Evidence-Based Practice

The Leadership Symposia on Evidence-Based Practice in the Human Services
Moving Research and Evidence into Child Welfare Organizations

January 30, 2009
Town & Country Resort and Conference Center
San Diego, California

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

• Program

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

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• Welcome
  
  • Greg Rose, Deputy Director, Children and Family Services, California Department of Social Services
    
  • Charles Wilson, Executive Director, Chadwick Center for Children & Families
    
• Purpose of Symposium and Update on Research Agenda
  
  • Barrett Johnson, Director, Child Welfare In-Service Training Project, California Social Work Education Center
    
  • Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director, Child and Family Policy Institute of California
    
• Opening Keynote Address: Bringing in Evidence-Based Practice: How Do We Make EBP TAU?
  • Dr. Benjamin Saunders, Professor and Director of the Family and Child Program at the National Crime Victims Center at the Medical University of South Carolina
    
• Table Talk: Action Steps to Prepare Organizations for Evidence-Based Practice
  
• Breakout Sessions - Research Presentations
  
  • CPS Recidivism Associated with a Home Visiting Program: A Quasi Experimental Analysis
    
    • Dr. Edward C. Byrnes, Associate Professor, Eastern Washington University, School of Social Work
      
    • Michael Lawson, M.S., University of California, Davis, School of Education
      
  • Foster Care Reentry and Placement Stability Outcomes: Understanding California's Performance and Practices to Improve Outcomes
    
    • Amy D'Andrade, Ph.D., M.S.W., Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, School of Social Work
      
    • Kathy Lemon-Osterling, Ph.D., M.S.W., Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, School of Social Work
      
  • Solution-Based Casework Training: An Evidence-Supported Model for Child Welfare Practice
    
    • Dana Christensen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work
      
    • Becky Antle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Kent School of Social
      
  • It Works! Findings from the National Evaluation of Parents Anonymous® Mutual Support Groups
    
    • Margaret Polinsky, Ph.D., M.S.W., Director of Research and Evaluation, Parents Anonymous® Inc.
      
      • PowerPoint
        
      • Handout
        
      • References
        
  • Plenary: NSCAW I and II Updates and New Field Work for a Child Welfare Landmark Study
    
    • Dr. John Landsverk, Director of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC), Children's Hospital, San Diego
      
• Breakout Sessions - Research Presentations
  
  • CPS Recidivism Associated with a Home Visiting Program: A Quasi Experimental Analysis (repeats from above)
    
  • Foster Care Reentry and Placement Stability Outcomes: Understanding California's Performance and Practices to Improve Outcomes (repeats from above)
    
  • How Does Cross-System Collaboration Between the Child Welfare and Mental Health Systems Influence Children? s Mental Health Service Use and Service Effectiveness? Findings from a Two-Phase, Mixed Methods Study
    
    • Kathy Lemon-Osterling, Ph.D., M.S.W., Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, School of Social Work
      
  • The Child Welfare Practicum: Innovation in Education and Evidence-Based Practice for Emancipating Foster Youth
    
    • Lianne Urada, LCSW, Ph.D. Candidate, Trainer/Consultant, UCLA Center on Child Welfare
      
    • Ifreda Iglehard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, UCLA Department of Social Welfare
      
    • Michelle Talley, M.S.W., LCSW, Field Education Faculty, UCLA Center on Child Welfare, UCLA Department of Social Welfare
      
  • It Works! Findings from the National Evaluation of Parents Anonymous® Mutual Support Groups (repeats from above)
    
    • PowerPoint
      
    • Handout
      
    • References
      
• Table Talk Summary
• General Evaluation Summary