Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) Training Modules

Vision

To support every member of the diverse behavioral health system workforce in New York State in promoting meaningful wellness, recovery, and resilience with approaches rooted in equity, social justice, inclusivity, and belonging.

Mission

In conjunction with the NY State Office of Mental Health, CPI aims to accelerate the capacity of the behavioral health workforce in New York State to further develop skills and competencies centered on the needs of our communities with the most effective, reliable, and culturally humble services.

Our training mission encompasses the development and distribution of educational courses, online training modules, guidelines, manuals, and toolkits delivered in person and online through our learning management system. In alignment with our overall mission and values, community perspectives and adult learning theory informs these trainings to allow for different learning styles and learners including care managers, primary care providers, peer providers, behavioral health clinicians, home and community-based service providers, students, and participants and participants’ family members.

Our implementation supports promote the adoption of strengths-based, individualized, recovery-oriented approaches that center human rights and are based in the wisdom of lived experience, cultural humility, meaningful collaboration, and tailored to the needs of participants and communities. Through collaboration with organizational leaders, managers, supervisors, and practitioners, CPI provides flexible and data-driven implementation supports. Key methods include in-person and online meetings, consultations, and learning collaboratives.

Values

The following values drive CPI’s activities in all stages of training development, implementation of training modules, and interactions with all those involved in receiving, designing and delivering CPI services.