1. Ohio SAMHSA Grantee Meeting
September 26, 2008
Brainstorm Activity

2. Purpose
To gain feedback from professionals in the field on how to determine the barriers to parents following through on referrals.

3. What we know: Barriers Identified
Wait Lists for services
Cost
Insurance Issues
Parents don’t understand the importance
Parents don’t agree the help is needed
Embarrassment/Stigma
Transportation

4. Let’s Brainstorm!
What are other factors that are keeping parents from following through?

5. Do we know the barriers or do we need to contact more parents?
Let’s Brainstorm
Do we know the barriers or do we need to contact more parents?

6. Let’s Brainstorm
What format would be the most effective to gain this information from parents?

7. Who is the best person to collect this information from parents?
Let’s Brainstorm
Who is the best person to collect this information from parents?

8. When is the best time to collect this information?
Let’s Brainstorm
When is the best time to collect this information?

9. What do we know has worked?
Let’s Talk Strategies
What do we know has worked?
In school therapists to provide evaluation services
More intensive case management to assist the families through barriers
Other?

10. Next Steps
Let’s identify some next steps to move towards either further evaluation of this issue or implementing strategies

11. Thank you for your valuable insight from the field!
Thanks!
Thank you for your valuable insight from the field!