Evidence Based Practice for
Policy Makers and Practitioners:
Staying Ahead of the Game
Pre-Conference Agenda

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Overview
   • Risk and Protective Factors
   • Delinquency Patterns and Trajectories
   • The Case for Evidence-Based Practice
   • Key Concepts
   • Challenges

10:30 a.m. - Noon
Understanding the Evidence
   • How is Effectiveness Defined and Measured?
   • Methods of Summarizing and Synthesizing the Evidence

Noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
   • Proven and Promising Programs, Strategies and Principles
   • The lists and using the lists

2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Implementation Challenges
   • Funding
   • Fidelity
   • Quality Assurance
   • Management
   • Sustainability

For more information about this pre-conference, contact:
Peter Greenwood
peter.greenwood@sbcglobal.net