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About the Conferences Program
The Conferences Program is designed to identify events in which issues related to evaluation research are being discussed. We attend several conferences a year where we present evaluation research findings, participate in panel discussions, and/or host exhibit booths where we discuss our latest research and display our newest products. A list of upcoming conferences is available below, or you can use our Search Conferences feature to the right to look up a specific conference of interest.

The Center also organizes roundtable discussions and makes public presentations that identify evaluation issues and enhance the evaluation-related skills of producers and consumers of evaluations. In order to make these sessions accessible to a wide audience, some will be offered in conjunction with national or regional conferences and meetings. Some of these sessions may be approved for continuing education credit.

In the event that users are interested in obtaining presentation materials from past conferences, the Archive of Past Conferences can be used. It includes information from conferences held within the past 6 months. If a link for conference material is available, it will be found here. For conferences older than 6 months, please use the Search Conferences feature to the right.

For conferences at which we have presented, you can download these presentations from the Archive of Past Conferences or visit the Presentations section at the bottom of this page.

Occasionally we will locate and share evaluation related presentations not associated with any specific conference that we feel might be useful to our constituents. These presentations might be in the form of webcasts, online or CD-ROM courses, or print materials. These trainings can be found in the Federal and Other Trainings section.

If you would like more information on the program and/or specific projects please contact Dawna Phillips, Program Manager at hsridp@rcn.com.

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Identifying and Developing Evidence-Based Practices
H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D., Director, the Evaluation Center@HSRI
The Center for Behavioral Health at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Suffolk University Department of Public Management, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, hosted "Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Performance Measures for Massachusetts Mental Health Services: An Educational Forum" on September 28, 2005, at Brandeis University. The forum focused on issues of informing key stakeholders about the concept and status of evidence-based practices (EBPs) and performance measures in mental health. Presenters also spoke about what is needed for successful EBP implementation and ways key stakeholders could work together to support successful implementation. H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D., of the Evaluation Center@HSRI gave a presentation on "Identifying and Developing Evidence-Based Practices". The presentation (PS-07) can be downloaded here. Additional materials, including audio recordings from the forum, are available for download via http://www.sihp.brandeis.edu/shepard/evidence.html.