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Strategies for Scaling Effective Family-Focused Preventive Interventions to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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5 Expanding Programs Internationally
Pages 47-50

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... model, a behavior intervention program that provides parents with learning experiences related to parenting skills in five areas, including encouragement, discipline, monitoring, problem solving, and positive involvement.1 Norway, as well as other countries in Scandinavia, have been highly receptive to empirically supported interventions for children, youth, and families, according to Ogden. There is long-term governmental funding of the national implementation and research on evidence-based interventions in Norway, but also a high level of autonomy at the practitioner level and in the local communities.
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From page 48...
... Ten years after starting the implementation of the PMTO in Norway, a randomized study found that there was successful implementation of competency drivers, such as training, supervision, and evaluation of practice, but the implementation was not as successful at integrating the program with the usual services offered in Norway, which tend not to be evidence based (Ogden et al., 2012)
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... I think what is lacking is some kind of implementation infrastructure in the United States so your own children and youth can benefit from your tremendous high-quality research." Thomas Dishion added during his presentation that Sweden has taken up Family Check-Up quickly and effectively, with providers getting highfidelity ratings. "I attribute that to a high level of training in the supervisors.
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... 2012. Measurement of implementation components ten years after a nationwide intro duction of empirically supported programs -- A pilot study.
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