Members of the PracticeWise Community,

The Spring 2016 updates to the PracticeWise information resources are now available online.

Resource Updates

The PracticeWise Evidence Based Services Database (PWEBS) now covers over 870 research papers. It was a busy period in terms of treatment families with Strength of Evidence levels modified. Here is the brief summary:

Anxiety

A new variant of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Music Therapy, was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2)

Attention

Behavioral Sleep Intervention was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication improved to achieve Good Support (Level 2)

Parent Management Training and Classroom Behavior Management and Executive Functioning Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2)

Executive Functioning Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5)

Autism

Cognitive Behavior Therapy improved to achieve Best Support (Level 1)

Joint Attention/Engagement was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Best Support (Level 1). The introduction of Joint Attention/Engagement coincided with restructuring study protocol assignments to a number of other treatment families, but these protocols use a variety of tasks, exercises, and strategies to facilitate shared attentional focus, reciprocal communication, and responsive interactions.

Executive Functioning Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5)

Depression

Client Centered Therapy improved to achieve Best Support (Level 1)

Problem Solving improved to achieve Good Support (Level 2)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Behavioral Sleep Intervention, Parent Management Training, and Parent Management Training and Emotion Regulation were introduced as a treatment families and achieved No Support (Level 5)

Disruptive Behavior

Collaborative Problem Solving improved to achieve Good Support (Level 2)

Parent Management Training and Social Skills was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2)

Eating

Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Parents was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5)

Substance Use

Therapeutic Vocational Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5)

Suicidality

Cognitive Behavior Therapy was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5)

We continue to expand our collection of online courses and have more courses on the way. Similarly, we periodically post new files and community contributions in the Clinical Dashboard library. Please keep in mind that these are provided as options and examples, and the availability of new Clinical Dashboard versions does not indicate a change in standards or requirements.

We encourage you to check in periodically on all of our resources and continue to send us your suggestions and contributions.

Training Opportunities

We are currently filling spots for the following training series:

MAP Direct Service series (5-day workshop plus 6 months of consultation) in Los Angeles, CA the week of June 6 – 10.

MAP Supervision and Consultation series (2-day workshop plus 6 months of consultation) in Los Angeles, CA on May 16 - 17.

If you are interested in procuring a training slot, please email your request to our support line at [email protected].

Best wishes,

The PracticeWise Team