Additional Resources

At The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center in Charleston, S.C., therapists are using proven approaches to help children like "Emily" overcome traumatic childhood experiences, including abuse and neglect.

In North Carolina and South Carolina

• The Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy website is presented by the Medical University of South Carolina and is a web-based learning course for the Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy program, including research and evaluation information.
• The Multi-Systemic Therapy website fully describes this therapy model and provides information on quality assurance and evaluation.
• Project BEST helps communities in South Carolina deliver evidence-supported mental health treatments to abused and traumatized children. The website includes information about the project and its activities.
• The Center for Effective Philanthropy website includes the report “Essentials of Foundation Strategy.” In it, Rhett Mabry, vice president of the Endowment, discusses “trying to move organizations toward employing or deploying evidence-based practices.”
• The Larry King Center of the Council for Children’s Rights has published a national registry of child-focused evidence-based practices.

In the United States and Abroad

• This site contains comprehensive information about the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy program, including training, research and evaluation.
• This site presents complete information on The Incredible Years program worldwide, including programs, certification, research and evaluation.
• This is the site of Families and Schools Together, and contains program information, research and other resources.
• This site offers a full description of the Utah-based Strengthening Families Program, including evaluation methods.
• This website of the Nurse-Family Partnership contains objective studies about the program’s effectiveness, cost-benefit analyses and links to sites throughout the United States, including those in the Carolinas.
• Interchange is a newsletter published by the Southeastern Council of Foundations in Atlanta, Ga. The August/September 2009 issue features an article by Rhett Mabry, Vice President of The Duke Endowment, on why evidence-based practices stand up to public scrutiny.
• This website for the Positive Parenting Program includes information for parents and practitioners and a way to access resources.
• The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare provides infromation about a variety of evidence-based and evidence-informed models.

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