Acknowledgements

Development of the Resource Guide

The idea of the Resource Guide for Promoting an Evidence-Based Culture grew out of three meetings convened from 2003 to 2005 by the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. and SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services. An important message emerging from these meetings was that for evidence-based and promising practices to grow and be sustained, a much stronger emphasis needed to be placed on the context in which EBPs are imbedded. The recommendation was to pull together many of the resources and tools that already existed on the subject of how to support EBPs as tools for continuous quality improvement.

The Resource Guide was prepared by staff of the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc.:

Jeanne C. Rivard, Ph.D.
G. Michael Lane, Jr., M.P.H.
Kristin Roberts
Vijay Ganju, Ph.D.

The guide was developed through a partnership with ORC Macro, Inc. and Walter R. MacDonald & Associates, Inc.

Acknowledgements

The development of the Resource Guide would not have been possible without the generous support and feedback from many. Specifically, we are grateful for Sylvia Fisher, Ph.D., of the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), who helped direct the project and dedicated many generous hours of her time to editing; Gary Blau, Ph.D., Chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of CMHS, who made the development of this guide possible; and Kristin Williams, CMHS intern, who enhanced this project with her valuable hours of reviewing and editing.

We would like to thank the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health for their continuous partnership and invaluable feedback. Elaine Slaton of the Federation contributed greatly through writing and editing key sections of the Resource Guide, and through organizing feedback from family and youth reviewers. We thank Sandra Spencer, Executive Director of the Federation, for her leadership and guidance in making sure that family and youth voices were heard and captured in this guide. There are several family and youth reviewers that we would like to thank specifically:

Kim Williams
Pat Hunt
Alan Rabideau
Adam Blais
Andrew Snowman
John Ouelette
Jocelyn Conrad
Mike Prior

Mareasa Isaacs, PhD, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations offered her expertise in writing and editing sections specific to cultural competence. We thank her for her guidance in highlighting all cultures and belief systems.

We would also like to acknowledge the contributions made by members of the Outcomes Roundtable for Children and Families, who reviewed the entire Resource Guide and offered important recommendations for content.

We thank Kristin Roberts of NRI for her administrative and editorial skills, and overall dedication to the project. Without Kristin’s attention to detail, this project could not have been accomplished.

Finally, to those youth, families, consumer advocates, researchers, practitioners, and administrators who work every day to improve the resources and services offered in children’s mental health, we thank you! We hope this guide can offer support and direction in navigating and advocating for evidence-based treatment.

Please note that the photographs used in the Resource Guide are for illustrative purposes only; and that any person depicted in the Licensed Material is a model.

Contact Information

Jeanne Rivard, Ph.D.
NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc.
66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 302
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-682-9468
jeanne.rivard@nri-inc.org

Sylvia Fisher, Ph.D.
SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services
Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch
Room 6-1047
Rockville, MD 20857
240-276-1923
sylvia.fisher@samhsa.hhs.gov