Multi-level Determinants of Implementation and Sustainment in the Education Sector

Investigators: Bryce McLeod, Ph.D. and Kevin Sutherland, Ph.D. 

This project is examining factors associated with implementation and sustainment of BEST in CLASS - Elementary. This project is a four-year NIMH-funded study that will accomplish three primary aims: (1) Determine if malleable individual (teacher self-efficacy, teacher burnout, teacher attributions), intervention (usability), and organizational (school climate, classroom atmosphere, classroom-level adversity) factors predict evidence-based program (EBP) treatment fidelity (adherence, competence) and modifications (fidelity-consistent, fidelity-inconsistent) during implementation, sustainment, or both; (2) Assess the impact of EBP treatment fidelity and modifications on child outcomes (disruptive behavior problems, social skills) during implementation and sustainment; and (3) Explore the mechanisms through which individual, intervention, and organizational factors influence sustainment outcomes.