title: Building Agency Capacity for Trauma-Informed Evidence-Based Practice and Field Instruction.
abstract: Through this article the authors describe how schools of social work offering a child and adolescent trauma specialization actively partnered with their community-based field placement agencies to achieve a dual purpose: help agencies sustain the capacity for evidence-based trauma treatment (EBTT) and provide sufficient EBTT MSW student field placement sites that support preparation of trauma-informed practitioners by schools of social work. Development and description of the specific conceptual framework used to inform the trauma-informed organizational change initiative is described. Results of an Organizational Readiness assessment undertaken at six agencies reflect a strong alignment between implementation drivers identified in the literature (Fixsen, Blase, Naoom, & Wallace, 2009) and the conceptual framework. The manner in which these results are being used by schools of social work and their agency partners in sustaining the implementation of evidence-based trauma treatment is reviewed, and implications for future research, education, and practice is discussed.
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Social Work, Trauma Education and Workforce Development, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service , West Harrison , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strand
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Social Work, Trauma Education and Workforce Development, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service , West Harrison , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Marciana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.affiliation: b National Center for Social Work, Trauma Education and Workforce Development, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abramovitz
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Social Work, Trauma Education and Workforce Development, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service , West Harrison , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*
keywords: Trauma; field instruction; implementation science