The Institute
The Pressley Ridge Institute was founded in 2003 to offer training, consulting, and research services to children's services organizations around the world. Staff members of the Institute are Pressley Ridge employees who deliver services to other organizations through the Institute. The internal governing board of the Institute is made up of Pressley Ridge executives who currently are; Scott Finnell and Scott Erickson. The Director and Chief Learning Officer of the Institute is Scott Erickson.
Mission
- The Institute helps Pressley Ridge and similar organizations around the world develop high quality services for children with behavioral, mental and developmental disabilities and organizational excellence through applied research, competency-based training and consulting.
- Our purpose is to help strengthen families and increase the quality of life for children.
- The intention of the Institute is to contribute to Pressley Ridge's mission by:
- Serving the internal training, consulting, and research needs of Pressley Ridge.
- Building on Pressley's reputation as a leader and innovator in the field by providing consultation and training to others that is grounded in broad based applied research.
- Helping the organization gain strength and recognition in our field gained by enhancing our contribution, visibility and image in the professional community.
- Contributing to the improvement of care for children and families around the world.
Activities
The Institute has four major areas of activity. The first three are service areas - training, consulting, and applied research. The fourth area is geographic - international, or services performed outside the United States.
Training Institute training services are of two types, clinical training and leadership training. Clinical training is for staff members who work directly with children and families. The intention of this training is to give them the competencies required to provide effective treatment to children who have mental, behavioral, or developmental disabilities. Leadership training is for those individuals who have managerial responsibilities and who provide leadership to their organization. These services are delivered through classes and seminars held at our site or the client organization's site.
Consulting Institute consulting services include follow-up to our clinical and leadership training, and consulting on organizational improvement. Clients who want additional assistance with clinical or leadership issues that come up during training can have our staff continue to work with them back in their organizations.
Research This Institute service teaches organizations how to determine the outcome of their clinical treatment program by measuring the changes over time in their client population and the outcomes of their treatment programs. This includes coaching on how to set up indicators, interim measures, and advice on research instruments.
International Our International
activities include making all of the above services
available outside the United States. We usually
start with training and consultation on clinical
treatment and leadership/management issues. The
next step is to add research on outcomes, which
we like to do as early in the process as possible.
Our International work also includes working
with in-country organizations such as Non-Government
Organizations (NGOs), government agencies, and
the International charitable community in introducing
services for children around the world. We currently
have a training center in Portugal and we are
in the process of establishing similar centers
in Hungary and the Ukraine.