Training in TF-CBT with Ambit Network

 

Ambit Network, in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Human Services, provides training in TF-CBT to community partners through learning collaboratives. Used by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, this training model incorporates in-person trainings, consultation calls, and technical support to learning collaborative participants.

The TF-CBT Learning Collaborative Model

TFCBT Timeline

Participants of the learning collaborative hosted by Ambit Network will receive the following support and training over the learning collaborative period.

  1. Five days of in-person trainings with a nationally-approved TF-CBT trainer and consultant

    2. In-person trainings utilize a number of different formats, including lecture, group discussion, demonstrations, role-playing, and fish-bowl case consultations. Participants receive training on trauma and the effect on children and adolescents, administering and interpreting clinical assessments to screen for trauma and post-traumatic symptoms, implementation strategies and sustainability practices for TF-CBT, and in-depth training on the PRACTICE components of the TF-CBT model.

  2. Bi-monthly consultation calls with a nationally-approved TF-CBT trainer and consultant

    3. Participants in the learning collaborative join other members on consultation calls with the same TF-CBT trainer and consultant they work with during the in-person trainings. During the calls, participants have the opportunity to provide a case presentation and receive feedback from both the TF-CBT consultant and their peers, review PRACTICE components, address clinical issues and questions, and discuss sustaining TF-CBT in their mental health practice.

  3. Technical support and client monitoring provided by Ambit Network

    4. Throughout the learning collaborative, participants receive extensive support from Ambit Network for scoring of clinical assessments at baseline, follow-up, and end-of treatment interviews; monitoring client progress throughout treatment; monitoring fidelity to the TF-CBT model; and monthly reporting back to the individual and agency throughout the learning collaborative.

  4. Access to resources to assist with implementation and sustainability efforts

    5. Currently, Ambit Network provides trainings to agencies who apply for the learning collaborative through the Minnesota Department of Human Services Children’s Mental Health Division. If you are interested in applying for the next learning collaborative, you may email Heidi Flessert for more information, or call (612) 624-7722.