Renowned Historian and best-selling author, Yuval Noah Harari, Convincingly Asserts that Through Language and Narrative Abilities We Create Things that Do not Exist Independent of Us in the Real world. Humanity Organized Itself from Small Groups into Larger and Larger Groups Through “convenient fictions” Such as money, religion, kingdom, capitalism, and nation. Though Useful, these Narratives Artificially Differentiate “us” and “them”. Over time, the Overlap of Narratives Reveals Conundrums and Contradictions that when Critically Examined May Seed More Useful Approaches. For example, although Implementation and Practice Are synonyms, Differentiating Implementation Science from Implementation Practice Creates a Conundrum. This Conundrum Suggests an Implicit Asymmetry Between Researchers and Practitioners that May Be Amplified and perpetuated, not corrected, by the Science of Implementation. To Say that Scientists Develop Frameworks for Implementation or that There Is a research-practice Gap, Invites an Assumption that Researchers Produce the knowledge, and It Is Practitioners’ Failure To Apply this Evidence that Produces the Gap. To spark reflection and refresh thought, this commentary briefly examines roots and myths of this implementation science implementation practice conundrum, some of which include how academic programs prepare practitioners, researchers, and workforce leaders, the gold standard of randomized controlled trials, as well as the proliferation of implementation theories, models, and frameworks. In these discussions, we suggest simplification, as well as curricula and research transformation, so that those implementing and those affected by implementation can more meaningfully determine feasibility and impact to diminish the research-practice gap.

of Global Implementation Research and Applications (GIRA) has encouraged persons and organizations engaged in implementation to identify topics or themes for special issues or sections of this journal.The Child and Family Evidence-Based Practice Consortium was the first to accept this invitation.They facilitated development of a special section for our December 2022 issue that addressed implementation adaptions made in the midst of rapid social change.As this unfolded, the Red Latino Americana de Implementacio'GIS-LATAM (Global Implementation Society-Latin America) were planning a special issue and conference.At that conference members of GIRA's editorial board encouraged participants to contribute manuscripts highlighting lessons learned in adapting and applying implementation science in that part of the world.This December 2023 special issue focusing upon implementation in Latin America would not have been possible without the dedicated efforts of its guest editors, Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel and Felipe Agudelo Hernández who diligently recruited authors and reviewers and carefully managed the peer-review process.Differences in language and accustomed writing styles and formatting required appreciative, respectful, supportive, and timely attention by reviewers, editors, and manuscript authors.

Each year, the Child and Family Evidence-Based Practice Consortium organizes a track of presentations for the Research and Policy Conference for Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health...

In this article, we present a university partnership with public and private child welfare organizations that simultaneously transformed MSW field curricula and informed installation and implementation of new child welfare practice models. Anchored in implementation science and frameworks, the partnership's plan-do-study-act feedback loops identify challenges and opportunities, integrate lessons for students, instructors, and participating organizations, and prepare future workforce and leaders to deliver evidence-informed practice. Its focus, processes, structures, and tools offer academic professional degree programs an example of how workforce preparation and the implementation of service programs can be mutually reinforcing and beneficial.

The increasing emphasis on research supported treatments in behavioral health requires clinicians to develop knowledge and skills for evidence-based practice. Graduate professional degree programs must address this in preparation for the emerging workforce. In this paper, we synthesize results from two related studies that examined the extent to which master's level professional degree programs prepare future practitioners to deliver a process of evidence-based practice or specific evidence-based treatments. We compare these results with a previous study of North American administrators and supervisors who hire graduates from Master's level professional degree programs. The first study explored the Masters in Social Work curricula, and the second study examined Marriage and Family Therapy programs. Professionals with these graduate degrees are primary providers of behavioral health treatment. Results demonstrate how both disciplines are changing and offer both rationale and concerns voiced by program deans and directors. Compared with a study of provider perspectives, the collective results indicate institutions of higher education are providing at least modest levels of training in evidence-based treatments. We conclude with suggestions for university partnership with behavioral health and social service programs.