LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (2008). Clinic no-shows and overbooking: Reflections and new directions in appointment yield management. Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, November 22-25, 2008. PDF Abbreviated for proceedings PDF; for full paper, contact linda.laganga@mhcd.org.

Gunderson, J., Olmos, P.A. (November, 2008). Evaluating Culture in Resiliency, Recovery, and Systems of Care: A tale of different stakeholders. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K.K., Olmos, P.A., McKinney, C.J. (November, 2008). Evaluating Growth in Mental Health Recovery: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K.K., Olmos, P.A., Prado, L.M., Granato, H., Shaw, S. (November, 2008). Evaluating a community level HIV and substance use prevention program: The Fortaleciendo la Comunidad project. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PowerPoint

McKinney, C.J., DeRoche, K.K., Olmos, P.A. (November, 2008). Understanding Consumer Self-Perceptions Regarding Mental Health Recovery: A Structural Equation Modeling Evaluation. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PowerPoint

Nebel, S. (November, 2008). Resiliency: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PowerPoint

Anderson, D., DeRoche, K., Madore, S. (November, 2008). The Unexpected Benefit of a Research Survey Team: Factors Related to Motivation for Employment. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO. PDF

DeRoche, K.K., Lahman, M.K.E. (2008). Methodological Considerations for Conducting Qualitative Interviews with Youth Receiving Mental Health Services. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(3), 17. September 2008. link: http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/issue/current PDF

Starks, R. (August, 2008). System Transformation to recovery-focused services. Workshop presented at the 36th Annual Arkansas Behavior Health Institute, Hot Springs, AR. PowerPoint

McKinney, C.J., DeRoche, K., Olmos, P.A., Hester, M., & Sammons, D. (August, 2008). Utilizing Stakeholders to Inform Mental Health Treatment Practice. Paper presented at the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings Annual Conference. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., McKinney, C.J., Starks, R. (July, 2008). System Transformation at the Mental Health Center of Denver: What it takes to get there. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Arizona Summer Institute, Sedona, AZ. PowerPoint

Nebel, S. (2008). Resilience: A qualitative methasynthesis (Doctoral paper, School of Professional Psychology. University of Denver). PDF

LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (2008).  Yield management in health care clinics with walk-in traffic.  Proceedings of Tradition and Innovation in Operations Management, 15th International Annual EurOMA Conference, University of Groningen, the Netherlands – June 15-17, 2008 PPT

Mock, K., Toney, J., McKinney, C.J., Olmos, P.A., Gebremichael, H., Dangler, L., Esparza, L. (June, 2008). Integrating Consumer, Clinician, and Stakeholder input into program evaluation: A mixed methods approach. Poster presented at SAMHSA Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. PDF

DeRoche, K., Shaw, S., Gunderson, J., Nebel, S., Jason, C. Olmos, P.A. (May, 2008). The youth evaluation project at the Mental Health Center of Denver. Paper presented at 9th Annual MHCD Consumer/Family/Provider Partnership in Recovery Conference. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

Olmos, P.A., DeRoche, K., Swanson, R., Mahalik, J. (May, 2008). The MHSIP: A tale of three centers. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado. Lyons, CO. PowerPoint

Prado, L.M., DeRoche, K.K. (2008). Addressing the needs of underserved populations through community involvement. National Council Magazine, 1, 20-21. PDF

Olmos, P.A., Starks, R., DeRoche, K., McKinney, C.J., (February, 2008). The Recovery Initiative at the Mental Health Center Of Denver: New Developments and Challenges in the path toward Strengths-Based, Recovery Focused Organizations. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation and Policy. Arlington, VA. PowerPoint

2007

Clark, C.R., Olmos-Gallo, P.A. (2007). Performance Measurement: A signature approach to outcomes measurement improves recovery. National Council Magazine, 3, 26-28. PDF

Clark, C.A. (November, 2007). Real men, real depression. Presentation at the Bethany Lutheran Church. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., Gosselin, E., Olmos, P.A., Rhodes, R. (November, 2007). The Process of Mental Health Recovery/Resiliency in Children and Adolescents. Paper presented at 21st Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. PowerPoint

McKinney, C.J., Olmos, P.A., DeRoche, K. (November, 2007). Utilizing Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Evaluation: Concepts and applications. Paper presented at 21st Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. PowerPoint

Gosselin, E., Olmos, P.A., Baumer, S., Laganga, L., Helvig, K. (November, 2007). Learning through Focus Groups: Evaluation of the Treatment Planning Process by Clinicians within a Community Mental Health Center. Poster presented at 21st Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. PDF

DeRoche, K., Hester, M., Olmos, P.A., McKinney, C.J. (October, 2007). Evaluation of Mental Health Recovery: Using Data to Inform System Change. Poster presented at the 'Culture of Data' Conference. Denver, CO. PDF

LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (2007). Clinic overbooking to improve patient access and provider productivity. Decision Sciences, 38(2), 251 ? 276. Contact Melanie.Parker@mhcd.org for a PDF copy. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.

LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (2007). Appointment scheduling with overbooking to mitigate productivity loss from no-shows. Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, November 17-20, 2007. PDF. This version is very abbreviated for publication in conference proceedings. For the complete paper, contact the author at Linda.Laganga@mhch.org.

LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (July, 2007). An appointment overbooking model to improve client access and provider productivity. Proceedings of New Challenges in Service Operations, POMS College of Service Operations and EurOMA Conference, London Business School. PDF

McKinney, C.J., Olmos, P. A. Prado, L., Umemoto, K., DeRoche, K. (June, 2007). Hierarchical Linear Modeling to Assess Outcomes in a Community-Based Early Childhood Program. Presented at the 14^th annual conference, "Building on family strengths: Research and service support of children and their families". Portland, OR. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A., Prado, L., Weimer, A. (June, 2007). Exploring the Meaning of Mental Health Recovery/Resiliency in Children and Adolescents: A Multi-Method Approach. Presented at the 14^th annual conference, "Building on family strengths: Research and service support of children and their families". Portland, OR. PowerPoint

Rhodes, R. S. (June, 2007). PTSD in Maltreated Children: A Closer Look at Diagnostic Criteria. Presented at the Annual DU-Consortium Symposium. Denver, CO. PDF

Starks, R., Huff, S., McKinney, C.J., Hester, M. (May, 2007) The MHCD Recovery Awareness Initiative. Presented at the 8th Annual MHCD Consumer/Family/Provider Partnership in Recovery Conference. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

Holland, J., DeRoche, K., & Olmos, P. A. (May, 2007). Item Response Theory analysis of the Goebel Recovery Needs Level Assessment. Poster Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado. Lyons, CO. PDF

Gosselin, E., Helvig, K., Baumer, S., & Olmos, P. A. (May, 2007). Learning through focus groups: How Mental Health consumers and clinicians perceive Participation within treatment planning process, and its impact on service delivery. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado. Lyons, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A., McKinney, C.J. (March, 2007). Techniques for explaining Item Response Theory to stakeholders. Presented at the Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference. Absecon, NJ. PowerPoint

McKinney, C.J., DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A. (March, 2007). Utilizing Multilevel Modeling for Evaluation. Presented at the Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference. Absecon, NJ. PowerPoint

Clark, C.A., (February, 2007). Transforming a System transforming people transforming lives. Exploring and Implementing Recovery-based Care. Presented at the FHC Health Systems of Puerto Rico, PR, PR. PowerPoint

2006

LaGanga, L. R., & Lawrence, S. R. (November 2006). Overbooking of Clinical Appointment Schedules with Wave Heuristics. Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. PDF

DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A., Hutchinson, S., McKinney, C.J. (November, 2006). The Psychometrics of a Self-Report Recovery Measure: A Comparison of Classical Test Theory and Rasch Modeling. Presented at the 20^th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Portland, OR. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A., Hutchinson, S., McKinney, C.J. (November, 2006). Mental Health Center of Denver's (MHCD) Recovery Markers: Development of a Clinician Based Measure of Recovery From Mental Illness. Presented at the 20^th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Portland, OR. PowerPoint

Gosselin, E., Baumer, S., Olmos, P. A. & Helvig, K. (November, 2006). What is Participation? How Mental Health Consumers Perceive Participation in their Individual Service Plans and its Impact on Services. Presented at the 20^th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Portland, OR. PDF(paper)

Prado, L., Olmos, P. A., DeRoche, K. (November, 2006). Building Evaluation Capacity for Communities of Color: Lessons from the Field. Presented at the 20^th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association Conference. Portland, OR. PowerPoint

Geist, M. R., Olmos-Gallo, P.A., Grimmer, M., Mundfrom, D. J. (2006). Protective Factors and Risk Factors in Preschool Aged Children. Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, 32 (1), 7-13 (Fall 2006). PDF

Huff, S., Olmos, P.A. (May, 2006). MHCD Recovery Update: Measuring Recovery from Multiple Perspectives. Presented at the 7^th Annual MHCD Consumer/Family/Provider Partnership in Recovery Conference. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

DeRoche, K., Olmos, P. A. (May, 2006). MHCD?s Recovery Markers and Measures: Development of Clinician-based and Consumer-based Measures of Recovery from Mental Illness. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado. Lyons, CO. PowerPoint

Olmos, P.A. Huff, S., Starks, R., (April, 2006). Measuring Recovery from the Consumer's Perspective. Presented at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's Annual Training Conference. Orlando, FL. PowerPoint

Clark, C.R. (2006). Letting recovery take root: Homeless consumers are empowered to make decisions that fundamentally change their lives. Behavioral Healthcare, March, 24-29. Contact Melanie.Parker@mhcd.org for copies of this publication

