FCCTIP - Florida Clinical Consultation for Treatment Improvement Project

You have a unique vision for your program or agency. You have a wealth of experience in certain areas of its functioning, but maybe not in others that are just as critical. In order to ensure its continued growth and success, you will need assistance. The Florida Clinical Consultation for Treatment Improvement Project (FCCTIP) is offering assistance FREE OF CHARGE!

Special Points of FCCTIP

• FCCTIP is a “dialogue” for change.
• Clinical Consultation is an opportunity for evaluation and setting goals.
• The Consultation process is non-regulatory, nonpunitive and is NOT an audit.
• FCCTIP is the gateway to resources for treatment improvement

How can your program or agency participate?
The FCCTIP is seeking sites to participate in a clinical consultations in 2007. These clinical consultations are designed to move your program or agency towards excellence in client services. Participation in the clinical consultation process is strictly voluntary. The FCCTIP is made up of your peers who have volunteered their time and who have years of experience in the development, delivery, supervision, and administration of treatment programming. They also have undergone extensive training by the FCCTIP in order to serve as Peer Consultants. If you believe that your program or agency is ready to move "to the next level" of service provision for your clients, but you are not quite sure how to get it there, we encourage you to take advantage of the wealth of experience that is offered by the Florida Clinical Consultation for Treatment Improvement Project.

Project Partners

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Project Background

What Is The Florida Clinical Consultation for Treatment Improvement Process (FCCTIP)?
The consultation process is an experience whereby peers provide a “clinical consultation” to other peers. The goal, similar to the medical model of a consultation, is to review the manner in which substance abuse treatment services at a particular agency are rendered with a “fresh eye.”

A team of consultants (2 individuals) will visit your agency for approximately 2 ½ days. The consultation visit usually begins with an introductory meeting in which the consultation team, the clinical director, and designated agency staff review the purpose and goals of the visit.

The visit will then proceed a with a review of client records as well as interviews with the agency staff and clients. The consultation concludes with an interactive meeting of open dialogue in which the findings of the visit are discussed along with recommendations for treatment improvement. At this time available resources are also discussed and copies of a Resource Manual (a publication of FCCTIP) and the Red Book are provided.

Benefits of a FCCTIP Consultation

• The consultation can help agencies examine their infrastructure and make changes where necessary.
• The consultation can help agencies identify what aspects of client services are exemplary.
• The consultation can help identify what aspects of client services agencies may want to improve (change).
• The consultation will present empirically validated treatments that can be adopted.
• The consultation will present best practices in client services.
• The consultation will suggest ways of motivating change.
• The consultation will provide links to helpful resources to facilitate change.
• The consultation can assist in determining how an agency’s QI can be utilized in facilitating change.
• The consultation can help agencies prepare for future requirements such as the upcoming new federal guidelines of performance measures.
• The consultation is similar to the experience of preparing for accreditation.
• The consultation is not an audit nor is it regulatory.

To Schedule a Clinical Consultation for Your Program, contact:

Director of Research and Project Improvement
Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
2868 Mahan Drive
Suite 1
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
Phone: (850) 878-2196
Fax: (850) 878-6584