Staff Publications & Presentations

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., & Chapman, J. E. (2016). A supervisor-targeted implementation approach to promote system change: The R3 Model. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 43, 879–892. PMCID: PMC5033658

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., & Leve, L. (2014). Sustained Effects of MTFC for Girls: Long-Term Outcomes for Adolescent Female Offenders. Presented at the Blueprints for Healthy Development Conference. Denver, CO: April.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., & Leve, L. (2008). Family Versus Group-based Treatment for Girls with Chronic Delinquency: Characteristics, Processes, and Outcomes. Presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference. Chicago, IL. October.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., & Sheidow, A. (2014). Integrated Treatment for Mothers Involved in Child Welfare for Substance Abuse. Presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico: June.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Bradford, W. D., & Campbell, M. (2012). The Cost of Implementing New Strategies (COINS). Presented at the 5th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Bethesda, MD: March.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Bradford, W. D., Campbell, M., & Landsverk, J. (2014). The Cost of Implementing New Strategies (COINS): A method for mapping implementation resources using the stages of implementation completion. Children and Youth Services Review, 39, 177–182

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Brown, H.,& Marsenich, L. (2013). Supporting Implementation: The Role of Community Development Teams to Build Infrastructure. Presented at the Society for Community Research and Action. Miami, FL: June.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Chapman, J., & Wang, W. (2012). The Stages of Implementation Completion: Measurement Properties and Uses. Presented at the 5th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Bethesda, MD: March.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Heiblum., N., & Chapman, J. (2019). Navigating Leadership Changes in Real-World Implementation: Examples from Three State Child Welfare Systems. 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Arlington, VA. Dec. 4.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Landsverk., J., & Jones, H. (2008). Preventing adolescent substance use for youth with substance abusing mothers referred for neglect. Presented at the Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness. Washington, DC. March.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Wang, W., & Hendricks Brown, C. (2012). Predicting program start-up using the stages of implementation measure. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 39(6), 419–425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-011-0363-y

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Weber, E. (2015). R3 Caseplanner Strategy. A Practice Model for In-Home Tennessee. Training and Curriculum Manual. Eugene, Oregon: ODI.

Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Weber, E., & Rains, L., (2014). R3 Caseplanner Strategy. Supervisor and Caseplanner Training Manual- Revised NYC. Eugene, OR: ODI.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J. E., Campbell, M., Alley, Z., Schaper, H., & Padgett, C. (2021). Meeting the needs of families involved in the child welfare system for parental substance abuse: Outcomes from an effectiveness trial of the Families Actively Improving Relationships program. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2592. PMCID: PMC8283009

Saldana, L., Chapman, J. E., Henggeler, S. W., & Rowland, M. D. (2007). The Organizational Readiness for Change scale in adolescent programs: Criterion validity. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2), 159–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.029

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., & Schaper, H. (2019). Successful Implementation of SafeCare: Operationalizing and Assessing Organizational Implementation Completion. Society for Prevention Research 27th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 31.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., Campbell, M., & Chamberlain, P. (2019). Addressing the Needs of Families Involved in the in Child Welfare System for Parental Substance Abuse With Community Based Treatment: The FAIR Program. Society for Community Research and Action. Chicago, IL. June 28.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., Dakof, G., & Aarons, J. (2018). Operationalizing Sustainment Activities for Two Evidence-Based Practices Using the Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC). 11th Annual Dissemination and Implementation in Research Health Conference. Washington, DC. December 4th.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., Schaper, H., & Campbell, M. (2017). Facilitating Sustainable Collaborative Care Programs in Rural Settings Using the Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC). Presented at the 10th Annual Conference for the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Washington, DC: December.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., Schaper, H., & Campbell, M. (2018). Facilitating sustainable collaborative care programs in rural settings using the stages of implementation completion (SIC). Implementation Science, 13(Suppl 4): S150.

Saldana, L., Chapman, J., Singh, R., & Campbell, M. (2022). Building to Scale: Implementation of a Complex Preventive Intervention. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference. Sept. 10, 2022.

Saldana, L., Cruden, G., Dir, A., & Glass, J. (2025, September 29). Testing implementation strategies to scale-up a multicomponent continuum of service intervention for families involved in systems with parental opioid and methamphetamine use [Oral presentation]. JCOIN 2.0 Kick-off Meeting, Bethesda, MD, United States.

Saldana, L., Cruden, G., Peterson, J., Singh, R., Bybee, M., Jaramillo, J., & Glass, J. (2026, Feb. 4). Preventing escalation of opioid and methamphetamine use and mental health disorders in parents referred to child welfare [Guest lecture]. Mental Health Services Research, Washington University Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Saldana, L., Dakof, G., Cruden, G., Schaper, H., Young, W., Liddle, M., & Chapman, J. (2025). Facilitating implementation of a substance use intervention for youth: Outcomes from a randomized trial of the SIC-Coaching implementation strategy. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209696

Saldana, L., Davis, J., & Chamberlain P. (2016). Targeting Supervisors to Create Child Welfare System Change: A State-Initiated Rollout of the R3 Supervision Model. Presented at the EUSARF International Conference. Oviedo, Spain: September.

Saldana, L., Gable, S., & Peterson, L. (1996). Alcohol disorders in low-income, at-risk mothers: Another target for child abuse prevention efforts. Presented at the Kansas Conference in Child Clinical Psychology: Lawrence, Kansas.

Saldana, L., Grover, T., Campbell, M., Vredevoogd, M., & Bennett, I. (2020). Cost of Implementing Collaborative Care for Perinatal Depression. 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 15-17.

