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Webinar: D3 — The Intersection of Diagnosis, Dignity and Design for Behavioral and Mental Health Communities in Crisis


When: April 27, 2023
Time: 12:00pm Pacific
Price: FREE
Registration was open until 4/27/2023 at 4pm, and is now closed.

1 unit EDAC continuing education
1 unit AIA continuing education
IDCEC credit also available**

CEU forms available for download during webinar

CEUs

 

In 2015, there were three crisis centers nationwide. As of 2019, there were 15 crisis centers, and today, with federal recovery funding becoming available to counties and communities, the number of resources and facilities are growing exponentially toward this community-based service line. 

Direct guidance from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) prioritizes that “every person gets the right response, in the right place, every time.” It is imperative that we amend the recommended guidelines put forth by regulatory bodies to include community-based crisis diversion, stabilization and treatment centers. 

This webinar will provide guidance on community crisis center planning, design and construction to ensure maximum dignity and accurate diagnosis for individuals served within a safe and restorative environment of care. Presenters will share a care model that fills the gap in design recommendations for a standalone community crisis response that lies between intensive outpatient and acute hospital settings. They will also establish a basic design framework with service definition, highlight research findings, give an update on community responsiveness to the 988 crisis hotline, provide suggestions for regulatory responsiveness and share several case studies.
 

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Learning Objectives

  • Understand what community crisis centers are and where they are positioned within the fabric of our communities. 
  • Define basic regulatory and service line definitions for community crisis responses and why this is important for our communities. 
  • Obtain and discover what that data indicates for the needs, responses, and concerns for standalone community crisis centers. 
  • Identify a facility approach for offering community-based crisis response by identifying the major components, space requirements, and other features important to offer safe, restorative and therapeutic crisis care. 

 

Presenting Faculty

Kimberly N. McMurray, AIA, EDAC, MBA, NCARB, Principal, Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC

Kimberly McMurray offers a nationally recognized expertise in behavioral and mental health design. McMurray is a practicing healthcare planner and architect with 38 years of project leadership in healthcare for academic, non-profit, and private medical campus architecture. She has a decade of experience from the owner’s multi-disciplinary perspective, which enables her to embrace a unique perspective and response to client needs. McMurray brings a detailed understanding of clinical models, operational processes, regulatory concerns, and research for behavioral and mental health design with an emphasis of creating safe, therapeutic, and restorative environments. 

 

John Lovett, PhD, Alabama State Senior Director, Benchmark Human Services

John Lovett is a healthcare professional with over a decade of experience who currently serves as the senior director representing Benchmark Human Services to the state of Alabama. He is responsible for the overall direction and coordination of Alabama’s behavioral health and IDD capacity building projects. Additionally, Dr. Lovett assists in the development and implementation of emerging Benchmark projects nationwide - solving complex healthcare problems with innovative solutions.

Dr. Lovett's dedication to transforming healthcare at the local, state, and national levels are evidenced in his on-going work and wide-ranging collaborations. Recently, Dr. Lovett played an integral role in helping Alabama develop and open three crisis centers throughout the state and continues to partner with Alabama to develop supports and services for marginalized populations.

 

Many attendees of The Center for Health Design’s webinars have inquired about IDCEC approval so they can earn ASID, IIDA, and IDS CEU’s. We have looked into this and unfortunately, the cost to upload courses to IDCEC is simply too high at this time. You can still earn credit for attending our webinars by requesting a verification certificate. As of July 9, 2020, The Center for Health Design requires a CEU management fee for verification certificates for all webinars and EBD Journal Clubs. Please contact Natalie Gonzalez, Project Manager, ngonzalez@healthdesign.org. 

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