Within a system, change affects stakeholders differently. Consequently, when making changes in the mental health system, mental health agencies should expect varied reactions from staff, community members, consumers, and families. Since misunderstandings can stymie efforts to implement evidence-based and promising practices, it is important to…

Discusses strategies for increasing long-term administrative support of experiential college programs, including identifying client groups, establishing program credibility through outside sources, developing alliances within the institution, adapting to the institutional context, working with members of the institution to help achieve their…

To obtain perceptions of student growth in reading, this evaluation report assessed the first-year implementation of a seventh grade reading pilot program at Bell, Correia, Standley, and Wilson schools in the San Diego Unified School District. The pilot program addressed the reading needs of seventh grade students achieving two or more years below…