Evidence-Based Practice

The Leadership Symposia on Evidence-Based Practice in the Human Services
Shaping the Next Generation of Evidence in Child Welfare

January 28, 2008
Town & Country Hotel
San Diego, California

Presented by
the California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) and
the Child & Family Policy Institute of California (CFPIC)

• Program

Click on the bullets below to be connected to symposium presentations. (NOTE: Summaries of all presentations are not available.)

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• Opening Remarks
  Welcome by Califonria Department of Social Services and County Welfare Directors Association
  
  • Mary Ault, Deputy Director, Family and Children's Services, CDSS
    
  • Cecilia Espinola, Director, Santa Cruz County Human Resources Agency
    
  • Charles Wilson, Executive Director, Chadwick Center for Children & Families
    
• Point/Counterpoint: The Barriers to an Effective Relationship Between the Practice and Academic Communities
  
  • Mark Chaffin, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    
    • Moving Evidence-Based Models from Academic to Field Settings--An Admittedly Exaggerated Tale of Woe
      
  • John Cullen, Chief Administrative Officer, Contra Costa County
    
• Keynote Address: Effective Practice/Academic Partnerships
  • Rick Barth, Professor and Dean, School of Social Work University of Maryland
    
    • Effective Practices in Academic-Agency Partnerships for CWS Research: Reflections of a Fortunate Researcher
      
• Table Talk: Action Steps to Improve the Relationship Between Academic and Research Communities
  
  Attendees were asked to share comments with colleagues at their tables. The comments in the summary are things that attendees said they would do differently as a result of the knowledge they gained from the symposium and through collaboration between practitioners and researchers.
  
  • Table Talk Summary
    
• Explanation of Research Agenda Activity
  • Context & History of the Work
    
    • Barrett Johnson, Director, Child Welfare In-Service Training Project, CalSWEC, UC Berkeley
  • Linking It to the CFSR-CDSS
    • Glenn Freitas, Branch Chief, and Linda Hockman, Bureau Chief, both of CDSS
• Facilitated Discussions
  Coming soon
• Summary of Symposium Evaluations

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