SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, 2200 Ft. Roots Drive, Building No. 41, Room 201, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114-1706
- ZIP Code
- 72114-1706
- Solicitation Number
- 598-261-04
- Response Due
- 3/20/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/19/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Donna Landrum, Purchasing Agent, Ph: (501) 257-1032, Fx:(501) 257-1055, Contracting Officer - Donna Landrum, Purchasing Agent, Ph:(501) 257-1032, Fx:(501) 257-1055
- E-Mail Address
-
Donna Landrum
(donna.landrum@med.va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PART: US GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SERVICES OFF ADD: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, CONTRACTING OFFICER 90C VA MEDICAL CENTER, BLDG 41 2200 FORT ROOTS DRIVE NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72114 SUBJECT : PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM SOL: 598-261-04 CLASS CODE: U009 NAIC: 611699 POC: DONNA LANDRUM 501-257-1032 DESC: Notice of intent to make a sole source award to Evanston NW Healthcare Research Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program to train and certify 16 clinicians as instructors in Vocational & Community Living Skills for work with persons with severe mental illness STATEMENT OF WORK: Statement of Work: Psychosocial Rehabilitation Training with Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program The South Central MIRECC requests that the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program train and certify 16 clinicians as Instructors in Vocational and Community Living Skills for work with persons with severe mental illness. At the end of this program, students will be able to develop and implement rehabilitation programs at their facility, describe job development, use mediation and negotiation skills in employment settings, and have a practical understanding of current policies that impact employment settings, e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act. Students will have a practical understanding of state and national benefit programs. Students will be able to identify how case management techniques can be used to empower consumers in community environments. Students will meet proficiency requirements to be certified at the Instructor level of training. The training program must – · Be no more than 5 days in length. · Be conducted at Little Rock, AR. · Provide background reading published by the University of Chicago to students prior to training: These materials include but are not limited to Survey of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, Health Skills for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Vocational & Community Living Skills for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. · Provide a program syllabus that includes but is not limited to didactics on stigma, recovery and empowerment, role plays as teaching tools, skills training, medications, functional assessment and treatment planning, vocational rehabilitation, the mental health system, legal aspects of mental health system, case management, working with families, behavioral approaches, interviewing skills, goal identification, task analysis, crisis intervention, aggression management, leading skills training groups, analysis of job interests, job development, job coaching, mediating with employers and education sites, the American with Disabilities Act, disclosure and Advance Directives, working with community and government agencies, human growth and development, wellness, diet, nutrition, exercise, sanitation, disease prevention, recognizing signs and symptoms of illness, managing illness, nursing procedures and vital signs, emotional dimensions of wellness, social dimensions of wellness, environmental dimensions of wellness, and documenting health information. · Provide evaluation materials and process that includes but is not limited to four paper and pencil knowledge tests and videotaped role-plays to demonstrate skill proficiency and training efficacy. · Provide one pre-training consultation site visit by one trainer. · Provide two on-site trainers who are certified as Instructors; can demonstrate exceptional skill and experience as teachers in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program. · Be provided at a cost no more than $62,000. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program The Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is a training and research program dedicated to persons with severe mental illness and to the development and investigation of rehabilitation strategies that facilitate their treatment goals. Towards this end, Center faculty and staff train clinical staff as well as clinical leaders to implement user-friendly and effective rehabilitation programs, provide ongoing consultation for maintenance of those programs, and investigate the efficacy of various rehabilitation and staff training programs. In addition, Center faculty are leading experts on the stigma of mental illness and effective programs for erasing stigma. The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program (PRCP) is the only program of its kind. Over the past five years, the Center has led national and international efforts in curricula development for paraprofessionals with the PRCP, and continues its tradition of excellence in materials and instructor training. The Center has an extensive program of over 30 colleges, more than 200 trained instructors, and a network of primary contacts that maintain a quality program throughout the state of Illinois. PRCP materials are currently being used in Argentina, South Korea, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, British Columbia, and Canada. In the U.S., people from Florida, Colorado, and Louisiana have come to Illinois for instructor training. Texas is adopting the program in several large agencies and a state hospital, and as a result much of this large state will also be covered by PRCP. The PRCP is a 14-16 semester-hour certificate program designed for delivery in an academic setting, such as a community college or university. Individual agencies or consortia may also use the courses as a staff development program, building the staff skills and improving service delivery through regularly planned practical training sessions. The PRCP curriculum includes 125 core competencies identified by several hundred mental health professionals, consumers, and representatives from the academic community as essential for staff working in the area of severe mental illness. Some of these competencies include: · psychiatric expertise · knowledge of the mental health system · understanding stigma · advocacy · cultural sensitivity · treatment planning · rehabilitation skills training · knowledge of medications · crisis intervention · legal issues · documentation · first aid and safety · benefits There are three important things to note about the PRCP curriculum: First, the curriculum assumes a rehabilitative approach to severe mental illness. This represents a significant change in how severe mental illness is viewed and treated. Second, the courses feature state-of-the-art principles and techniques. The most up-to-date research has been used to develop the curriculum and training materials. Third, PRCP courses are offered through community colleges across Illinois. For these reasons, the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation offers instructors' training for each course. Satisfactory passing the instructors' training and the instructors' exam is