Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Practical Program Guide

✍ Scribed by Rosalyn Bertram, Suzanne Kerns

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

“Bertram and Kerns present a compelling imperative for evidence based practice. Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Practical Program Guide is timely, cogent, masterful and forceful. […] Advancing the evidentiary movement among practitioners, managers and academics, these authors have made an indelible contribution to our behavioural health and social service communities and to those we serve.”

-Katharine Briar-Lawson, PhD, LMSW, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University at Albany School of Social Welfare and National Child Welfare Workforce Institute

From the Foreword:
“This book will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, administrators, students, faculty, and academicians. I would also recommend it to family organizations as a resource in their education programs for the families they serve ... Bertram and Kerns have done an excellent job of blending hard science, clinical applications, and big picture issues into a very readable volume that will have valuable information for these diverse audiences”

-- Albert Duchnowski, Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus University of South Florida

To improve client outcomes and practitioner competence, this book clarifies practices to address common problems such as anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and child behavioural concerns. The authors also provide examples and suggest how to integrate implementation of evidence-based practice into academic programs through collaboration with behavioural health or social service programs.

Among the many topics discussed:

• Academic workforce preparation and curricula development
  
• Data-informed selection and implementation of evidence-based practice
  
• Anticipating and resolving practical challenges to implementation
  
• Negotiating treatment challenges with clients
  
• Collaboration between academic and behavioural health care programs
  

This text is a valuable resource for both academic and behavioural health care programs. It will improve workforce preparation and behavioural health care service provision by helping aspiring practitioners and programs develop the necessary knowledge and skills to select, effectively implement and sustain evidence-based practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Beginning with the End in Mind
References
2 Visiting the Clinic: A Child and Family Tale
Eclectic or Evidence-Based Practice?
Reference
3 Definitions and Debates
Confusing Definitions
Clear Definitions from Medicine
Process or Treatment Model?
Context and Concerns Across Disciplines
A Process of Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-Based Practice Models
Definitions by Extent of Evidence
Differentiating Program Models Based on Evidence
Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018
Common Factors or Elements
Overlooked Questions
Summary
References
4 Misconceptions and Facts
Misconception: Restrictive Criteria
Misconception: Single Behavioral Concern
Misconception: Client Diversity
Misconception: Client Values and Choice
Misconception: The Cookbook Myth
Misconception: The Therapeutic Alliance
Misconception: Staff Discomfort
Misconception: Staff Marketability and Turnover
Misconception: Too Expensive
Misconception: Promoted by Insurance Companies to Cut Costs
Misconception: No Evidence-Based Case Management Practices
References
5 Workforce Preparation: Academic Curricula and Concerns
Marriage and Family Therapy
Social Work
Workforce Readiness
Evidence-Based Practice in MSW Curricula
Marriage and Family Therapy Curricula
Comparison of Studies
Summary
References
6 Establishing Effectiveness: An Innovation Tale
Efficacy Trial
Effectiveness Trial
Transportability or Dissemination Study
Hybrid Studies
Summary
References
7 An Explorer’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
The Process of Proving Effectiveness
The Importance of Treatment Fidelity
Effective Treatment Models
Common Practice Elements
A System of Evidence-Based Services
Summary
References
8 Implementation Science: Slowing Down to Install a Practice
Core Intervention Components
Implementation Drivers
Implementation Stages
Summary of NIRN Frameworks
Implementation and Context
A Formula for Success
Other Frameworks for Implementation
Implementation Strategies
Summary
References
9 Starting Small: Transformation Zones and Initial Implementation
Training
Consultation, Coaching, and Fidelity
Practical Challenges During Initial Implementation
Summary
References
10 Troubleshooting Implementation Challenges
Installation and Sustainability Expenses
Limited Support from Management
Integrating or Adding
Staff Resistance
Client Engagement and Motivation
Cultural Relevance
Managing Expectations
Summary
References
11 Data-Informed Implementation
Data and Processes for Exploration
Partnerships for Success: An Example
Getting to Outcomes
Installing Implementation Feedback Loops
Using Data to Guide Practice
Summary
References
12 Pathways to the Future: A Tale of Two Programs
Future Pathways
References
Appendix of Registries (Alphabetical)
Complete References
Index