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01-01-2017 | Introduction
Introduction to the Special Issue: Legislation Related to Children’s Evidence-Based Practice
Authors:
Eric Trupin, Suzanne Kerns
Published in:
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
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Issue 1/2017
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Excerpt
This Special Issue addresses the passage of a law (Washington State
2011) during the 2012 legislative session and the subsequent activities that were developed as an outcome of that legislation in the State of Washington. The law requires policy makers to utilize empirically supported services in publicly funded children’s behavioral health, juvenile justice and child welfare. The implications of this type of legislation nationally as a model for implementing a more empirically informed provision of children’s services are significant. …