Collaboration, Training, and Systems Implementation
Collaboration, Training, and Systems Implementation tests your ability to work with families and staff and to make plans actually happen. It covers teaming, behavioral skills training, coaching, fidelity, and contextual fit.
Core rules
- Collaborate in a family-centered, culturally responsive way; share data and decision-making with the team.
- Behavioral skills training includes instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback; one-shot workshops are not enough.
- Implementation fidelity is the degree to which a plan is delivered as intended; measure it with checklists and direct observation.
- Contextual fit considers the values, resources, skills, and routines of the people who will implement the plan.
- Systems implementation uses team-based data review, coaching, and action planning; school-wide positive behavior support is one example.
Worked example
Paraprofessionals will run a token system. The behavior analyst provides a written protocol, models the procedure, role-plays with each paraprofessional, observes in the classroom, and gives feedback using a fidelity checklist. After two weeks, fidelity is 90% and student data improve; the team schedules booster coaching for the one staff member below criterion.
Traps
Assuming training equals implementation; skipping fidelity checks; designing a plan without teacher input; using jargon; and failing to plan for staff turnover.