TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment Integrity of Primary (Tier 1) Prevention Efforts in Tiered Systems
T2 - Mapping the Literature
AU - Buckman, Mark Mathew
AU - Lane, Kathleen Lynne
AU - Common, Eric Alan
AU - Royer, David James
AU - Oakes, Wendy Peia
AU - Allen, Grant Edmund
AU - Lane, Katie Scarlett
AU - Brunsting, Nelson C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Association for Behavior Analysis International.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Treatment integrity is an important component of rigorous educational research. Information about the extent to which an intervention was implemented as planned provides necessary context for interpreting student outcomes. In the context of increasing use of tiered systems in schools, treatment integrity takes on additional practical importance. Tiered systems involve educators evaluating student responsiveness to primary (Tier 1) prevention to determine whether more intensive secondary (Tier 2) or tertiary (Tier 3) interventions are necessary. To ensure validity of these decisions, treatment integrity data are needed to establish whether students had access to Tier 1 implemented with integrity. In this map of the literature, we systematically identified studies of primary prevention components in the context of tiered systems to determine the extent to which treatment integrity was monitored and reported. Additionally, we examined methods used to monitor treatment integrity, the frequency with which monitoring occurred, and at what level monitoring occurred (i.e., at the individual or school level). We discuss implications of findings on measurement and use of these data in tiered systems.
AB - Treatment integrity is an important component of rigorous educational research. Information about the extent to which an intervention was implemented as planned provides necessary context for interpreting student outcomes. In the context of increasing use of tiered systems in schools, treatment integrity takes on additional practical importance. Tiered systems involve educators evaluating student responsiveness to primary (Tier 1) prevention to determine whether more intensive secondary (Tier 2) or tertiary (Tier 3) interventions are necessary. To ensure validity of these decisions, treatment integrity data are needed to establish whether students had access to Tier 1 implemented with integrity. In this map of the literature, we systematically identified studies of primary prevention components in the context of tiered systems to determine the extent to which treatment integrity was monitored and reported. Additionally, we examined methods used to monitor treatment integrity, the frequency with which monitoring occurred, and at what level monitoring occurred (i.e., at the individual or school level). We discuss implications of findings on measurement and use of these data in tiered systems.
KW - Data-informed decision making
KW - Fidelity
KW - Tiered systems
KW - Treatment integrity
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U2 - 10.1007/s43494-021-00044-4
DO - 10.1007/s43494-021-00044-4
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85110558678
SN - 0748-8491
VL - 44
SP - 145
EP - 168
JO - Education and Treatment of Children
JF - Education and Treatment of Children
IS - 3
ER -