DMH's Bureau of Child & Adolescent Services offers this free resource for those who work with this population and their families. Please take the time to review these tools that are available to assist you. The links below automatically log you in as a user.
Practisewise
PRACTIONER GUIDES
Easy to follow How-To Guides for before, during, and after treatment
PracticeWise has developed a set of treatment materials that summarize the most common elements of evidence-based treatments for youth. Each practice and process is summarized in a convenient handout format to guide therapists in performing the main steps.
MATCH-ADTC: EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
Modular approach for children with anxiety, depression, trauma or conduct problems
Extensively tested in community mental health settings as part of the Child STEPs clinical trials, this innovative system is the ultimate practitioner's toolbox: a wealth of well-organized resources that may be adapted for a diverse array of children and problems. The program combines 33 procedures-drawn from the most successful evidence-based treatments into a single, flexible system. Comprehensive flowcharts guide the process of care, streamlining treatment to fit the child's needs while fostering individualization to address co-morbidity or therapeutic roadblocks. The system provides clear step-by-step instructions, activities, example scripts, time-saving tips, monitoring forms, and easy-to-read explanatory handouts and worksheets for children and their caregivers.
PWEBS: PRACTICEWISE EVIDENCE-BASED SERVICES DATABASE
Searchable database of research summaries from clinical trials
Includes hundreds of randomized clinical trials of treatments for children's mental health problems, making it the most comprehensive dynamic decision-support tool available for reviewing the evidence base in children's mental health. Using this online searchable database, professionals may access summaries of the best and most current scientific research, and results can be customized to match an individual child's characteristics. The database currently covers research in the areas of childhood anxiety, attentional problems, autistic spectrum, depression, disruptive behavior, eating, elimination, mania, substance use, suicidality, and traumatic stress disorders.
