Dana Begin

Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Director, Evidence-Based Practices and Grants Division, CT Office of the Commissioner (OOC), CT DMHAS (MPA 2020)

School of Public Policy

Dana Begin is the Director of the Evidence-Based Practices and Grants Division at the Office of the Commissioner (OOC) within the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).

Dana is a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist (OT) and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy from Quinnipiac University (2000).   She also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut (2020).

Dana has more than 19 years of experience in mental health and joined DMHAS in 2005.

Dana is the creator of a functional assessment called the Learning Inventory of Skills Development (L.I.S.T.) which is a tool that has been used statewide in the Department of Children and Families (DCF) for youth ages 14 and older.

Dana has published an article in the Occupational Journal in Mental Health (2017) and has presented her functional assessment (L.I.S.T.) at a national conference, The 30^th Annual Research and Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Behavioral Health (2017) and also at the Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association (ConnOTA) Semi-Annual Conference (2017).