I don't mean
- 01:21:16to put one of our lives inside
- 01:21:20master trainers on the spot, but.
- 01:21:23Anna. If you're still there,
- 01:21:26I'd love you to speak to your thoughts about.
- 01:21:30I think the question on Maria is
- 01:21:32there specific training about
- 01:21:34how to implement this model.
- 01:21:36With. Um, folks who are Spanish
- 01:21:39speaking is not right. Yes.
- 01:21:43OK, honey. I
- 01:21:50guess we have been done at my.
- 01:21:52My initial thought is
- 01:21:53thinking how we might be able.
- 01:21:55I guess I have to initial thoughts and
- 01:21:57we haven't really talked about it,
- 01:21:59but that a lot of
- 01:22:00that can be
- 01:22:01discussed on the consultation
- 01:22:02calls like water.
- 01:22:03What if any or adaptations that
- 01:22:05need to be made for engaging
- 01:22:07families in this process?
- 01:22:08and I guess it links back to some
- 01:22:11of Carl's comments of like even
- 01:22:12using support staff to provide those
- 01:22:14initial psycho edge kinds of sessions.
- 01:22:16And then my other thought that
- 01:22:18we haven't really talked about
- 01:22:19Carrie or the rest of the team.
- 01:22:21I don't know if there's like.
- 01:22:23Almost like a booster session or like
- 01:22:26a like a like an additional uhm.
- 01:22:29Training or something for a couple of
- 01:22:32hours that looks at what are some of the.
- 01:22:36Issue is more specific to
- 01:22:38Spanish speaking families,
- 01:22:40but it's also like it's
- 01:22:42such a diverse group that.
- 01:22:44You know that you know anyway,
- 01:22:46so those are my my initial thought,
- 01:22:49so like that part of it can be
- 01:22:51addressed in the consultation calls
- 01:22:53and so and we can do thoughtful of
- 01:22:56some of the cultural considerations
- 01:22:57within the training so,
- 01:22:59but it sounds like you
- 01:23:00had a follow-up question.
- 01:23:02Yeah, so if in the consultation
- 01:23:04calls there are no
- 01:23:05other Spanish speaking clinicians, you
- 01:23:07know. I know that TF CBT models
- 01:23:09off they have like a Spanish
- 01:23:11speaking call specifically for
- 01:23:12Spanish speaking clinician.
- 01:23:14So I guess I'm just wondering
- 01:23:16if there's a possibility to do.
- 01:23:18To do that because all the safety
- 01:23:20cases I have our Spanish so.
- 01:23:23What do we think team I got
- 01:23:26and I really
- 01:23:27I really liked your suggestion and
- 01:23:29I think that one of the things we
- 01:23:32could think about doing is setting
- 01:23:34up an additional call or calls in
- 01:23:37the future to talk about and have
- 01:23:39the community come together to
- 01:23:41talk about things just like this.
- 01:23:43It's really here and for us to listen and
- 01:23:46hear from folks in this seaside community.
- 01:23:48What is it that we think we need to
- 01:23:50tweak and address in order to support
- 01:23:53families who speak other languages
- 01:23:54who come from different backgrounds?
- 01:23:57And so I think that it might be a
- 01:23:59wonderful opportunity for us to
- 01:24:01maybe set up something in the future
- 01:24:03to actually press to listen for
- 01:24:05us to discuss those very things.
- 01:24:08Yeah I do for I also train in child
- 01:24:11parent psychotherapy and so I know there's
- 01:24:12a monthly group for Spanish speaking.
- 01:24:14So with this for Spanish speaking therapist
- 01:24:16that are working with Spanish speaking
- 01:24:18families where they come in present
- 01:24:19cases so I don't know if there's like a
- 01:24:22version of that that maybe we could do.
- 01:24:25Right, so I don't think these
- 01:24:27are these are mutually exclusive,
- 01:24:29but I agree with Kerry that In addition
- 01:24:31to whatever you know discussion group,
- 01:24:33there might be for Spanish speaking
- 01:24:36providers, clinicians that this is an
- 01:24:38opportunity for us to to find the silver
- 01:24:41lining into not just have this be a
- 01:24:43one off a community meeting because
- 01:24:45the more that were able to learn from
- 01:24:48our colleagues about some of the the
- 01:24:51additional tweaks and additions to how
- 01:24:53we deliver CF TSI to Spanish speaking.
- 01:24:55Clients that that's a benefit all of us.
- 01:24:58So it's, uh,
- 01:24:59I think this is a great opportunity to
- 01:25:02actually take this forum and to begin
- 01:25:05to identify some of the other topics
- 01:25:07that we want to share as a group and
- 01:25:10to continue to learn from each other.
- 01:25:13So then it's a
- 01:25:15great idea. Great
- 01:25:16idea. Things that I wanted to as
- 01:25:18we start to wrap up so on America.
- 01:25:20Thank you for your questions and I think
- 01:25:22that I'm already seeing in the chat.
- 01:25:24People responding to liking the idea
- 01:25:26of are having future events like
- 01:25:28this that might be topic specific.
- 01:25:29I think that people should feel free.
- 01:25:31I've given one of my email
- 01:25:33addresses at to reach out to me.
- 01:25:35If you have a topic that you think it
- 01:25:37might be good for us to actually bring
- 01:25:40the commute together to talk about,
- 01:25:42so we'd like to plan for that.
- 01:25:44I also put information in
- 01:25:45the chat about upcoming.
- 01:25:46Virtual training that will be held in July,
- 01:25:50so all of you if anyone is interested in
- 01:25:53having someone attend this virtual training,
- 01:25:56please feel free to reach out to me directly.
- 01:26:00Again, given my email address and let me
- 01:26:02know one who can still exists on your team.
- 01:26:04If you have a CSI.
- 01:26:06Supervisors came for me to know and how
- 01:26:08many people would like to train the timing
- 01:26:10of the training in terms of time of day,
- 01:26:13where it's still a little bit on the table
- 01:26:15because we're trying to incorporate take
- 01:26:17into account as many times as possible.
- 01:26:19I'm very much thinking particularly about
- 01:26:21of our Australian and Swedish of college
- 01:26:23to run the call as well as our East Coast
- 01:26:26and West Coast folks from the state.
- 01:26:28So I think this is a time
- 01:26:30we're going to be wrapping up.
- 01:26:32We really want to thank you all for coming.
- 01:26:35It's been a wonderful opportunity
- 01:26:36to bring our safety side community
- 01:26:38together for the first time at
- 01:26:40this very important moment in time.
- 01:26:42and I know on behalf of myself, my Co.
- 01:26:45Developer Steven Marans,
- 01:26:46the rest of our team.
- 01:26:48We really thank you for coming
- 01:26:49and really appreciate your joining
- 01:26:51in towards in the dialogue.
- 01:26:55See when you're on mute.
- 01:26:59Thank you all so much.
- 01:27:01Um, what a great opportunity to be
- 01:27:03together and if nothing else, uh,
- 01:27:05it's been a great opportunity to realize
- 01:27:08that we need to do more of this so.
- 01:27:11Tattoo moving forward will will
- 01:27:13figure out the next time we can meet
- 01:27:16In addition to the training in July.