Evidence-Based Practices (Part 2): Implementing a Practice or Program with Fidelity

Assessment

Take some time now to answer the following questions. Please note that the IRIS Center does not collect your Assessment responses. If this is a course assignment, you should turn them in to your professor using whatever method he or she requires. If you have trouble answering any of the questions, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in this module.

1. Define fidelity of implementation and discuss its importance.
2. List the key components of fidelity of implementation and briefly describe each.
3. Discuss the importance of implementing an EBP for the recommended exposure/duration. What can happen if you do not?
4. Imagine that you are implementing an evidence-based reading practice to improve the reading comprehension of the 20 students in your classroom. It is near the beginning of the year, and until now, much of your reading instruction has been conducted in a whole-group setting. However, this EBP requires instruction with small groups.
   1. For this practice, there are no formal training opportunities. Describe how you will learn how to implement the practice with fidelity.
   2. Discuss one consideration for classroom management.
   3. The EBP contains three core components. Following several weeks of implementation, you decide to stop implementing one component that your students appear to find boring. Discuss how this adaptation might affect your students’ outcomes.

To learn more about evaluating the effectiveness of an EBP for a child or student, proceed to the following IRIS Module:

• Evidence-Based Practices (Part 3): Evaluating Learner Outcomes and Fidelity