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Initial Thoughts
Perspectives & Resources

How can school personnel identify and select evidence-based practices or programs?

  • Page 1: Determine School Needs
  • Page 2: Identify School Resources
  • Page 3: Select an Evidence-Based Practice or Program

How can school personnel effectively implement evidence-based practices or programs?

  • Page 4: Understand Fidelity of Implementation and Its Importance
  • Page 5: Establish an Implementation Team
  • Page 6: Provide Training
  • Page 7: Provide Ongoing Supports
  • Page 8: Use Implementation Guidelines and Supports
  • Page 9: Develop a System for Monitoring Fidelity

How can school personnel determine that they have effectively implemented evidence-based practices or programs?

  • Page 10: Collect Data and Evaluate Fidelity of Implementation
  • Page 11: Promote Sustainability

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Page 13: Credits

To cite this module, please use the following:

The IRIS Center. (2010). Fidelity of implementation: Selecting and implementing evidence-based practices and programs. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fid/

Content Collaborators:

Lisa Sanetti
George Sugai

Module Developers:

Janice Brown
Kim Skow

Module Production Team:

Editor:
Jason Miller

Reviewers:
Amy Harris
Lynn Fuchs
Mel Riddile
Lisa Sanetti
Deb Smith
George Sugai
Naomi Tyler
Larry Wexler
Zina Yzquierdo

Permissions:
Janet Church

Transcriptions:
Janet Church
Pam Dismuke
Meg Johnson

Audio engineers: 
Erik Dunton
Philip Ives

Music:
Erik Dunton

Media specialist/technical support:
Erik Dunton

Web master: 
John Harwood

Media

Narration: 
Philip Ives

Movies: 
Erik Dunton
What Works Clearinghouse
ReelVision Media

Music:
Erik Dunton

Graphics:  
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Photos:
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“Mel Riddile” courtesy of Mel Riddile
“Cynthia Alexander” courtesy of Cynthia Alexander
“Brenda Williams” courtesy of Brenda Williams
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Rick Slaughter
“Larry Wexler” courtesy of Larry Wexler
“Lynn Fuchs” courtesy of Lynn Fuchs
“George Sugai” courtesy of George Sugai
“Joseph Torgesen” Courtesy of Joseph Torgesen
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Little Planet
“Daryl Mellard” courtesy of Daryl Mellard
Carolyn Stalworth
“Devin Kearns” courtesy of Devin Kearns

Photos of module experts are courtesy themselves. All other media and images are courtesy the IRIS Center.

Expert Interviews:
Mel Riddile (pp. 1, p. 3 link, 4, 5, 6)
Cynthia Alexander (pp. 1, 3, 6, 7, Wrap Up)
Brenda Williams (pp. 1, 3)
Larry Wexler (pp. 3, p. 3 link, 4, 7)
Lynn Fuchs (pp. 3, p. 5 link, 7, 11, Wrap Up link)
George Sugai (pp. 3, 10, 11, Wrap Up link)
Joseph Torgesen (p. 3 link, pp. 4, 7, 11, Wrap Up link)
Daryl Mellard (pp. 9, 10, 11)
Devin Kearns (p. 10, p. 10 link)

Acknowledgement: The IRIS Center wishes to offer sincere gratitude to Karen Sandmel and the students and staff of St. Bernard Academy, Nashville, Tennessee. Thanks are also extended to Devin Kearns and the faculty and students of the University School of Nashville and to all those who assisted with or appeared in the movies in this resource.

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