Purpose
The purpose of this module is to provide information and content related to Implementation Science. Aiming to expand the knowledge base and capacity of pre-professionals, educators, and service providers, this module embeds the following topics:
- Evidence-Based Practices
- Active Implementation Frameworks (AIF)
- Stages of Implementation
- Fidelity, Adaptation, and Sustainability
- Implementation Teams and System Supports
- Scaling Up and Systems Change
- Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
Objectives
As a result of active participation and successful completion of course requirements, students will be able to:
- Define implementation science and its relevance to education.
- Explain the Active Implementation Frameworks (AIF) and core implementation components.
- Analyze barriers and facilitators to implementing EBPs in early childhood contexts.
- Apply implementation science principles to design and evaluate interventions.
- Critically examine case studies and develop strategies for scaling and sustaining EBPs.
Syllabus
Learning Activities
Multimedia Illustrations
The video library is a compilation of almost 500 videos that may be used in early childhood intervention pre-service courses or in-service training. Each video contains the following relevant information:
- Title with a description
- Link to video
- Suggested citation
- Length of the video
- EI/ECSE standard
- DEC Recommended Practice
Resources
Resources to supplement the syllabus:
- National Implementation Research Network
- Active Implementation Frameworks
- National Implementation Research Network
- Active Implementation Hub
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- SISEP State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices
- Supporting the Effective Implementation of Social Emotional Learning within PBIS
- Practicing Implementation: Episode #1
- ECTA Statewide Implementation Guide