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ALT Issue Brief 88 - When to Adapt: Ensuring Evidence-Based Treatments Work for Children of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds. What the research days about making adaptations to EBTs and recommendations for clinicians on when and how to adapt these treatments.

ALT Recommendations to Guide Adaptations to Evidence-Based Treatments (EBTs) for Children of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds: 1) Identify and protect the core components of the EBT; 2) Track child progress to ensure the adaptation is beneficial; 3) Apply a framework to guide adaptation decisions. Download the Issue Brief to learn more about these recommendations at www.chdi.org/publications.

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ALT New: Mobile Response for Children, Youth, and Families: Best Practice Data Elements and Quality Improvement Approaches