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Readiness Assessment to Improve Program Implementation: Shifting the Lens to Optimizing Intervention Design

Author: Brian K. Bumbarger

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 8/2015

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The focus of this special issue is on identifying factors that predict a school’s likelihood of high implementation of social–emotional learning (SEL) interventions. In this case, these factors are interpreted as readiness to implement. Implementation readiness is defined by the editors as the capacity to implement an evidence-based intervention (EBI) effectively. Though not stated explicitly, readiness in this definition seems to be a characteristic of the implementers (i.e., teachers or school). The model proposed by the editors and reflected to varying degrees by each of the seven studies involves documenting variables of teachers, classrooms, and schools that are predictive of high-quality implementation and using those variables to create readiness profiles and tailor implementation supports. …

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Title: Readiness Assessment to Improve Program Implementation: Shifting the Lens to Optimizing Intervention Design
Author: Brian K. Bumbarger
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0591-6

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