What is the HBFT Partnership?
The Home-Based Family Therapy (HBFT) Partnership was launched by the Family Center at Kansas State University (KSU) and Social and Rehabilitative Services (SRS) of Kansas to promote best practices for home-based family therapy. Partnering is key to HBFT.
One level of partnership is between the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) CBS directors, SRS, Kansas Health Solutions (KHS) and the KSU consultants. The second partnership pairs home-based family therapists with KSU trainers. The third and most critical partnership, between the individual therapist and the client family, is always at the heart of this effort.
The field is moving toward an evidence-based practice framework serving children and families where a member exhibits serious emotional disturbance (SED). Our goal is to help practitioners understand and apply evidence-based principles while inviting input for the development of future evidence-based protocols.
The HBFT Partnership offers opportunities through online learning, core training, and videoconferences. Please note that your organization will be charged when registering for core training and videoconferences. If you have questions about this process please contact HBFT at (785) 532-7695 or hbft@ksu.edu.
This website encourages home-based family therapists across Kansas to help each other while learning from models and interventions that inspire success. Start participating today!
News
- A NEW CD companion to the online learning is now available! Email the HBFT team at hbft@ksu.edu for a CD on Understanding and Working with Stepfamilies. Please look below for instructions on how to use your CD companion.
- Once you receive your CD, please visit the online learning tab on the site and find the corresponding online module.
- Take the online pre-evaluation, which is listed under scope of the issue.
- You are now ready to listen to your CD companion! Pause the CD and take time to reflect on the content.
** If you have recently completed the Families and Domestic Violence module using the CD Learning companion, and have not received correspondence regarding CEUs, please contact the partnership at hbft@ksu.edu** - Coming Soon: 2010-2011 HBFT Calendar. Click to see the HBFT Calendar. Registration for an event opens 60 days prior to the posted event date.
- The updated HBFT event policy is now available. Please review it before registering for events.
- There is a $25 fee associated with registering for core trainings and videoconferences. CMHCs and private contractors are billed directly by HBFT for each person from their agency who registers. You may cancel your registration up to two weeks before an event. Participants who cancel their registrations will not be charged the $25 registration fee if we are able to fill the slot.
- Click to see our Newsletter published by Emily Hatch, our Spring 2010 Intern
On-Line Learning
New and improved interactive modules will offer wisdom on home-based therapeutic skills, family issues, therapist self-care, and supervision. As you apply those learnings directly to your own cases, you'll engage in on-going dialogue with your HBFT colleagues throughout Kansas by joining threaded discussions. Your survey responses also help us identify new training opportunities, influencing the development of future modules.Core Training
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Core Training is a key event in the HBFT partnership identifying aspects of home-based family therapy that are distinct from traditional, in-office therapy. To bridge the gap between office-based work and home-based practice, we address several unique challenges associated with working with families in their homes. HBFT provides greater access to family data and a direct view of family functioning, and that can be overwhelming. We introduce a lens to help clinicians dissect this new data and focus treatment. The result is a family-driven approach with unique phases of therapy and crucial adaptations that must be met at each phase. By studying a common family issue, participants have the opportunity to interact with one another and work through each of the phases. You'll learn from peers as every professional is encouraged to share his/her own theoretical perspective. Finally, the partnership places a priority on the use of supervision and therapist self-care to support and enhance home-based work. FYI: Lunch is provided at the core trainings (Deli lunch). If you have a food allergy, please notify us as soon as possible so we can make appropriate accommodations. Core Training 10/5/10
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 
8:00 am - 4:30
Location: Hutchinson, KS
Grand Prarie Hotel
1400 N. Lorraine Street
Phone 620.669.3911
Click here to register for this event.
Videoconferences
The HBFT coordinating committee's goal is to encourage sharing between clinicians from all over Kansas. Each conference is limited to 80 total participants, and each is informed by partnership participants' ongoing threaded Discussions on this site and the guidance of the HBFT coordinating committee. Participants receive a certificate of completion and CEUs following each event. Two types of videoconferences are offered each year. One focuses on the diagnostic and assessment of a DSM, while the other addresses an ethical issue related to in-home family therapy. DSM videoconferences span two 3-hour sessions: Part I discusses assessment and diagnosis of a DSM condition; Part II explores the therapeutic adaptations that address the DSM using HBFT. The separate Ethics Videoconference addresses the unique ethical challenges involved in providing home-based family therapy.
Map of Videoconference Locations
Resources and Discussion
On-line training includes downloadable articles, book references, supervision forms, and links. If you want to quickly find a resource you saw in one of our courses, visit the HBFT Resources index. Also, feel free to join the Discussion at any time.