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CFTSI in the Time of Telehealth

July 24, 2020
  • 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.