Exploration, Preparation, and Implementation of Standardized Assessment in a Multi-agency School Behavioral Health Netwo
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Exploration, Preparation, and Implementation of Standardized Assessment in a Multi‑agency School Behavioral Health Network Elizabeth Connors1 · Gwendolyn Lawson2 · Denise Wheatley‑Rowe3 · Sharon Hoover4 Accepted: 9 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract School mental health treatment services offer broad public health impact and could benefit from more widespread implementation and sustainment of standardized assessments (SA). This demonstration study describes one approach to increase SA use in a large school behavioral health network using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation and Sustainment (EPIS) framework. Mental health administrator interviews with four participating agencies and a multidisciplinary planning team informed SA measure selection and implementation supports. The SA initiative was implemented during one school year, including system-wide training and ongoing implementation supports for 95 clinicians. Linear mixed effect models revealed improvements in clinician attitudes about the SA for clinical utility and treatment planning immediately following the half-day training (N = 95, p
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