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System of Care Practice Review (SOCPR)

Measuring System Development at the Practice Level

The System of Care Practice Review (SOCPR) was designed to provide a tool for assessing whether system of care principles are implemented at the level of practice where children and their families have direct contact with service providers. More specifically, the purpose of the SOCPR is to collect and analyze data obtained from multiple sources and use this data to determine the extent to which the local service systems, through their direct service workers, adhere to the system of care philosophy. It also provides a measure of how well the overall service delivery system is meeting the needs of children with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families.

The SOCPR provides feedback that can enhance quality improvement efforts and is applicable on two levels

1. At the direct service level it provides users with specific recommendations that can be incorporated into staff training.
2. On a system-wide level it can be aggregated to identify strengths, as well as areas that need improvement.

Here you will learn how the SOCPR can facilitate assessment of your community-based system of care.

Presentation

This power-point tool will walk you through the three core values and ten guiding priciples of the system of care philosophy. It will also provide detailed information on implementation, protocol and reporting methods of the SOCPR.

SOCPR Resources

System of Care Practice Review May 2007 [2MB PDF]

SOCPR Training Manual April 2005 [594KB PDF]

Monograph: Midiendo la Fidelidad de la Planeacion y Entrega de Servicios a los Principios del Sistema de Cuidado: La Revision de la Practica del Sistema de Cuidado (SOCPR) March 2005 Spanish [1.1MB PDF]

SOCPR Recommended Readings

Hernandez, M., Gomez, A., Lipien, L., Greenbaum, P. E., Armstrong, K. H., & Gonzalez, P. (2001). Use of the System-of-Care Practice Review in the national evaluation: Evaluating the fidelity of practice to system-of-care principles. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 9(1), 43-52.

Pires, S. (2002). Building systems of care: A primer. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Child Development Center, CASSP Technical Assistance Center.

Stephens, Robert L., Holden, E. Wayne, and Hernandez, Mario (2004). System-of-care practice review scores as predictors of behavioral symptomatology and functional impairment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13(2), 179-191. Stroul, B. A. &

Friedman, R. M. (1994). A system of care for children and youth with severe emotional disturbances. (Revised edition). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Child Development Center, CASSP Technical Assistance Center.