Saldana, L., Hunziker, M., & Neuringer, A. (1994). Variability as a function of SHR vs. WKY strain, rearing condition, and reinforcement contingencies. Presented at the International Conference for the Association of Behavior Analysis: Atlanta, Georgia.

Saldana, L., Laws, M., & Barton, J. (2012). Families Actively Increasing Relationships: The FAIR Program for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Neglect. Presented at the 2012 Western Psychological Association Convention. San Francisco, CA: April.

Saldana, L., McDermid, S. ,& Campbell, M. (2016). The Cost of Implementing New Strategies (COINS): Examples for the US and the UK. Presented at the EUSARF International Conference. Oviedo, Spain: September.

Saldana, L., Palinkas, L. A., & Fisher, P. (2008). Identifying the Barriers to Integrating Evidence Based Practice for Child Welfare Cases. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the American Psychological Association. Boston, MA. August.

Saldana, L., Ritzwoller, D. P., Campbell, M., Block, P. (2022). Using economic evaluations in implementation science to increase transparency in costs and outcomes for organizational decision-makers. Implement Sci Commun 3, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00295-1

Saldana, L., Schaper, H., Campbell, M., & Chamberlain, P. (2015). Web-Based Feedback to Aid Successful Implementation: The Interactive Stages of Implementation Tool. Presented at the 3rd Bi-annual SIRC. Seattle, WA: Sept.

Saldana, L., Schaper, H., Campbell, M., & Chapman, J. (2015). Standardized measurement of implementation: The Universal SIC. 7th Annual Conference on the Science of the Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Implementation Science, 10(S1), A73. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-10-S1-A73

Saldana, L., Schaper, H., Campbell, M., & Chapman, J. (2015). Standardized Measurement of Implementation: The Universal SIC. 7th Annual Conference on the Science of the Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Implementation Science, 10 (S1), A73. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-10-S1-A73

Saldana, L., Singh, R., Cruden, G., & Campbell, M. (2023, December 12). A multilevel implementation strategy to support scale-up of an innovative practice for parental opioid and methamphetamine use disorders [Presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States.

Saldana, L., Smith, D. K., & Weber, E. (2013). Adolescent Onset of Maternal Substance Abuse: Descriptive Findings from a Feasibility Trial. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 22(5), 407–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2013.788885

Saldana, L., Swenson, C. C., & Letourneau, E. J. (2006). Multisystemic Therapy with juvenile sexual offenders. In R. E. Longo& D. S. Prescott (Eds.), Current perspective: Working with sexually aggressive youth and youth with sexual behavior problems (pp. 563-579). Holyoke, MA: NEARI Press.

Saldana, L., Swenson, C. C., & Ward, D. (2005). The cost of treating youth and families traumatized by child physical abuse: Comparison of services outcomes for two evidence based practices and implications for dissemination. Presented to the 21st Annual Meeting-Transforming Lives Through Transforming Care. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Toronto. November.

Saldana, L., Swenson, C. C., Joyner, C., & Caldwell, E. (2004). Clinical adaptations to Multisystemic Therapy for child maltreatment. Presented to the 17th Annual Research Conference-A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Florida Mental Health Institute. Tampa, FL. March.

Saldana, L., Tuten, M., & Jones, H. (2007). Adherence rating of therapists to Reinforcement-Based Treatment: Validation of the ART of RBT. Presented at the Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness. Washington D.C. April.

Saldana, L., Wang, W., Chamberlain, P., & Brown, H. (2011). To Proceed or Not to Proceed? Predicting Implementation Success. Presented at the 4th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Policy and Practice. Bethesda, MD. March.

Schaeffer, C. M., Saldana, L., Rowland, M. D., Henggeler, S. W., & Swenson, C. C.(2008). New initiatives in improving youth and family outcomes by importing evidence-based practices. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 17(3), 27-45.

Schoenwald, S. K., Heiblum, N., Saldana, L., & Henggeler, S. W. (2008). The international implementation of multisystemic therapy. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 31(2), 211–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278708315925

Sheidow, A. J., & Saldana, L. (2007). Co-occurring substance use and internalizing problems in adolescent outpatients: Treatment development and pilot evaluation. Presented at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 18th Annual Meeting. Coronado, CA. December.

Sheidow, A. J., & Saldana, L. (2006, March). Implementing cognitive-behavioral interventions. [Invited workshop presentation]. Blueprints Conference, 2006: Evidence-Based Programs, Research-to-Practice Conference, Denver, CO.

Sheidow, A. J., Chapman, J. E., Molen, L. A., Navas-Murphy, L., & Saldana, L. (2007, December). Co-occurring substance use & internalizing problems in adolescent outpatients: Treatment development and pilot evaluation [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Coronado, CA.

Sheidow, A. J., Saldana, L., Henggeler, S. W., & Bradford, W. D. (2006). Economic evaluations of an empirically supported model: Applying findings from MST research to advanced cost questions. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. June.

Sheidow, A. J., Saldana, L., Henggeler, S. W., & Bradford, W. D. (2006, May 31-June 2). Cost effectiveness of an empirically supported model: Applying findings from MST research to advanced economic questions [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.

Singh, R. R., & Saldana, L. (2022). How to implement an evidence-based practice. In Practical Implementation Science: Moving Science into Action. Weiner, B. J., Lewis, C. C., & Sherr, K. (Eds). Chapter 8. Springer. 10.1891/9780826186935