CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY 
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & MENTAL HEALTH 
COLLABORATION PROJECT 
SEATTLE/KING COUNTY, WA 
Alison L. Iser, M.A. 
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
Liaisons & Case Reviews 
CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY 
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & MENTAL HEALTH 
COLLABORATION PROJECT 
SEATTLE/KING COUNTY, WA 
Alison L. Iser, M.A. 
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
Liaisons & Case Reviews 

Partners 
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Purpose of Project 
Bridge Divide between DV & MH 
Work Collaboratively 
Improve Services forDV Survivors with MH Concerns 
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Liaisons 
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Responsibilities 
Internally Externally 
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Share info 
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Serve as a resource 
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Respond to requests 
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Meet with other liaisons 
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Keep Basecamp 
current 
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Respond to requests 
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Case Reviews 


Case Reviews 
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Case Review Goals 
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Increase 
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Knowledge of intersection of DV & MH 
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Comfort with serving DV survivors with MH concerns 
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Understanding of how to link people to services 
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Sensitivity to ethical & cultural issues 
Decrease 
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Tension & Misconceptions 
Plus 
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Identify training needs 


Facilitation 
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Strong facilitation important 
Back up facilitators helpful 
Their role: 
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Keep things on track 
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Keep process on time 
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Help presenters get their needs met 
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Guidelines for Participants 
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Focus 
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On our own skills & knowledge 
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Not on treatment plan or roadmap for service 
recipient 
Speak 
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As if service recipient is in room 
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Without lingo or acronyms 
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Without disclosing identifying info 


Confidentiality 
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Common Ground 
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Concern for service recipients 
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Education about policies 
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Mandatory reporting 
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Standards for ROIÕs 
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Differences 
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¥Documentation practices 
¥FundersÕ access to info 
¥Consultation practices 
¥When info is shared without an ROI 
¥Accepting ROIÕs from others 
Differences 
Alison L. Iser DV/MH Collaboration Project - King County, WA 
¥Documentation practices 
¥FundersÕ access to info 
¥Consultation practices 
¥When info is shared without an ROI 
¥Accepting ROIÕs from others 

For More Information 
Alison L. Iser DV/MH Collaboration Project - King County, WA 
Alison Iser 
Project Coordinator 
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
alison@kccadv.org 
206.568.5454