Adapting evidence-based mental health treatments in community settings: preliminary results from a partnership approach.

Johnson et al. (2009) describe the first steps of a university-community team.

The team wanted to tweak proven child mental-health treatments so they would fit busy public clinics.

No kids were tested yet; the paper only tells how the partners planned the work.

The paper gives no numbers, graphs, or outcomes.

It is a snapshot of early planning, not a finished trial.

Hostyn et al. (2010) extend the same idea to autistic children. They show that community clinics can indeed cut disruptive behavior and lift family functioning.

Lambert et al. (2022) later supersede the 2009 plan with a six-year university practicum. They add a clear, function-based protocol and real case data, filling the outcome gap left open in 2009.

Hahlweg et al. (2008) act as a predecessor. Their phone-plus-booklet Triple P trial proves that simple, low-cost tweaks can work, giving the 2009 partnership a ready model to borrow.

You now know that university-clinic teams can move from talk to action. Use the later Lambert papers as your roadmap: pick a protocol, set data targets, and track each case. If you consult for a community agency, start with the lightest lift—phone check-ins or parent booklets—then build toward full FBA-driven plans.