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Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents: A Systems Approach to Enhancing Care

Organization: 
APA Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents
Publisher: 
American Psychological Association.
Date Published: 
August, 2008

This report addresses the unique challenges for practitioners in developing, strengthening, and disseminating evidence-based practice (EBP) for children, adolescents, and their families. The report covers a brief history and the key assumptions of EBP, developmental considerations for children and adolescents, the critical issues affecting the dissemination and implementation of EBP, an approach to practice that consists of observation, inquiry, and evaluation, and recommendations for research, education, practice, and policy.

Download a copy of Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents: A Systems Approach to Enhancing Care (PDF, 2.12 MB) from the American Psychological Association Web site.