Assertive Community Treatment

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.

ACT COD Training Series

Substance use disorders are common among those being served by Assertive Community Treatment Teams. This series is offered quarterly and focuses on the broad skills needed to be effective in working with those with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. These events are only open to Maryland Assertive Community Treatment Teams.

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.

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 Unites. The EBPC maintains responsibility for this program.

If you represent an eligible provider agency and would like to discuss accommodations for your staff, please email EBPC@som.umaryland.edu.

YOU MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND LOG IN TO REGISTER FOR AVAILABLE TRAINING SESSIONS.