Institute for Family Involvement and Innovation
The Arizona Institute for Family Involvement & Innovation is a division of the Family Involvement Center. The Institute provides technical assistance, consultation and training to assist communities in the development and sustainability of family-driven and youth-guided systems of care. The Arizona Institute for Family Involvement & Innovation is able to provide training for:
• Medicaid Service Providers
• Health Providers
• State Entities
• System of Care Sites
• Family-Run Organizations
• Faith-Based Organizations
Consulting & Technical Assistance
The Arizona Institute for Family Involvement & Innovation personnel and affiliates offer credible expertise in the following areas
• Lessons learned in Children’s Behavioral Health System Transformation
• Establishing, Operating and Sustaining a Family-Run Organization within a
Medicaid/Managed Care Environment
• Operating and sustaining a Parent to Parent Support Service Agency in a Licensed Clinic
• Developing and sustaining family/professional partnerships
• Building Organizational Structure
• Family/Youth voice and leadership in a System of Care
• Workforce development for parent and youth roles
• Assists provider agencies, child-serving systems and communities in strengthening Systems of Care
• Building strategic alliances
• Family involvement in practice improvement efforts
• Train the trainer (TOT) capabilities
Available Trainings
• Communities Program
• Child Family Team (CFT) Series
• Peer Parent Support Partner Core & Essential Skills
• Mental Health First Aid
• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Training)
• Family Professional Partnership
• Cultural Competency for non-clinical staff
• Trauma Informed Care
• Family & Youth Leadership
• Forty Developmental Assets
• Self-Care/Compassion Fatigue
• Time Management
• Facilitative Leadership
Testimonials
Applied Suicide Intervention Training (ASIST) feedback:
I’ve been a pastor and counselor for over 10 years, taken many trainings and formal
classes . . . and this by far is the most enlightening to make a difference to preserve lives.
---- Anonymous 2010
ASIST feedback on why to recommend this training:
To raise consciousness re: suicide and its prevention. To gain knowledge, skills and confidence in intervening. ---- Anonymous 2010
During a Strengthening Families & Communities training, when asked the question: What skills did you learn from this meeting that can be applied in your life? "How to recognize our own emotions this way we can teach our children to identify and label their emotions as well to teach them how to communicate in a positive way and the reason behind feeling and behavior." ---- Anonymous 2012
Mental Health First Aid training feedback: Very Informative, looking forward to see how I will be able to apply new skills in [our] community. ---- Anonymous 2011
Very educational course brought awareness to mental health problems I really didn’t think about.
---- Anonymous 2011
References
• Sandy Bumpus, Executive Director, Oregon Family Support Network
• National TA Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University
• Frank Rider, Technical Assistance Partnership for Children’s Mental Health, Human
and Social Development Program, American Institutes for Research
• Genie Taylor, Consultant, Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group, Alabama
• University of South Florida Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
For more information on how to get started please contact Toni Donnelly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 602.412.4074.
