FSN coaches and teachers implemented core program components with excellent adherence, with implementation quality lower during the teacher phase than the coach phase¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Coach adherence to core components averaged .99 and teacher adherence averaged .98. → Feil 2020 q3 i? Implementation quality was higher during the coach phase (M = .93) than the teacher phase (M = .84). → Feil 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Feil 2020¶

Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., Frey, A. J., Seeley, J. R., Small, J. W., Golly, A., Lee, J., & Forness, S. R. (2020). Efficacy Validation of the Revised First Step Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Exceptional Children. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ecx

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Process data from the 12-item Implementation Fidelity Checklist, collected once during the coach phase and twice during the teacher phase with inter-rater reliability ICC[3,1] = .96, showed "the average proportion of core components implemented was .99" for coaches and .98 for teachers.

"For coaches the average proportion of core components implemented was .99 ( SD = .02). For teachers, the average proportion of core components implemented was .98 ( SD = .04)."

Feil 2020 (2)¶

Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., Frey, A. J., Seeley, J. R., Small, J. W., Golly, A., Lee, J., & Forness, S. R. (2020). Efficacy Validation of the Revised First Step Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Exceptional Children. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ecx

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Fidelity quality ratings on the five-point IFC scale were collected by observers across phases; quality was higher when coaches implemented (M = .93, SD = .06) than during the teacher phase (M = .84, SD = .15).

"Implementation quality varied by phase with higher quality implementation occurring when coaches were implementing ( M[SD] = .93[.06]) and slightly lower quality implementation occurring during the teacher phase of the program (M[SD] = .84[.15])."

Discussion¶

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