# Presentation: 522405

## How to Develop a Comprehensive Mental Health and Wellness Program on Your Center

- William F. Hummel, Psy.D.
- Stephen Corey, Ph.D.
- National Health and Wellness Conference
- May 8, 2003

**Notes:**
How to Develop a Comprehensive Mental Health 		      3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
and Wellness Program on Your Center 

## Introduction 

- The importance of mental health services on center
- The periods of CDSS
- We will explore how a comprehensive mental health and wellness program includes each period of CDSS
- We will have the opportunity to develop an individualized health care plan and track a student through the periods of CDSS from application to completion

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## Overview 

- Mental health and employability
- Integration of services

- IHP

- JOB

- CTP

- CPP

- CDP

- O/A

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## Outreach and Admission (OA)

- CMHC and TEAP specialist establish relationship with OA staff to clarify what information is required; this can be teleconferencing or meetings
- Work with the CDD and the IDT for the accommodation process
- Pre-arrival calls from center staff two weeks before arrival

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## Career Preparation Period (CPP) 

- Health and wellness orientation to all resources including TEAP and mental health
- Help center and wellness staff develop the individual health plan (IHP)
- Begin the wellness to employability interdisciplinary process (Problem>Discussion>Plan>Follow-up)

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## Individual Health Plan

- The IHP is an interdisciplinary collaborative strategy to assist the student in overcoming obstacles to employability
- The IHP should address medical/physical, oral health, mental health, behavioral, and drug/alcohol issues
- The IHP should cover all CDSS periods
- Progress can be monitored; strategies need to be flexible and quickly implemented

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## Wellness to Employability

- The goal is to attain the physical, psychological, psychiatric, and behavioral level of wellness necessary to be employable upon leaving Job Corps

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## Physical Wellness

- Understanding the need for and the ability to follow through on any ongoing treatment regimen, including medications
- Seeking appropriate attention for any medical/physical issue
- Taking personal responsibility for minor concerns
- Practicing good health maintenance

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## Psychological Wellness

- Attaining and maintaining self-esteem
- Dealing with peers and authority figures
- Managing anger, anxiety, and stress
- Developing and maintaining a social support system and good relationships in general
- Maintaining psychological/emotional balance

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## Psychiatric Wellness

- Independently cooperating with psychoactive medications
- Understanding one’s disorder(s) and chief symptoms
- Accessing proper medical and social help on center
- Learning how to access services in the community

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## Chemical Use/Abuse and Wellness

- Understanding the basic cycles of use and recovery
- Learning about the specific risks and triggers for one’s substance(s) of choice
- Developing coping plans for prevalent drugs such as nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and others
- Understanding the effects of drugs on employability

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## Behavioral Wellness

- Understanding illegal behavior and its consequences in the criminal justice system, employability, and the community at large
- Practicing healthy life styles such as adequate exercise, sleep, weight control, and maintaining a structure of life to enhance employability

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## Career Development Period (CDP)

- Close communication with all relevant staff: counseling, residential, academics, vocations, and others as indicated
- IHP review and update; student should have input
- Peer mentoring
- Staff mentoring

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## Career Transition Period (CTP)

- Achieving IHP and employability goals
- Staff mentoring of completing students
- Targeted support groups
- This is transition and emancipation for the students
- Emotional/developmental needs can get lost in the vocational emphasis

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## Career

- The test of the whole program
- Supportive connection to the center mentor
- Alumni groups

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## Group Exercise

- Brain storm a frequent troublesome vignette—one that is difficult for your center that crosscuts several areas
- Break out into small groups
- Develop an accommodation plan and IHP for this student
- Track the student through CDSS
- Record your ideas

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## Summation

- Briefly share posters with large group
- How can these ideas be implemented?
- Q&A

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## Where to Get More Information

- PRH
- TAG-D: Mental Health and Wellness Program
- Job Corps web sites

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