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Beyond Compliance
By: Mark Lardner, LCSW, Center for Innovation in Population Health When a system is looking for an assessment process to help improve their work with individuals, they often explore the TCOM approach. A simplified description of an initial implementation of TCOM tools would include the following activities. First, local versions of the tools are designed with input from a variety of stakeholders. Next, policies are developed that define the population (the youth, families or individuals) to be assessed, and the timeframes for the completion of the assessment. Finally, training is rolled out for the… Read More
TCOM and the Post-Truth Culture: The Fourth Monkey
By: Dr. John Lyons Much has been said about our current cultural moment… where it appears truth does not matter to a large segment of our population. All that matters is ‘winning’ and if winning requires you to provide inaccurate or misleading information, then it is just another strategy to ‘win’. This cultural belief system, of course, represents an existential crisis for all of science and, of course, TCOM as well. If truth doesn’t matter in social services then we should all just claim we are doing a ‘perfect’ job and that… Read More
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