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Presented at the 22nd Annual Research Conference

Spreading and Sustaining Best Practices through the Learning Collaborative Model

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Session Number: 21 Room: Salon J

Presentation Type: symposium

Chair: Charles Seagle Discussant: Larke N Huang

Synopsis: Successful integration of evidence-based practices into systems of care involves addressing the role of service systems in evidence-based practice implementation, the social context into which the practice is being introduced, the likelihood for conflict and competition with existing practices, and the strengthening of existing modes of communication among system components (Israel, Hodges, Ferreira, & Mazza, 2007). To address these factors within the child-serving systems of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the National Center on Child Traumatic Stress has uniquely integrated mental health practice implementation principles with clinical trauma intervention training expertise in the form of “Learning Collaboratives (LC) on Adoption & Implementation of Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice.” The NCCTS has established an approach that focuses on spreading, adopting, and adapting best practices in mental health across multiple settings, and on creating changes in organizations that promote the uptake and delivery of effective interventions and services. The ultimate goal of the LC approach is to provide high-quality training in best practices of trauma-focused treatments in diverse settings—including NCTSN sites and their local communities—and to ensure the sustained use of those practices. This symposium brings together the developers of this Learning Collaborative model and researchers from the NCSTN cross-site evaluation in order to describe the LC model and its development, the implementation of the LC approach within the NCTSN and a System of Care community, and the significance of the LC model for supporting the implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and other EBPs.

Date: Monday, March 2, 2009

Session Time: 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

“What Are We Going to Need to Implement This?” Disseminating the Learning Collaborative Methodology in Four States

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Presenting: Charles Seagle

All Authors for this paper: Charles Seagle; Elizabeth Douglas; John Gilford, Jr. ; Adrienne Pica

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: The Learning Collaborative method is an approach that focuses on spreading, adopting, and adapting best practices in mental health across multiple settings and on creating changes in organizations that promote the uptake and delivery of effective interventions and services. This qualitative study examines the adaptations, challenges and factors leading to the successful implementation of this method in four child serving systems in which it has been adopted.

Applying the Learning Collaborative Methodology to System of Care Practice—Alamance Alliance

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Presenting: Jan Markiewicz

All Authors for this paper: Jan Markiewicz; Robert Murphy; Lisa Amaya-Jackson; Lori Ebert; John Fairbank

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This session focuses on the SAMHSA-funded Alamance Alliance for Children and Families’ utilization of the Learning Collaborative (LC) Model, an integrated training and quality improvement process designed to spread best practices across multiple settings. This Model will serve as a framework to spread and embed SOC practices, wraparound strategies, evidence-based early childhood interventions and family support approaches within services, programs, and policies of agencies and organizations that touch the lives of young children and their families in Alamance County, North Carolina.

The NCCTS Learning Collaborative Model for the Adoption and Implementation of Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice

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Presenting: Jan Markiewicz

All Authors for this paper: Jan Markiewicz; Lori Ebert; Jenifer Maze; John Fairbank; Lisa Amaya-Jackson

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: A large gap exists between best practices for child mental health treatment and what is practiced in many community agencies. The NCCTS Learning Collaborative Model on adoption and implementation of mental health evidence based practice was developed to address this gap. This paper will provide an overview of the model, essential elements, and select evaluation findings.