Full Description
Many excellent mental health programs are proven to meet various needs in children, and schools are an ideal place to implement such programs. Yet school psychologists often face challenges when implementing them. They have to secure support from people in authority as well as key stakeholders, provide effective training and supervision, ensure that organizational structures support the implementation, and make appropriate adaptations to suit the specific context while also maintaining fidelity to core program components.
In this book, Susan G. Forman explains how to successfully implement mental health programs in schools. She summarizes the research on implementation science and, most important, translates it into practice for schools. Change agents will find practical, research-based guidance for every aspect of implementation.
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Foundations
Definitions, Key Components, and Stages of Implementation
Implementation History and Theory
Implementation Evaluation and Research
Leadership for Implementation and Change
II. Selecting and Implementing Interventions
Selecting Interventions: Intervention Characteristics and Implementation
Developing Stakeholder Support
Providing Effective Training and Technical Assistance
Organizational Characteristics and Structures That Support Implementation
Suprasystems: The Community, the State, and the Federal Government
III. Fidelity and Adaptation
Fidelity and Adaptation/Reinvention
Adaptation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Diverse Populations
IV. Looking Forward
Sustaining and Scaling-Up Evidence-Based Programs
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author
