About

Mary Ludtke

Mary Ludtke is the manager of Evidence Based Practice and Grants Development Section in the Bureau of Children’s Coordinated Health Policy and Supports at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She is an active member of cross-system planning and implementation workgroups to ensure access to and behavioral health services for infants, toddlers, children, and their families (Home Visiting Leadership Team, PA 291 Workgroup, etc.).

Mary supports the development and implementation of programs for children with a focus on young children and their families. She has partnered with the University of Michigan to evaluate the Infant Mental Health Home Visiting Model as an evidence-based model. Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, in partnership with MiLEAP, provides consultation to childcare providers as well as training statewide to ensure the social emotional development of infants, toddlers, and pre-school aged children. Though a federal grant, the Safe Babies model is being implemented in three Early Childhood Courts (Wayne, St. Clair, and Saginaw Counties) with technical assistance being provided to other interested communities.

Mary directs the Children’s Trauma Initiative which provides training and technical assistance in trauma screening, assessment, and evidence-based models. Mary also directs the implementation of evidence-based models in the public mental health system. They include Parent Management Training—Oregon, Parenting Through Change, the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Initiative (Families Moving Forward, Strengths and Strategies), Motivational Interviewing for Adolescents, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents.

She is active in the development and implementation of integration of behavioral health in primary care models for children, youth, and perinatal women. She works closely with the University of Michigan in the implementation of the Michigan Clinical Consultation and Care (MC3) model across Michigan.

Katherine Fitzpatrick, MA

Katherine serves as the coordinator of the FASD System of Care for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Children’s Coordinated Health Policy & Supports. Kathy oversees the roll-out of evidence-based and evidence-informed practices for families raising children with FASD served within Michigan’s Community Mental Health System. She manages all aspects of the multiple component FASD system of care. Also, Kathy coordinates the learning collaboratives for Motivational Interviewing for Adolescents. After receiving a MA in Counseling from MSU, Kathy’s career began at Olivet College where she served as Director of Counseling and Career Services for three years. She next assisted higher education students at Michigan State University’s James Madison College as Field Experience Director and Associate Director of Student Affairs. After taking some time off away from work outside the home to raise her three children and numerous dogs, Kathy resumed her career with the MDHHS’s Children’s Trauma Initiative at CMH: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham. Kathy began with the FASD Initiative in 2017 where she seeks to assist clinical staff in their efforts to help children with a suspected FASD and their families.

Margo Bristow, MA, LPC, CADC, PCGC, CAMSI

Margo is a Psychotherapist with a Masters in Counseling Psychology and is Licensed in Illinois as a LPC. Margo is Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She is Certified as a Substance Abuse and Problem and Compulsive Gambling Counselor, Anger Management Specialist, and her work focuses on Youth with chemical and Process Addictions of Gaming, Gambling, Internet, and Social Media for the past 30 years. Margo has been happy to travel the world providing training (MI and Addictive Behaviors).