Science to Practice

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Achieving Evidence-Based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners

Hamer, S. and Collinson, G., 2005

Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. Final report

President's New Freedom Commission On Mental Health, 2003

Blueprints Model Program Descriptions

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2006

California Clearinghouse for Evidence-Based Practices in Child Abuse and Neglect (CEBC)

The CEBC is an online tool for identifying, selecting, and implementing evidence-based child welfare practices that will improve child safety, increase permanency, increase family and community stability, and promote child and family well-being. Program areas include child welfare initiatives, domestic/intimate partnetr violence, home visiting, mental health treatment for children, motivation and engagement, parent training, prevention of child abuse and neglect, and trauma treatment for children.

Campbell Collaboration

The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic research reviews on the effects of social interventions in the areas of education, crime and justice, and social welfare. Abstracts are published in a searchable online library designed for policy makers, practitioners and the general public. Others resources include information and tools for conducting systematic research reviews, guidance for researchers and consumers on research design and statistical analysis, and links to online databases and evidence-based research centers.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford University

The CEBM provides free support and resources to doctors, clinicians, teachers and others interested in learning more about evidence-based medicine. The Centre provides research on the barriers to and improvement of the clinical practice of evidence; training of students and clinicians in the principles and practice of evidence-based medicine; and training of trainers to teach evidence-based medicine and how to conduct research. The Web site provides resources, tools and links to the latest research and publications.

Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: A Guide to Research and Resources
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2006 
NCJFCJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, has compiled this guide to research and resources to help judges and practitioners in juvenile and family courts identify and understand the key issues surrounding children’s exposure to violence. This publications is available online for a fee at http://www.ncjfcj.org. The companion publication is A Judicial Checklist for Children and Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Violence.

Consensus Statement on Evidence-based Programs and Cultural Competence

National Implementation Network, 2003

Data-based Decision Making - A Core Feature of Implementing Interventions

Council for Exceptional Children, 2009

Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, (56) August 10, 2007

The authors report the recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, which in 2004-2006 conducted a systematic review of published scientific evidence and concluded that universal school-based programs decrease rates of violence and aggressive behavior among school-aged children at all levels. Topics include background, method, results, and use of the recommendations in schools and communities.

 

Evidence Based Practice Beliefs, Definition, Suggestions for Families

Association for Children's Mental Health, 2004

Evidence-based Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents

Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Network on Youth Mental Health

Evidence-Based Practice in Foster Parent Training and Support: Implications for Treatment Foster Care Providers

K. Piescher, M.Schmidt, T. LaLiberte, 2008

In this report, published by the Foster Family-Based Treatment Association, the authors present a comprehensive review of the literature with an annotated bibliography, and discuss potential practice implications for foster parent training and support. Resources include a Quick Reference Guide containing key findings and empirically-based relationships among evidence-based practices and key child welfare outcomes.

Evidence-Based Practices Implementation Web Site

National Association of Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Research Institute, Center for Mental Health Quality and Accountability, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Definition, criteria, issues, strategies for implementation, and links to articles and documents about evidence-based practices in mental health programs. Topic areas include state initiatives to implement evidence-based practices and currently recognized evidence-based practices for children and adolescents.

Evidence-based Practices: An Implementation Guide for Community Based Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies

The Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation, 2003

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation. Findings from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services

R. A. Hahn, O. O. Bilukha, A. Crosby, et al., 2003
Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 3, #52(RR14), p. 1-9

Foster Family-Based Treatment Association

Guide to Evidence-Based Practices on the Web

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

SAMHSA provides this Web Guide to assist the public with connections to Web sites that contain information about interventions to prevent and/or treat mental and substance use disorders. The Web Guide provides a list of Web sites that contain information about specific evidence-based practices or provide comprehensive reviews of research findings. It is designed to be used by stakeholders throughout the behavioral health field.
 

Healing the Invisible Wounds: Children's Exposure to Violence-A Guide for Families

Safe Start Center, 2009. North Bethesda, MD.

 

Do you suspect a child you know has witnessed or experienced violence? Maybe you think a child you know has witnessed or been hurt by violence. Or maybe you think something's wrong with the child, but you don't know what. It can be hard to tell what's wrong. There may not be clear physical signs such as bruises and cuts. Children often suffer from "invisible wounds" that affect them emotionally and psychologically. Download PDF or order print copies at http://cart.safestartcenter.org.

Healing the Invisible Wounds: Children's Exposure to Violence-Quick Reference Guide

Safe Start Center, 2009. 

 

This quick reference card is designed to accompany the Guide for Families. It provides an overview of common signs and symptoms of exposure to violence at different stages of children's development, as well as strategies for parents or caregivers to help children heal. Side two of the card provides a list of hot lines and information resources for parents and caregivers. Order free print copies at http://cart.safestartcenter.org

Incidence and Prevalence of Children Exposed to Violence: A Research Review

Y. Edmond, M. Fitzgerald and K. Kracke, 2005

Judicial Checklist for Children and Youth Exposed to Violence

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2006

This guide provides an overview of the impact of exposure to domestic and community violence on children and youth, legal issues, promising community collaborations, and a judicial checklist for child protection cases involving domestic violence.  This publications is available online for a fee at http://www.ncjfcj.org.

