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American Indian Practice Improvement Collaborative

Summary

The American Indian Collaborative of Portland developed a multiagency planning and governing arrangement to design and implement a program to address the mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of the students at the Chemawa Indian Boarding School.

"The American Indian Collaborative of Portland proposes to develop a multiagency planning and governing arrangement that is able to design and implement a program to meet the mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of the students at the Chemawa Indian Boarding School. The project will reach out to the tribes and families who refer their children to the school."

Retrieved from https://www.oneskycenter.org/native-program/american-indian-practice-im…



The program may use elements of the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing. Staff involved in the project authored: Motivational Interviewing: Enhancing Motivation for Change—A Learner's Manual for the American Indian/Alaska Native Counselor.

Contact

Dale Walker, M.D.

Oregon Health & Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, OR 97201

(503) 494-3703

Details
Promising, not adapted
Community
  • Child perceived as problem by parents
  • Child temperament or behavior
  • History of child abuse and neglect/Use of corporal punishment
  • Substance abuse
Access to health and social services
Access to services
Target