ArticleThe American psychologist2020
Strengthening capacity for implementation of evidence-based practices for autism in schools: The roles of implementation climate, school leadership, and fidelity.
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- Understanding mechanisms of multi-level implementation strategies for autism interventions in a randomized trial across service systems.Implementation science : IS · 2025Trial
- A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two school-based interventions for autistic youth with anxiety.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Prevention System Implementation and Reach: Attitudes and Environmental Predictors in a Randomized Controlled Trial of the NORTH STAR Prevention System.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Trial
- Implementing a Co-produced Curriculum for Neurodivergent Individuals in the Workplace.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Implementation of the Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology in Ukraine: Prediction Model Development.Europe's journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Unpacking the implementation climate in general education settings in public schools: a sequential-explanatory mixed-methods study.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Early Intervention Provider-Reported NDBI Use and Relationships with Provider- to System-Level Implementation Determinants.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Leadership perspectives on facilitators and barriers to sustaining evidence-based prevention interventions in the United States Military.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Intervention Plan Quality Matters: Using COMPASS to Collaboratively Develop Student-Centered, Evidence-based Intervention Plans using an EBPP Approach.Journal of educational and psychological consultation : the official journal of the Association for Educational and Psychological Consultants · 2024Article
- Climate for evidence-based mental health care implementation in Germany: psychometric investigation of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS).Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Exploring Organizational Differences in Perceptions of Implementation Climate and Leadership in Schools: A Mixed Methods Study of Autism EBP Implementation.Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities · 2023Article
- Power and resistance in schools: Implementing institutional change to promote health equity for sexual and gender minority youth.Frontiers in health services · 2022Article
- Expanding the reach of psychological science through implementation science: Introduction to the special issue.The American psychologist · 2020Article
- Implementation readiness for evidence-based autism practices in school systems.Implementation research and practiceArticle
- Individual and organizational factors as predictors of early evidence-based practice adoption in Michigan high schools: Baseline data from an implementation trial.Implementation research and practiceArticle
- The perspective of school leaders on the implementation of evidence-based practices: A mixed methods study.Implementation research and practiceArticle
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Abstract
Understanding the factors that influence the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in schools is critical to the selection of effective implementation strategies to support their sustained use. The current study has 2 aims: (a) evaluate the association between school leadership profiles (undifferentiated and optimal) and fidelity of EBP implementation and (b) examine the role of implementation climate as a mediator in this association. Participants included 56 principals, 90 special education teachers, and 133 classroom staff from 66 elementary schools. Participants completed the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and Implementation Climate Scale. Teachers and staff reported on intensity (frequency) of EBP delivery, and the research team rated the accuracy (adherence) to the components of the EBP. Schools were required to implement at least 1 of 3 EBPs for ASD (discrete trial training, pivotal response training, or visual supports). Using structural equation modeling, we found that schools with optimal leadership had higher observed ratings of teacher and staff fidelity for pivotal response training accuracy (p < .05), but not for discrete trial training or visual supports. However, this association became nonsignificant with the introduction of implementation climate into the models. Optimal leadership profiles were linked to more positive teacher/staff-reported implementation climate, compared with undifferentiated profiles (p < .01), but found no association between implementation climate and fidelity. Overall, the results of this study indicate that the role of principal leadership in EBP implementation is complex, which has implications for fostering a conducive organizational implementation context in schools. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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