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Adoption of Evidence-Based Treatments in Community Settings: Obstacles and Opportunities

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Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents

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  1. Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Kansas

    Julianne M. Smith-Boydston

  2. University of Kansas, Clinical Child Psychology Program, Kansas

    Timothy D. Nelson

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  2. Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA

    T. David Elkin

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Smith-Boydston, J.M., Nelson, T.D. (2008). Adoption of Evidence-Based Treatments in Community Settings: Obstacles and Opportunities. In: Steele, R.G., Elkin, T.D., Roberts, M.C. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73691-4_29

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