Frontiers Friday #34. Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT; Part II)
Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development
Frontiers Friday #34. Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT; Part II)
If you have missed last week's newsletter, flashback to last week's latest research and findings about Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) and outcome monitoring in psychotherapy. Click .
This week, we continue with more evergreen resources--and a new blog from the Frontiers.
From My Desk: Peak vs Typical Performance
Peak performance is greatly admired. But I would argue that there are another group of people who deserves better recognition. They are not peak performers. In fact, what they do is considered ‘typical’.
Read on to find out why this is highly relevant to you.
Read: Feedback-Informed Treatment in Clinical Practice: Reaching for Excellence
A few years ago, colleagues from all over contributed to an excellence edited book on the use of implementing FIT in a variety of settings (e.g., agencies, private practice, child and adolescence, addiction).
This also included a final chapter from me on "The Practice and the Practical: Pushing Your Clinical Effectiveness to the Next Level."
Resources: FIT Manuals
If you are new to the use of feedback measures, this 6 series of manuals by the International Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) is the nuts and bolts for understanding and using the tools.
Watch: FIT in Child Protection Statutory Services
I first began as a youth worker before practicing as a psychologist since 2004. And in 2010, I moved to Australia to do my doctoral. While I was downunder, I was fortunate enough to link up with a team that did therapy in an unusual way. We worked with kids who were under child protection. We worked with them on an outreach basis. In other words, they do not come to our office. We met them at skateparks, shopping malls, walking trails and hung out on park benches.
Given my background, I was delighted to watch this interview Scott Miller did with 3 practitioners from Denmark, Rasmus, Tine and Mette who implemented the ideas of FIT in their child protection services agency.
Their key findings:
(1) 50% fewer kids placed outside the home;
(2)100% decrease in complaints filed by families against social service agencies and staff;
(3) 100% decrease in staff turnover and sick days.
Words Worth Contemplating (according to my Mrs.):
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place." ~ George Bernard Shaw
Reflection:
Instead of simply valuing what we are asked to measure, how do we get closer to measuring what we value?
(See this relevant piece on this topic)
Virtual Setup
Just did a keynote yesterday at a conference in Sydney, beaming from home in WA. It was on Engaging the Edges.
Big thanks to NADA for having me even though I couldn't fly over. I’d hope to go over the next time...
Surprised I ran over time...took more than 15hrs to prep to deliver a 20+min spiel. There must be an easier way...
Also, I don’t know how my setup became this big mess. Thankfully, no one in the audience sees this!
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