• Welcome Page
• Module 1: Introduction
• Module 2: First Things First: Key Concepts of Evidence-Based Practice & Child Welfare
• Module 3: First Things First: Key Concepts of Cultural Sensitivity
• Module 4: Moving Along: Implementation So Far!
• Module 5: Forward & Onward: Practice, Policy, and Research
• Module 6: Until Next Time: Challenges, Next Steps & Conclusions
• References

Module Four
Moving Along: Implementation So Far!

How are we functioning as a child welfare system right now?

How might we strive to function as a child welfare system?

What’s needed is synergy and an integrated system.

Synergy
 “1. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.  2. Cooperative interaction among groups, especially among the acquired subsidiaries or merged parts of a corporation, that creates an enhanced combined effect.”¹

AND

an Integrated System
“A single system which contains enough tools to complete a whole area of operation.”²

As stated by Dr. Carl Bell,
 “This is a leadership, government, policy issue!”³

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Notes:

¹ synergy. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved March 28, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/synergy

² integrated system. (n.d.) Highend3D. Retrieved March 28, 2008 from http://www.highend3d.com/dictionary/i/Integrated_system

³ Bell, C. (2007). Evidence-based practice and cultural sensitivity. [PowerPoint presentation]. Retrieved March 26, 2008 from http://media.cehd.umn.edu/ssw/ebp/culturalcompetence/EBPbreeze/bellbreeze