Knowledge Transfer & Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Children's Mental Health: Annotated Bibliography

M. A. Barwick, K. M. Boydell, E. Stasiulis, H. B. Ferguson, K. Blase, and D. Fixsen, 2002

Lessons from Successful Systems: Evidence-Based Practices and Systems of Care: Implementation Matters (System Implementation Issue Brief #4)

Israel, N., Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., Mazza, J., 2007

In this issue brief, published by the University of South Florida Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, the authors discuss the relationship between evidence-based practices (EBPs) and systems of care. Topics include key research findings and strategies critical to implementing EBPs.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

NCTSN is a collaboration of academic and community-based service centers whose mission is to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for traumatized children and their families across the United States. Resources include an online resource library including toolkits, searchable database of screening and assessment tools; several speaker series; public awareness materials; and publications for families, professionals and policy makers on trauma-informed treatment and services.

National Implementation Research Center

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The National Implementation Research Network offers a range of resources to improve the science and practice of implementation of evidence-based programs and to help assure real-world implementation that will benefit consumers and guide systems-change efforts. Resources include literature and presentations on implementation, surveys of evidence-based programs, analyses of successful implementation practices, and measures of success.

 

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) Model Programs Guide

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

The OJJDP Model Programs Guide is a user-friendly, online portal to scientifically tested and proven programs that address a range of issues across the juvenile justice spectrum. The Guide profiles more than 175 prevention and intervention programs and helps communities identify those that best suit their needs. Users can search the Guide's database by program category, target population, risk and protective factors, effectiveness rating, and other parameters.

Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009

Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California

The Promising Practices Netowrk site features descriptions of evaluated programs that improve outcomes for children. Programs are reviewed and assigned to one of the following evidence level proven, promising, proven/promising (program features fall into both categories), and screened (pending full review). Other resources include links to databases, fact sheets, screening tools, seminal reports, and other resources on topics including child abuse and neglect, child care/preschool, mental health, substance abuse, home visiting, risk prevention, violent behavior.

Resource Guide for Promoting an Evidence-Based Culture in Children's Mental Health

J. C. Rivard, G. M. Lane, Jr, K. Roberts, V. Ganju
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this resource guide is to provide families, practitioners, and administrators with information and resources that can lead to continuous quality improvement within an evidence-based culture in children's mental health service systems and organizations.

Rethinking Evidence-based Practice for Children's Mental Health

C Waddell, and R Godderis, 2005
Evidence-Based Mental Health, 8, p. 60-62

Review of The Fairy Godmother and Her Warts: Making the Dream of Evidence-Based Policy Come True

C. H. Weiss, E. Murphy-Graham, A. Petrosino , A. G. Gandhi, 2008
American Journal of Evaluation, 29 (1), p.  29-47

Safe Start Promising Approaches Communities: Working Together to Help Children Exposed to Violence

Safe Start Center, 2008

This booklet describes the 15 Safe Start Promising Approaches communities, funded from 2005 to 2009 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. These communities piloted evidence-based, interagency services to reduce the impact of exposure to violence on children and their families. Topics include an overview of the Safe Start initiative, family narratives, descriptions of the collaborative interventions, and a list of the evidence-based practices being piloted.

Safeguarding Children Living with Trauma and Family Violence: Evidence-based Assessment, Analysis and Planning Interventions

A. Bentovim, A. Cox, L. B. Miller, S. Pizzey, Kinglsey Publishers, 2009

SAMHSA'S Guide to Evidence-Based Practices on the Web

Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

SAMHSA provides this Web Guide to assist the public with direct connections to Web sites that contain information about evidence-based interventions to prevent and/or treat mental and substance use disorders and or provide comprehensive reviews of research findings. Web sites are organized by age group, setting and behavioral health category.

Sanemos las Heridas Invisibles: Niños Expuestos a Violencia-Guía para Familias

Safe Start Center. 2009. North Bethesda, MD. Download PDF or order free print copies at http://cart.safestartcenter.org

Sanemos las Heridas Invisibles: Niños Expuestos a Violencia-Guía Rápida

Safe Start Center. 2009. North Bethesda, MD. Download PDF or order free print copies at http://cart.safestartcenter.org.

Scaling Up Evidence-Based Practices in Education

D. Fixsen, K. Blase, R. Horner and G. Sugai, 2009

Social Science Rising: A Tale of Evidence Shaping Public Policy

In this brief, the authors trace the course of a recent example of applying evidence to public policy: the Obama administration's recent support for expanding evidence-based home visiting programs. Topics include applying evidence to public policy, lobbying, and social science and policy.

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services

R. A. Hahn, J. Lowy, O. O. Bilukha, et al., 2004
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2, #53(RR10), p. 1-8

Top Five Reasons NOT to Use Evidence-Based Programs: Results from the 17th Annual Research Conference: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health

D. Fixsen, F. Wallace, S. Naoom, 2004

Top Five Strategies to Enable the Use of Evidence-Based Programs: Results from the 18th Annual Research Conference: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health

D. Fixsen, K. Blase, S. Naoom, and F. Wallace, 2004

Understanding Children's Exposure to Violence. Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Series on Children Exposed to Violence, Issue Brief #1

Cohen, E., Groves, B.M., Kracke, K., 2009

In this issue brief, published by the Safe Start Center, the authors assist practitioners in understanding the impact of exposure to violence on the development of children as well as the environmental and family factors that may provide a buffer and prevent or reduce the impact of exposure. Topics include key elements in designing and implementing comprehensive programs that enhance resilience, decrease risks, and provide specialized treatments to children exposed to violence and their families, and strategies for creating a coordinated system of care.