ERIC Number: EJ1444715
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Publication Date: 2024-Nov
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-587X
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3289
We Must Consider Infrastructure When Attempting to Scale Up Autism EBIs: A Case Example from Early Intervention Systems
Katherine Pickard; Sarah R. Edmunds; Quentin Wedderburn; Kerri Wikel; Jennifer Buster; Melissa Maye
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, v51 n6 p1020-1024 2024
In the autism field, there is increasing interest in translating evidence-based interventions (EBIs) into systems that serve young autistic children and their families. Public Early Intervention systems have been a focal point of research-based implementation efforts given that these systems are federally mandated to provide services to children birth to three years of age with developmental delays under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Although a growing number of research studies are now training Early Intervention providers to deliver autism EBIs, this work has been conducted on a relatively small scale and has only just begun to consider the alignment of these models with Early Intervention systems and whether sufficient infrastructure exists to scale up these training efforts and to sustain their public health impact. This commentary aims to address this gap by reviewing factors that have been found to uniformly impact the scale-up of EBIs across diverse public systems (Fagan 20, 1147-1168, 2019), and to extend this framework to the implementation of EBIs within public Early Intervention systems. These factors include developer and funder capacity, the public's awareness of and support for EBIs, the system's leadership support for EBI use, the capacity for community engagement in implementation efforts, the availability of a skilled workforce capable of delivering EBIs, and the capacity for data monitoring and quality improvement. This commentary discusses how these factors may specifically impact the scale-up of autism EBIs within EI systems to support toddlers and young, autistic children, and implications for autism researchers.
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice, Young Children, Early Intervention, Developmental Delays, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Program Implementation, Toddlers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C
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