Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is one of the oldest and most widely researched evidence-based practices for behavioral health. The model is person-centered and recovery-based, with a transdisciplinary team providing all needed behavioral health services to those with severe and persistent mental illness.
Services provided by ACT include case management, nursing, psychiatry, employment, substance use disorder services, peer support, and more. These services are provided in the homes or communities of those being served. Assertive Community Treatment teams have a low client to staff ratio and are available to clients 24/7.
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion estimates that approximately 1 in 25 Americans live with a serious mental illness. The State of Maryland has approximately 25 Assertive Community Treatment teams.1
The Evidence-Based Practice Center at University of Maryland, Baltimore provides state-wide ACT events and training, as well as individual consultation for teams. For more information, contact Katie Kirk, ACT Trainer, at: kkirk@som.umaryland.edu.
The Evidence-Based Practice Center (EBPC) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry is authorized as a sponsor of Continuing Education Units. The EBPC maintains responsibility for this program. Please pay attention to the following distinctions regarding CEUs found at the end of each title.
*The Evidence-Based Practice Center/ the Training Center of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry certifies that this individual meets the criteria 2 Continuing Education Credits (Category I) for Social Workers/2 Continuing Education (CE) for Psychologists/ and 2 Continuing Education Units (Category A) for Professional Counselors and Therapists and Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
Also, you must log in through the webinar platform to be eligible for a certificate. Participants who call-in-only are not eligible for CEUs or COAs.
BHA sponsors this training free of charge to eligible Maryland-based provider staff through the University of Maryland School of Medicine Training and Evidence-Based Practice Centers. We are committed to making these trainings accessible to all eligible providers. If you represent an eligible provider agency and would like to discuss accommodations for your staff including requesting training at or closer to your facility, please email us at slagalo@som.umaryland.edu and provide your agency name, address, and the email address for a contact person.