Evidence-Based Practice in Community-Based Child Welfare Systems.
The immaturity of the evidence base in some areas of child welfare practice demands that practitioners approach the development and refinement of practice in a systematic way that explicitly seeks to build on and learn from experience. The efforts of public child welfare agencies in Boston and Cleve...
| Published in: | Child Welfare Vol. 82; no. 5; pp. 597 - 615 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Child Welfare League of America
September/October 2003
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | The immaturity of the evidence base in some areas of child welfare practice demands that practitioners approach the development and refinement of practice in a systematic way that explicitly seeks to build on and learn from experience. The efforts of public child welfare agencies in Boston and Cleveland show that it is possible to draw on a broader base of knowledge and experience while responding to unique conditions and circumstances in each agency's community. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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