Juvenile detention facilities have come under increasing legal pressure to provide mental
health services to detainees, and mental health clinicians may be asked to design and …

Training in supervisory competencies is essential to effective clinical practice and helps
address the current national crisis in the behavioral health workforce. Interactional supervision, …

The last few decades have witnessed major growth in the evidence base on effective client
interventions used by social workers and other health and social service professionals. As …

The most common type of employer for social workers is a private, nonprofit, or charitable
organization (34.3% of all social workers); however 41% of social workers work for the …

Enhancing the diversity of roles for paid peer-support specialists is a topic of increasing
interest throughout the country. Peer specialist positions promote a renewed sense of hope for …

Over the past decade, a new paradigm in behavioral health care has emerged. It places
emphasis on cost control, evidence-based practice, patient safety, access to care, treatment …

The role of preadjudicated juvenile detention centers (JDCs) in treating children and
adolescents with mental health needs has continued to receive national attention. Legal actions …

The existence of a workforce crisis in behavioral health has been recognized for decades.
However, workforce problems often have been viewed as too large, too complex, and too …

… Scott Migdole, LCSW, is the chief operating officer of Yale Behavioral Health and the Yale
Group on Workforce Development. He is also an assistant clinical professor in the Department …

… Scott J. Elliff is currently the program coordinator at the Madison County Probation &
Court Services Juvenile Detention Center. He graduated from Southern Illinois University at …