1-141 - Good Enough? Translating Knowledge in Developmental Intervention Research with Children and Adolescents Into Real-World Settings

Session Type: Conversation Roundtable

Integrative Statement

High numbers of children and adolescents suffer from emotional and behavioral difficulties, and there is a clear consensus among developmental scientists that it is important to implement evidence-based strategies as early and effectively as possible in order to promote children’s well-being, development, and health. While a plethora of prevention and intervention programs exist, it is not fully understood how the field should deal with small and moderate effect sizes of many psychological programs when being rolled-out, and under what circumstances interventions can count as “good enough” for large-scale dissemination. Yet, providing responses to these questions is essential to improve the translation of research-based into effective intervention for children. Against this background, the main aim of this roundtable discussion symposium is to discuss the overarching question of what counts as “good enough” for systematic roll-out for psychological interventions for children. The symposium will bring together an international, multidisciplinary expert panel to address questions regarding the dissemination and implementation of psychological intervention research for children. This includes questions on how to assess what results constitute good enough for roll-out, what findings can be trusted in the real world, and what delivery models can help close the gap between developmental intervention research and practice. The moderator, Tina Malti from the University of Toronto, will facilitate discussion between panelists and the audience, focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges, progress in the large-scale dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological intervention programs for children, and implications for future research.

Sub Unit

• Developmental Psychopathology

Moderator

• Tina Malti, University of Toronto

Panelists

• Andreas Beelmann, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena

• Gil G. Noam, McLean Hospital

• Todd D Little, Texas Tech University