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[music plays]

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You are an education professional who recently learned about the
identification and selection of evidence-based practices or

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programs—or EBPs—but now it’s time to actually implement those EBPs.

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As you know, educators implement practices and programs all the
time, so doing so with a new EBP should be easy, right? Well, maybe

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it’s not so easy after all. A lot of education professionals—yourself
included—often find themselves posing plenty of questions about what

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to do and how to do it. For example, you might find yourself asking:
“How much time is this going to take away from my other instruction?”

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“Because my schedule is tight, can I implement an EBP two days a
week instead of the recommended three?

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Or even:

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“I’ve been implementing this practice for three weeks! Shouldn’t I
be seeing some progress?”

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Although EBPs have been demonstrated to improve performance when
implemented with fidelity, educators often make changes to the EBP

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in order to accommodate their busy schedules. Of course, they also
expect to see improved performance among the individuals they work

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with, and they sometimes discontinue the use of an EBP when they
don’t see that improvement right away.

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As an education professional, you know that you are expected to implement
EBPs, but you want to do it correctly.  You still have so many questions.

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Here’s Challenge:

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What is fidelity of implementation?

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How can an educator implement an evidence-based practice or program
with fidelity?