Members of the PracticeWise Community,
We are pleased to announce that the Spring 2026 updates to the PracticeWise Evidence-Based Services (PWEBS) Database are now available online. PWEBS has expanded once again from 1,991 to 2,050 papers (+59) and from 3,487 to 3,587 protocols (+100). Furthermore, with PWEBS+, we proudly offer 2,176 papers (+70), and 3,805 protocols (+119).
Anxiety
- The Attention Training and Cognitive Behavior Therapy treatment family improved to Good Support (Level 2).
- Physical Exercise and Social Skills was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
- Assessment/Monitoring and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Attention
- Cognitive Training and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- Medication and Parent Coping/Stress Management was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- The Medication and Psychoeducation: Parent treatment family improved to Good Support (Level 2).
- The Psychoeducation: Parent treatment family improved to Good Support (Level 2).
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Child and for Parent and Social Skills was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
- Sensory Integration Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
- Attention was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Attention and Medication was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Medication and Problem Solving and Self Verbalization was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Autism
- Behavior Therapy and Psychoeducation: Parent was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- The Sensory Integration Training treatment family improved to Good Support (Level 2).
- Attention was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Parent Coping/Stress Management and Psychoeducation: Parent was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Parent Responsivity Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Depression
- The Interpersonal Therapy and Medication treatment family improved to Best Support (Level 1).
- The Psychoeducation treatment family improved to Best Support (Level 1).
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Medication was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- Medication and Psychoeducation: Parent was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Parents and Medication was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Moderate Support (Level 3).
- Physical Exercise and Social Skills was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
- Assessment/Monitoring and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication and Parent Management Training was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Eating
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Parents Only was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
Elimination
- Behavioral Training and Physical/Social/Occupational Therapy was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Moderate Support (Level 3).
- Assessment/Monitoring and Psychoeducation: Family was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
Mania
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication and Peer Support was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Medication and Psychoeducation was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Peer Support and Psychoeducation and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Substance Use
- The Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication treatment family improved to Best Support (Level 1).
- Advice/Encouragement and Assessment/Monitoring was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- Case Management and Motivational Interviewing/Engagement was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Good Support (Level 2).
- Motivational Interviewing/Engagement and Peer Support was introduced as a treatment family and achieved Minimal Support (Level 4).
- Assessment/Monitoring and Feedback and Psychoeducation was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Assessment/Monitoring and Psychoeducation was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Medication and Multisystemic Therapy was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Suicidality
- Advice/Encouragement was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Tic
- Dietary Care and Psychoeducation: Family and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
- Dietary Care and Usual Care was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
Traumatic Stress
- Attention was introduced as a treatment family and achieved No Support (Level 5).
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Share Your Input on Future PWEBS Target Areas
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As we continue to expand PWEBS, we’re looking ahead to what would be most useful in your work. We’re gathering input on potential new target areas and would value your perspective. What additional target areas would be helpful in your work with youth and families? Take a moment to share your input in our short survey →
Based on feedback from our 2024 Survey, we’ve been working to expand PWEBS in areas that matter most to you. Below is a snapshot of how that input is shaping current and upcoming development.
| Target Area |
Status |
| Tic |
Published in the Fall 2025 Update |
| Sleep Disturbance |
Coming soon! |
| School Refusal/Truancy |
In future consideration |
| Overweight/Obesity |
In future consideration |
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We are excited to introduce five new On-Demand Learning opportunities designed to support providers in building practical, evidence-informed skills:
- Crisis Management – A structured approach to responding to youth crises, including safety assessment, caregiver involvement, and planning for both immediate needs and future prevention.
- Psychoeducation: Anxiety – Strategies for explaining anxiety clearly and compassionately, helping families understand symptoms, contributing factors, and treatment expectations.
- Psychoeducation: Disruptive Behavior – A strengths-based framework for discussing disruptive behavior across development while reducing stigma and supporting collaboration.
- Psychoeducation: Trauma – Guidance for navigating conversations about trauma, including understanding responses and setting clear expectations for care.
- Relationship/Rapport Building – Practical techniques for building trust and engagement with youth to support effective, ongoing services.
These new On-Demand Learning courses are designed to support clearer conversations, stronger engagement, and more confident responses to complex situations. Explore the courses, earn CE credits, and identify tools that fit your work with youth and families.
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Cultural Values: Know Who Owns It It
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In every update, we like to highlight one of our core cultural values. This Spring, we are featuring: Know Who Owns It. Three simple short words – who…owns…it. There is huge power in those nine letters when they are strung together and taken as a mandate to always ask the question. We will take responsibility, individually and as a team, for knowing who owns it.
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