As with all Evidence Based Practices, ACT has a specific tool which is used in gauging fidelity to the model itself. There have been several revisions and it continues to be evaluated and improved. In general, this Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS) is a good tool to use in evaluating how close a team is to the academic ideal. The DACTS protocol describes the scoring and rationale for each item.

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Click here for DACTS Scale Excel Spread Sheet

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Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) http://www.mh.state.oh.us/

Ohio Department of Mental Health - ACT (ODMH - ACT) http://www.mh.state.oh.us/ois/macsis/mac.pol.act-ihbt.index.html

ACT Center of Indiana http://psych.iupui.edu/ACTCenter/ACTHome.htm

Substance Abuse with Mental Illness CCOE (SAMI CCOE) http://www.ohiosamiccoe.case.edu/about/aboutus.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx

The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati (HFGC) http://healthfoundation.org/

Assertive Community Treatment Association (ACTA) http://www.actassociation.org/

Supported Employment Consultation and Training Center http://www.sectcenter.org/

Center for Mental Health
http://www.cfmh.org/

Supported Employment CCOE (SE CCOE) http://www.ohioseccoe.case.edu/

National Alliance for the Mentall Ill (NAMI) http://www.nami.org/

National Alliance for the Mentall Ill Ohio (NAMI Ohio) http://www.namiohio.org/

Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center http://dms.dartmouth.edu/prc/

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) http://www.drc.state.oh.us/

Ohio Advocates for Mental Health http://www.ohioadvocates.org/

Adult Recovery Network http://www.adultrecoverynetwork.org/

Center for Inovative Practices http://www.cipohio.org/evidence/

ACT Listserv (email request to join)
vpedrick@iupui.edu

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