Olmos, P.A. Huff, S., Starks, R., Flynn, J. (February, 2006). The Recovery Implementation Initiative at the Mental Health Center of Denver: Lessons Learned by a Recovery Oriented Community Mental Health Center. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation and Policy. Baltimore, MD. PowerPoint

2005 and earlier

Olmos, P.A., Grimmer, M. (2005). PEARL: Lessons learned from collaboratively delivering mental health services in early childhood settings. In: C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash & R. Friedman (Eds). The 17^th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 247-252). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health. PDF

Mason, K., Olmos-Gallo, P.A., Bacon, D., McQuilken, M., Henley, A., Fisher, S. (2004). Exploring the consumer's and provider's perspective on service quality in community mental health care. Community Mental Health Journal, 40(1), 33-46. PDF

Olmos, P.A., (October, 2004). Longitudinal Hierarchical Linear Modeling Analysis of changes in Severity scores for Assertive Community Treatment Consumers. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Atlanta, GA. PDF

Olmos, P.A., Bacon, D., Mason, K. (May, 2004). Comparison of expert-based and a Rasch based approach in the development of a severity index to measure outcomes. Presented at the Canadian Evaluation Society National Conference: "Evaluation: A Co-Operative Enterprise". Saskatchewan, CA. PowerPoint

Grimmer, M., Olmos, P.A. (May, 2004). PEARL: Promoting the social-emotional well-being of children and families through partnership with parents and early learning centers. Presented at the 11^th annual conference, "Building on family strengths: Research and service support of children and their families". Portland, OR. PowerPoint

Mallah, K., Smart, L., Olmos, P.A. (May, 2004). Trauma history, symptom profile, and diagnosis in a child outpatient Community Mental Health sample. Presented at the 11^th annual conference, "Building on family strengths: Research and service support of children and their families". Portland, OR. PowerPoint

Olmos, P.A., Grimmer, M. (February, 2004). PEARL: Lessons learned from collaboratively delivering mental health services in early childhood settings. Presented at the 17th Annual Research Conference, "A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base". Tampa, FL. PowerPoint

McQuilken, M., Zahniser, J., Novak, J., Starks, R., Olmos-Gallo, P.A., Bond, G. (2003). The work project survey: Consumer perspectives on work. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 18(1), 59-68. PDF

Olmos, P.A., Bremer, R., Zanhizer, J., Thomas, M. (November, 2003). Development of a Severity Index to Measure Outcomes in Assertive Community Treatment Teams. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Reno/Sparks, NV. PDF

Johnson, A. Olmos, P.A. (November, 2003). Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Australia and the United States: Outcomes and Patient Impressions. Presented at the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Boston, MA.

Thomas, M., Bremer, R., Olmos, P.A., Flanders, G., McGuirk, F., Waxmonsky, J., Engleby, C. (June, 2003). Implementation of an Assertive Community Treatment team in a Medicaid Behavioral Health Care Organization. The impact on utilization, cost and outcome. Annual Conference of the Academy of Health. Nashville, TN.

Engleby, C., Bremer, R., Olmos, P.A. (May, 2003). Evaluating Assertive Community Treatment in a Managed care setting -Methods, outcomes and implications for rural programs. Presented at the Annual Spring Conference of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado (OPEC). Lyons, CO. PowerPoint

Olmos, P. A., Prado, L.M., Mason, K. (January, 2003). Exploring the Consumer's and Provider's perspective on Cultural Competence in Community Mental Health Care. 4^th annual conference on the Relevance of Assessment and Culture in Evaluation (RACE 2003). Tempe, AZ. PowerPoint

Prado, L.M., Olmos, P.A. (2002) Culturally Competent Evaluation: Conceptual Frameworks, Guidelines and Best Practices. Proceedings of a workshop sponsored by The Colorado Trust. Denver, CO. PDF

Olmos, P. A. & Hutchinson, S. R. (November, 2002). Instrument Equivalence across Ethnic Groups. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Washington, DC. PDF

Olmos, P.A. (July, 2002) How to make evaluation work for you and your program. Presented at the Conference: Closing the Gap: National Leadership Summit to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. Invited presentation. Washington, DC. PowerPoint

Olmos, P.A. & Prado, L.M. (April, 2002) Culturally Competent Evaluation. Presented at the Conference: Evaluating Mental Health Performance: Let the Data Speak. Denver, CO. PowerPoint

Olmos, P. A. & Hutchinson, S. R. (May, 2001). Instrument Equivalence across Ethnic Groups. Presented at the Annual Spring Conference of the Organization for Program Evaluation in Colorado (OPEC). Lyons, CO. PowerPoint

Olmos, P.A., The use of graphical representations to disseminate evaluation data more effectively. (August 2000). Presented at the Conference: Evaluating Mental Health System Performance: Why and how we do it and how it impacts you. Denver, CO.

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