necessary for approval to teach any of the courses in the PRCP curriculum. The Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation offers instructor training for each of its four PRCP courses. Instructor training provides participants with practical information, tips, and how-to’s they can use to deliver high quality PSR training using the PRCP materials. Instructor training sessions focus on the process of teaching PSR to staff or students. PRCP instructor training is an information and action filled experience. Using discussion, demonstration, participative exercises, and audio/visual aids, trainers will: · Provide lecture by lecture tips on how to teach the material · Point out key concepts and how they are presented · Demonstrate exercises and role plays · Identify pitfalls and common errors · Answer questions you might expect to hear · Trouble-shoot areas common to many PSR staff and programs · Model effective use of handouts and other materials · Demonstrate PowerPoint shows and videos included with the curricula The first course, called Survey of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, has four themes -- understanding psychiatric disability and current approaches to treatment, the mental health system and surrounding legal issues, psychiatric rehabilitation through vocational and skills training, and family and community support systems. In the second course, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, students learn how to implement skills training for behaviors like medication management, basic conversation, and symptom management. The Process Model for social and coping skills provides a foundation for understanding how basic skills are learned and performed. Employment has economic, social, and therapeutic opportunities for persons with severe mental illness. The third course, Vocational Rehabilitation and Community Living Skills, focuses on vocational rehabilitation, including supported employment, and skills needed for community case management. The fourth course, Health Skills for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, includes skills such as nutrition, sanitation, and safety information needed in psychiatric settings, to help persons working in the field of severe mental illness promote wellness through basic health skills. Faculty and staff: Faculty and staff at the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation are international experts in rehabilitation models for persons who are severely mentally ill. Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D., RPRP, Executive Director: Dr. Corrigan is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago and an international authority on psychiatric rehabilitation, stigma, and cognitive functioning in individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Dr. Corrigan has over 200 publications in scholarly journals and has written numerous book chapters and seven books on different aspects of mental illness. He as lectured widely in Europe and Asia, and his writings have been translated for use by international audiences. He has considerable familiarity with the Illinois mental heath system; he has provided training and conducted research in state hospitals and the community for ten years. In addition, Dr. Corrigan serves on a number of local, state, and national task forces and committees dealing with such diverse areas as stigma, evidence-base practice, and psychiatric rehabilitation. He currently directs the Stigma Research Infrastructure Support Program and the GROW Study, part of a national multi-site research study of self-help groups for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Some of the areas in which he has published include: supported employment, case management, assessment of consumer satisfaction, aggression management, empowerment, cognitive and behavioral treatment, consumer support programs, social cognition, evidence based practice, stigma, leadership, staff training, and dual disorders. Stanley McCracken, Ph.D., LCSW, Director of Training: Dr. McCracken is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Dr. McCracken has taught, published, and conducted research in such diverse areas as mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, chemical dependency, behavioral pharmacology, behavioral medicine, staff training, and evidence-based practice. He has over twenty years clinical experience working with individuals with mental illness, physical illness, and chemical dependence. He is quite familiar with the Illinois mental health system, having provided training, done clinical and program consultation, and coordinated technical support to Illinois Office of Mental Health (OMH) state psychiatric hospitals and community programs for eight years. Prior to coming to the Center, he was director of the University of Chicago Dual Diagnosis Program and the Anxiety Disorders Clinic. He has taught for nearly twenty years at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in such diverse areas as Adult Psychopathology, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Treatment, and Empirically based Interventions for Mental Disorders in Adults. Dr. McCracken has served as expert witness to the US Department of Justice in psychiatric rehabilitation and behavioral treatment. He has also served on a number of local and state task forces and advisory committees in such areas as MISA (Mental Illness Substance Abuse), Services for Drug Dependent Women, Mental Health, and Multicultural/Multilingual Mental Health Services. Jon Larson, M.S., Managing Director, Institute on Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Long Term Care; Evaluating Director, Department of Labor Supported Employment Program; Co-Author of PRCP Survey of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Community Living Skills. Mr. Larson has taught PRCP courses to over 500 community college students, taught and certified PRCP instructors, and has 15 years clinical experience in working with individuals with severe mental illness. Over the past 4 years he has provided psychiatric rehabilitation consultation and training to both private and public agencies throughout the United States. His areas of interest and research include vocational rehabilitation, educational support, digital media and staff burnout. Sue Warren, BSN, MS, Director/Instructor of Human Services Technology Program, Southeastern Illinois College for the past 10 years. Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program instructor; and recipient of the Illinois Community College Trustee Association Faculty Member Award and Loren P. Dallas Outstanding Teacher Award in1999, the National Institute for Staff Organizational Development Excellence Award in 2002, and a Nominee for the David Pierce Faculty Technology Award in2003. Ms. Warren is experienced in curriculum development and instruction in the areas of medication awareness, dysfunctional families, substance abuse, sexuality, mental health, and psychiatric rehabilitation. Other faculty, staff, and colleagues of the Center will be assisting with the project to assure its success. All have many years of experience teaching and training in their respective fields and with PRCP materials.
- Web Link
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RFQ 598-261-04
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/VA/VACAHCS598/VACAHCS598/598-261-04/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Little Rock, AR
- Zip Code: 72114
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 72114
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