Patrick Kanary

Case Western Reserve University | CWRU · Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center

At the 2002 Georgetown Summer Institutes, participants with shared interests in evidence-based and promising practices for children, youth, and families discussed the disparate ways these practices were unfolding across North America. Since then, believing that these differences offered important lessons and that families should expect proven pract...

Youth involved in the justice system often suffer from significant behavioral health impairment, and detention centers are often unable to provide the type and intensity of services needed to address these concerns. Ohio's BHJJ program allows court staff to divert juvenile justice-involved youth with behavioral health issues away from incarceration...

Federal, state, and foundation funding sources increasingly mandate the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, confusion and uncertainty limit response to these mandates in systems of care. These two papers briefly present fundamental facts on the rationale for using EBPs within behavioral health service systems. The first paper clarifies...

Organizations adopting an evidence-based, research-based, or promising practice must systematically support its implementation. When actively applied, three frameworks identified by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) support effective service delivery: intervention components, implementation drivers, and stages of implementation (B...

Federal, state, and foundation funding sources increasingly mandate the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, confusion and uncertainty limit response to these mandates in systems of care. These two papers briefly present fundamental facts on the rationale for using EBPs within behavioral health service systems. The first paper clarifies...