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Team-Based Implementation Strategies

McGuier, E. A., Kolko, D. J., Stadnick, N. A., Brookman-Frazee, L., Wolk, C. B., Yuan, C. T., Burke, C. S., & Aarons, G. A. (2023). Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework. Implementation Research and Practice, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231190855 (Original work published 2023)

Sklar, M., Kenneally, R., Aarons, G.A. et al. Applying after-action reviews to child and family teams to improve mental health service linkage within child welfare services: a study protocol. Implement Sci Commun 4, 121 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00479-3

Stadnick, N.A., Aarons, G.A., Edwards, H.N. et al. Cluster randomized trial of a team communication training implementation strategy for depression screening in a pediatric healthcare system: a study protocol. Implement Sci Commun 5, 117 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00641-5

Team Implementation Strategies in Children's Services

Brookman-Frazee, L., Lau, A. S., Roesch, S. C., Jobin, A., Chlebowski, C., Mello, M., Caplan, B., Naar, S., Aarons, G. A., & Stahmer, A. C. (2025). Effectiveness of Multilevel Implementation Strategies for Autism Interventions: Outcomes of Two Linked Implementation Trials. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.003

Chuang, E., Bunger, A., Smith, R. et al. Collaboration strategies affecting implementation of a cross-systems intervention for child welfare and substance use treatment: a mixed methods analysis. Implement Sci Commun 5, 127 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00666-w

O’Reilly, L., Sun, D., Schwartz, K. et al. Impact of learning health systems on cross-system collaboration between youth legal and community mental health systems: a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Implement Sci Commun 5, 142 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00686-6

Locke, J., Corbin, C. M., Collins, V. K., Ehrhart, M. G., Goosey, R., Hatch, K., Espeland, C., Cook, C. R., & Lyon, A. R. (2024). Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM): The iterative redesign of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention for use in schools. Implementation Research and Practice, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895241242523 (Original work published 2024)

Locke, J., Williams, N.J., Sridhar, A. et al. Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Implementation Sci 20, 17 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-025-01429-4

Stadnick, N.A., Martinez, K., Navarro, F. et al. Mixed Methods Findings from a Stepped Wedge Hybrid Implementation Trial of ATTAIN NAV: A Mental Health Family Navigation Intervention for Autistic Youth. J Autism Dev Disord (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06851-7

Williams, N. J., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Esp, S., Vega, N., Sklar, M., … Marcus, S. C. (2025). Effects of an Organizational Implementation Strategy on Sustainment of Measurement-Based Care in Community Mental Health. Psychiatric Services, 76(4), 358–365. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240302

 Williams, N.J., Ehrhart, M.G., Aarons, G.A. et al. Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: a mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial. Implementation Sci 19, 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01356-w

Williams, N. J., Marcus, S. C., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., Esp, S. M., Carandang, K., Vega, N., Gomes, A. E., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Aarons, G. A. (2024). Randomized Trial of an Organizational Implementation Strategy to Improve Measurement-Based Care Fidelity and Youth Outcomes in Community Mental Health. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(10), 991–1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.11.010