This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: Youth ages 14 to 21 who require on-going services from the adult systems of care (i.e., mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, developmental disabilities, physical health disabilities, and co-and-multi occurring disorders). Children aging out of either physical or legal custody of the state child protective services or juvenile justice agency may also have their cases analyzed.
Brief Description:
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Youth Transitioning into Adulthood. An ATG, developed by the New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, is a collaborative group of employees from adult and children service systems. An ATG analyzes actual cases to identify service system issues and barriers. The three goals of an ATG are to a) help transition youth referred to the ATG to services they will need as adults; b) identify systemic issues, barriers, and service gaps in the transitioning process develop strategies to address these issues; and c) offer professional support to employees involved in the adult and children service systems.
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Representatives (employees) from child and adult service systems attend regular meetings. To participate in ATG, they should:
The ATG needs a regular supply of active cases to analyze.
Each meeting must have a Neutral Coordinator.
The ATG should have a neutral meeting space.
The ATG should allow time for cross-training before analyzing active cases for the first time.
These uniform tools should be used at each meeting:
A follow-up to each analyzed case should be presented and include the following:
Youth and their parents are allowed to attend the ATG when the youth's case will be presented.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was not designed to be conducted in a group.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) has not been tested for use in a group setting.
Recommended intensity: The collaborative group meets once a month or every other month. Youth are encouraged to participate in the group meeting when their case is being reviewed.
Recommended duration: The collaborative group is an on-going process. Some meetings can last up to 3 hours.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) does not include a homework component.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) is typically conducted in: Not specified.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was designed with a Parent Component.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) addresses the following presenting problems and symptoms: Parent of youth in out-of-home care or with special needs that will make transitioning to adulthood difficult.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was designed with a Child Component.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) addresses the following presenting problems and symptoms: Living in out-of-home situation or has special needs that will make transitioning to adulthood difficult.
Age range(s): 14-21
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was not developed for children with developmental delays.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) has not been tested for children with developmental delays.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was not designed for specific racial/ethnic/cultural groups.
Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) was not tested in specific racial/ethnic/cultural groups.
There is a manual that describes how to implement this program.
There is training available for Adolescent Transition Group (ATG).
Training contact: Marie Dibianco-Eik, New Mexico Department of Health, 505-827-1630 Joe Shivers, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, 505-425-9335, ext. 121
Number of days/hours: Approved by the New Mexico Board of Social Work for 8 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Training is obtained: Training provided onsite
There currently are not additional qualified resources for training.
The typical resources for implementing Adolescent Transition Group (ATG) are: A neutral meeting space is needed. This group is owned by participants from various systems of child and adult care and should be held in a space not associated with a provider agency. Participant’s time is compensated either under their job description at their employer (service system) or, for clinical participants, as an activity under either case management or discharge planning. Paying for participants’ time is a key resource issue that increases systems’ participation in the process [i.e., the system’s employee shows up to the group because it is part of their job.] Another key resource is the time needed for the group process to be established and operate. With professional staff turnover (and therefore, group participant turnover), the group process is a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process.
There are no minimum qualifications for participating in the group, but the group should try to have the same participants each month. The neutral facilitator should have the skills to move the group from clinical to system issues. This skill can be developed as the facilitator learns more about each system of care.
No research studies have been published to date on the Adolescent Transition Group (ATG).
No articles have been published to date on the Adolescent Transition Group (ATG).
Contact name: Marie Dibianco-Eik
Affiliation/Agency: New Mexico Department of Health
Email: Marie.Dibianco@state.nm.us
Phone: 505-827-1630
Fax: 505-827-0097