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Sustained Practice 101: Implementation Leadership

School leaders impact the implementation climate and can make it easier or more challenging for educators to engage in sustained practice. Supporting school leaders to engage in implementation leadership behaviors can be an efficient way to improve sustained practice across the school.

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Implementing Isn’t Easy (Video)

Implementing with fidelity is no easy task - we can’t assume current practice will improve student outcomes. Most educators - like most people - struggle to integrate a new practice into their existing routines. How can we help educators implement with fidelity? Support teachers. Monitor fidelity.

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Sustained Practice 101: Best Practices in Coaching

Coaching can help most educators learn and sustain new practices. It's a critical strategy for facilitating change in schools. But coaching can look very different - and it's not all effective. How it happens and what it entails really matters. Learn more about best practices in coaching for educators here.

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Sustained Practice 101: Support the Fit

We can adapt evidence-based practices? Yes - within some limits. Make sure to keep critical components, while adjusting other components to be (a) aligned with the school context, (b) culturally competent for students and families, and (c) feasible for the implementer.

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Sustained Practice 101: Implementation Climate

What is a positive implementation climate? One in which implementation policies and procedures encourage, cultivate, and reward practice use. Sustaining practices is a school-wide priority and supported through training and resources. Educators are open, adaptable, experienced, and recognized for their work.

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What is Sustained Practice?

So, what is sustained practice? A sustained practice is implemented consistently and comprehensively over time. By deliberately supporting sustainment of effective practices, schools can capitalize on current efforts, increase efficiency, and improve student outcomes.

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Brief: Implementation Phases: What They are and Why They Matter

Implementation is a process, and by attending to implementation phases, school leaders can increase the likelihood that student needs will be met, staff will be ready and able to deliver the interventions, and the interventions will be sustained over time. The purpose of this brief is to provide an overview of the phases of implementation and how they can improve intervention initiatives in schools.

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Evidence-based interventions benefit learners only when they are implemented fully. Yet many educators struggle with successful implementation. This unique book gives practitioners a research-based framework for working with PreK–12 educators to support the effective delivery of academic, behavioral, and social–emotional interventions. Step-by-step procedures are presented for assessing existing implementation efforts and using a menu of support strategies to promote intervention fidelity. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 28 reproducible worksheets, strategy guides, and fidelity assessment tools. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

 

“Should be a mandatory resource for any professional who provides, supports, or evaluates school-based interventions. Uniquely designed for trainees and practitioners of all levels, this book serves as a step-by-step guide for engaging in best practices associated with measuring, supporting, and evaluating treatment integrity. The valuable downloadable tools can be used repeatedly prior to, during, and following intervention implementation.”

— Matthew DuBois, PhD, NCSP, Department of Psychological Services, Public Schools of Brookline, Massachusetts

“Amid the understandable clamor for evidence-based interventions, the elephant in the room is the conspicuous lack of equal emphasis on supporting effective implementation. This book provides practical concepts and worksheets practitioners can use to put in place any of six strategies to increase fidelity. This book is the missing piece to successful implementation.”

— W. Alan Coulter, PhD, Director, TIERS Group (Teams Intervening Early to Reach all Students), Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–New Orleans

“This book offers a practical guide to fostering successful implementation of interventions, with the goal of shifting student performance. It is an important contribution for professionals dedicated to putting evidence-based practices in place with integrity. Honoring the complexity of implementation, the book shows how to use feasible, efficient strategies during consultation and coaching to ensure—and sustain—intervention fidelity.”

—Kathleen Lynne Lane, PhD, BCBA-D, Department of Special Education, University of Kansas

“Sanetti and Collier-Meek offer an up-to-date, detailed description of how to provide effective consultation or coaching to implementers, with excellent visuals and helpful worksheets. The book is infused with the latest research on adult behavior change to assist in enhancing implementation of effective practices and troubleshooting common problems.”

—Kent McIntosh, PhD, Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon; Co-Director, OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports