Table of Contents

* Chapter 1: Introduction - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera* Section One: Conceptualizing Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 2: Pushing the Envelope: Future Directions for Evidence-Informed Practice - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera* Chapter 3: Tacit Knowledge As Evidence: The Role of Conversation and Stories in the Validation of Practice Wisdom - George Julian and Todor Proykov* Chapter 4: Evidence-Informed Practice in Child Protection - Aron Shlonsky and Michelle Ballan* Section Two: Strategies for Promoting the Use of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 5: Interactive Strategies in Evidence-Informed Practice: Working in Collaboration with a Multi-Professional Children's Workforce - Susannah Bowyer and Sarah Moore* Chapter 6: Methods for Engaging Key Stakeholders in Child and Youth Mental Health - Melanie Barwick, Don Buchanan, Michael Cheng, Ian Manion, Frances Ruffolo, and Kathy Short* Chapter 7: Changing Lives through Technology and Innovation - Ian Watson, Amy O'Neil, and Alison Petch* Section Three: Systemic-Level Efforts to Improve the Use of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 8: Informing Policy with Evidence: Successes, Failures, and Surprises - Cathy Humphreys, Gaby Marcus, Ann Sanson, Kelly Rae, Sarah Wise, Marilyn Webster, and Sarah Waters* Chapter 9: Facing the Child Welfare and Mental Health Interface Challenges through Evidence-Informed Approaches: An Irish Case Study - John Canavan, Aisling Gillen, Kathryn Higgins, and Brendan Doody* Chapter 10: Achieving an Outcomes-Driven System: Critical Decision Points for Leaders - Sybil K. Goldman, Kay Hodges, Patrick Kanary, and James R. Wotring* Chapter 11: Let's Come Together: A Macro-Oriented Model for Organizing the Support of EBP 156 - Karin Alexanderson, Elisabeth Beijer, Ulf Hyvonen, Per-Ake Karlsson, and Kristin Marklund* Section Four: Multi-level Initiatives in the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 12: Facilitating Evidence-Informed Practice: Participatory Knowledge Translation and Exchange - Robyn Mildon, Leah Bromfield, Fiona Arney, Kerry Lewig, Annette Michaux, and Greg Antcliff* Chapter 13: Engaging the Voice of the Child: Strengthens Practice-Based Research and Guides Multi-Professional Co-operation - Stina Hognabba, Hanna Heinonen, Tiina Muukkonen, and Alpo Heikkinen* Chapter 14: Partners for Our Children: A Case Study of a Public-Private University-Based Research and Development Centre - Mark E. Courtney and Tessa Keating* Chapter 15: Implementing Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare and Other Human Services - Dean L. Fixsen, Karen A. Blase, Michelle A. Duda, and Jacquie Brown* Chapter 16: Integrative Themes, Lessons Learned, and Future Challenges - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera

About the Author

Katharine Dill, PhD, is Executive Director of PART (Practice and Research Together). Wes Shera, PhD, is Professor and Dean Emeritus, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.

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It will illuminate, inspire, and instruct all those who believe that good outcomes have to be founded on good evidence-most especially social workers, their managers, and service directors." - Celia Atherton, OBE, Director of Social Justice, Darlington Hall Trust, United Kingdom