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Presented at the 20th Annual Research Conference

Prioritizing and Scaling Up Evidence-Based Programs

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Session Number: 16 Room: Salon J

Presenting: Frances Wallace; Karen Blase

All Authors for this paper: Frances Wallace; Karen Blase

Presentation Type: topical discussion

Chair: Frances Wallace, MPH Discussant: Karen A. Blase, Ph.D.,

Synopsis: This presentation will highlight key challenges and useful strategies related to selecting, implementing, and sustaining evidence-based practices within organizations, communities, and states. Presenters will address issues such as, ÒHow do we select an evidence-based program or practice in our community, our organization or our state?Ó ÒWho will guide us through the implementation process? ÒWhat can states and communities do to create hospitable environments for implementing and sustaining effective services?Ó ÒWhat challenges should we be prepared to meet?Ó

Date: Monday, March 5, 2007

Session Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Evaluating and Prioritizing EBTs for Implementation Statewide

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Session Number: 16 Room: Salon J

Presenting: Laurel Kiser; Michelle Zabel

All Authors for this paper: Laurel Kiser; Michelle Zabel; Joan Smith; Albert Zachik

Presentation Type:

Synopsis: In MarylandÕs public mental health system there is increasing emphasis on the deployment of services that are empirically tested and shown to be efficacious. The State of Maryland has been a pioneer in its development of an infrastructure to implement processes that promote the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for adults with serious mental illness. Implementation of EBTs for adult consumers has received considerable attention and resources spurring child and adolescent stakeholders to action. Prioritizing child EBTs for implementation is seen as an important first step. Accordingly, under the auspices of MarylandÕs Blueprint Committee for ChildrenÕs Mental Health, a committee of diverse mental health stakeholders charged with making recommendations on how to improve and better integrate the current mental health system for children, the State Mental Hygiene Authority (MHA) has convened a subcommittee and developed a consensus-based process for evaluating and prioritizing EBTs for implementation statewide.

Date: Monday, March 5, 2007

Session Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Time: 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Assessing the Landscape: Evidence-Based Practices

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Session Number: 16 Room: Salon J

Presenting: Patrick Kanary

All Authors for this paper: Patrick Kanary; Bill Carter; Karen Blase

Presentation Type:

Synopsis: Providers, communities, and states are increasingly interested in integrating EBPs into their systems of care. SAMHSA requires the implementation of at least three (3) EBPs in the SOC grants program; states are increasingly requiring the use of EBPs; practitioners are exposed to EBPs through training and conferences; families and youth want to know what works; and EBPs often stimulate system transformation. Yet EBPs are still ÒboutiqueÓ services and Ôtreatment as usualÕ dominates the service landscape. This presentation provides an overview of key issues encountered in exploring, investing in, and sustaining evidence-based programs and practices and provides a framework of the subsequent presentations.

Date: Monday, March 5, 2007

Session Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Time: 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Going to Scale with Multiple Evidence-Based Practices: Organization, Community, and State Perspectives

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Session Number: 16 Room: Salon J

Presenting: Jacquie Brown; David Bernstein; Jennifer Atler; Teru Morton

All Authors for this paper: Jacquie Brown; David Bernstein; Jennifer Atler; Teru Morton; Lesley Slavin

Presentation Type:

Synopsis: Many communities, organizations and states wonder if it is possible to attend to all the details needed to implement and sustain one evidence-based program or practice with fidelity, let alone several. This discussion will provide the perspectives of organizations and states that have taken on that challenge and are succeeding and learning as they go. After brief presentations to highlight strategies and challenges, there will be facilitated discussion with the audience and the panel members as both experts and learners. System of Care sites will benefit from learning about strategies and challenges. State officials and Federal officers will learn about the types of policies and system alignment required to ÔtransformÕ organizations and entire service systems. Program developers will learn about facilitative relationships that need to exist when interacting with organizations, communities, and intermediary organizations.

Date: Monday, March 5, 2007

Session Time: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Time: 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM