How Do We Know What Works? Challenges and Opportunities for Building Evidence for Leaders and Decision Makers examines evidence-based practice from the point of view of leaders and managers, who must process information about what works or not, decide if it is credible and is having the intended effect, and assess the implications of their decision at every level of the organization. 

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Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the How Do We Know What Works? Challenges and Opportunities for Building Evidence for Leaders and Decision Makers video. 

Explore resources related to the Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Our Collective Investment in Improving the Lives of Children and Families video.  

This session explores how research, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) efforts can help you strengthen practice to achieve a common goal of all child welfare professionals: becoming more effective in your work and being better able to ensure that children are safe, in healthy and intact families, and thriving.

Use this discussion guide with the Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Our Role in Improving the Lives of Children and Families videos to access a description of each topic, individual and group reflection questions to facilitate on-demand learning, considerations for use with partners, and an action-planning tool for teams to bring knowledge into action. 

Explore how to incorporate knowledge into practice and systems to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. 

Explore how legal and judicial professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

Hear about effectiveness in child welfare from a legal representative’s perspective.

Hear a tribal perspective on effectiveness in child welfare.

Hear an agency leadership perspective on effectiveness in child welfare.

Explore foundational information to build shared understanding of child welfare data collection and evidence.