MULTI-MEDIA TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES

尽管越来越强调在临床社会工作中实施循证实践（ebp），但研究与实践之间仍然存在差距。医学研究所的一份报告（2006年）描述了现有ebp与在社区精神卫生机构中应用这些治疗缺乏一致性之间的脱节。为了响应在无家可归者服务环境中更广泛传播循证实践（ebp）的迫切需求，社会创新中心有限责任公司（C4SI）响应了国家精神卫生研究所（NIMH）的一项提案请求，为社会工作者提供基于网络的培训。小企业创新研究（SBIR）合同（hhsn271200800027c）于2008年9月授予，项目的第一阶段于2009年9月完成。对于第一阶段的试点，我们选择了关键时间干预（CTI），这是一种EBP，列在国家循证计划和实践登记处（www.nrepp.samhsa.gov）上。它是为数不多的专门为无家可归者设计的EBPs之一。虽然NIMH支持了评估CTI对从避难所过渡到住房的人的影响的开创性研究，但越来越多的证据支持CTI的有效性与其在无家可归者服务环境中的广泛应用之间仍然存在差距。为了开始缩小这一差距，C4SI与哥伦比亚大学的全国领先的CTI专家Dan Herman和Sarah Conover合作，设计并实施了一个基于网络的培训课程。拟议的第二阶段SBIR合同将通过改进课程设计和技术能力，以第一阶段试点产品的成功为基础。在项目的这一阶段，我们还将评估在线CTI课程的影响，不仅在实施CTI的机构和临床医生之间，而且在他们所服务的人的生活中。我们将通过会议报告、同行评议的期刊文章以及在www.center4si.com和www.criticaltime.org等网站上发布研究结果来传播研究结果。最后，我们将在第二期完成后为产品的全面商业化做准备。

Despite a growing emphasis on implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) in clinical social work, a gap remains between research and practice. A report by the Institute of Medicine (2006) describes the disconnect between available EBPs and the lack of consistency in applying these treatments in community mental health settings. In response to the pressing need for wider dissemination of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in homeless service settings, the Center for Social Innovation, LLC (C4SI) responded to a request for proposals from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to provide web-based training for social workers. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract (hhsn271200800027c) was awarded in September 2008, and Phase I of the project was completed in September 2009. For the Phase I pilot, we selected Critical Time Intervention (CTI), an EBP that is listed on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (www.nrepp.samhsa.gov). It is one of the few EBPs designed specifically for people experi¿encing homelessness. While NIMH has supported seminal research evaluating the impact of CTI on people transitioning from shelters into housing, a gap persists between the growing body of evidence supporting the efficacy of CTI and its widespread use in homeless service settings. To begin bridging this gap, C4SI partnered with the nation¿s leading CTI experts, Dan Herman and Sarah Conover at Columbia University, to design and implement a web-based training curriculum. The proposed Phase II SBIR contract will build on the success of the Phase I Pilot product through improvements in curriculum design and technological capacity. During this phase of the project, we will also evaluate the impact of the online CTI course, not only among agencies and clinicians who implement CTI, but also in the lives of the people they serve. We will disseminate study findings through conference presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles, and posting of findings on websites such as www.center4si.com and www.criticaltime.org. Finally, we will prepare for full-scale commercialization of the product upon completion of Phase II.