This paper argues that experimental methodology is a poor fit for judging the impact of social intervention program models; the authors identify the risks inherent in the continued privileging of experimental designs over all others, and offer a set of starting points for rethinking evaluation to ensure greater accountability without reducing the chances that those …
This brief reviews the best practices for scale up of effective programs from across the literature and describes the experiences of several effective programs that are at varying levels of scale across the country and internationally.
Video series: A Framework to Design, Test, Spread, and Sustain Effective Practice in Child Welfare
This video illustrates all five phases of the framework through a single case example. It also discusses how subsidized guardianship has become an increasingly effective and widespread child welfare intervention across the United States.
This video describes the Replicate & Adapt and Apply & Improve phases of the framework, explains how agencies can apply each phase, and discusses issues concerning implementation, cultural adaptation, and fidelity monitoring.
This video introduces two additional phases of the framework: Develop & Test and Compare & Learn. It describes how agencies can complete a series of key steps when attempting to design a new intervention and determine whether the interventions result in better outcomes for children and families than their usual practices.
This video explains the process of building evidence and spreading effective practice in child welfare begins with investigating a problem, identifying a target population, and exploring possible solutions. It guides viewers through the first phase of the framework, Identify & Explore. The narrators present practical steps and provide concrete child welfare examples.
This brief reviews the best practices for scale up of effective programs from across the literature and describes the experiences of several effective programs that are at varying levels of scale across the country and internationally.
This course provides guidance to facilitate selection and implementation of one of the many evidence-based programs related to prevention and treatment that are publicly available today. Learning objectives include (1) selecting the program that best matches organizational needs and (2) carrying out the steps necessary to implement the program of choice.
This website offers a wide range of research and publications on topics addressing implementation of evidence-based practice.
