Science-Informed Treatment Adaptations with Youth: Bridging Pathways for Specialized Settings and Unique Populations

Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper presents the introductory remarks to the special series “Science-Informed Treatment Adaptations with Youth: Bridging Pathways for Specialized Settings and Unique Populations” for Evidence-Based Practice in Children & Adolescent Mental Health. We discuss barriers to EST in specialized settings and with unique populations and consider possible bridging pathways to over-come these obstacles at both the individual and organizational levels. The paper concludes with a brief summary of the papers grouped into the following conceptual areas: 1) Bridging models within the related domains of case conceptualization, treatment planning, and continuous assessment; 2) science-informed adaptable treatment models in specialized settings; and 3) education and treatment pathways for clinicians practicing with unique youth populations.