Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) Project

Quality Improvement & Training Platform for Children’s Residential Treatment Centers

Since 2021, the IQCS team has partnered with The Centralized Training Infrastructure for Evidence Based Practices (CTI-EBP) at the University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio (UTHCSA) and the Texas Health and the Human Services Commission (HHSC) to enhance the quality and effectiveness of services for children in residential treatment centers that are part of the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Project

The IQSC team is collaborating with HHSC and UTHCSA to implement and train providers on the Quality Standard Assessment and to provide supplemental training that supports the uptake of practices that align with the Quality Standards for Out-of-Home Care Framework.

    TIMELINE:

      • RTC Provider Needs Assessment 2021
      • RTC Provider QSA Workgroup 2021-2022
        [Review & Adapt QSA for Pilot]
      • Supplemental Training 2021-ongoing
      • QSA pilot 2024 [Piloted with 2 RTC providers];
        2025 [2 additional RTC providers]

    RTC Provider Needs Assessment –

    KEY FINDINGS:

    Most Consistently Identified Training & Support
    Needs Among RTC Providers

      1. Collaboration with oversight agencies (28%)
      2. Trauma-Informed Care Training (22%)
      3. Clinical Training (17%)
      4. Leadership Training (11%)
      5. De-escalation & Behavioral Management (11%)

    TRAINING SUMMARY– 2021-2023

    Training Topics:

      • Behavioral Support Strategies
      • Evidence-Based Practice
      • Quality Standards Assessment
      • Trauma-Informed Care
      • Family Engagement

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