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Below you will find links to some of our presentations
2008
Prado, L.M., Deroche, K.K. (2008). Addressing the needs of underserved populations through community involvement. National Council Magazine, 1, 20-21. http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/cs/about_us/national_council_magazine
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 14th 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 14th 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 20th 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 20th 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 20th 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 20th 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 7th 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 17th 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 11th 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 11th 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 37th 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. 4th 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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