The third in a series of hour-long webinars answer clinicians' questions about feedback-informed treatment and deliberate practice, two evidence-based methods for improving therapeutic effectiveness.

A simple, valid, and reliable alternative exists for maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment based on using ongoing feedback to empirically tailor services to the individual client needs and characteristics. This approach is known in the literature as routine outcome monitoring), or ROM. ROM is the core of the more comprehensive Feedback Informed Treatment approach, and this training provides an introductory presentation of Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) and Deliberate Practice, and answers common questions about the approaches.

The training addresses basic empirical foundations of Feedback Informed Treatment. Participants are exposed to the critical role of alliance building and flexibility skills that cut across different therapeutic orientations and diverse client populations, and are known to impact therapy outcomes.

In addition, participants learn nuances of using outcome management tools (ORS, SRS) to inform and improve treatment, and to specifically use the Session Rating Scale (SRS) and the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) create a culture of feedback, including a focus on the meaning and relevance of clinical cutoff scores, and the meaning of the various "performance metrics" reported in the authorized software systems. Participants learn about the administration and uses of the Group Session Rating Scale.

Deliberate Practice is delineated from Feedback Informed Treatment, and their use in clinical practice is discussed, including a focus on improvement via therapeutic factors. Currently known principles and practices of Deliberate Practice are outlined for participants.

1. Describe the meaning and relevance of the clinical cutoff on the ORS.
2. Outline the meaning of the various "performance metrics" reported in the authorized software systems.
3. Administer the Group Session Rating Scale with fidelity.
4. Describe how FIT and deliberate practice can be used to improve therapeutic effectiveness.

Scott D. Miller Scott D. Miller, PhD, is a co-founder of the Center for Clinical Excellence, an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavior health. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. He is one of a handful of "invited faculty" whose work, thinking, and research is featured at the prestigious "Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference." His humorous and engaging presentation style and command of the research literature consistently inspires practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to make effective changes in service delivery.