This article presents recent refinements to implementation constructs and frameworks. It updates and clarifies the frequently cited study conducted by the National Implementation Research Network that introduced these frameworks for application in diverse endeavors. As such, it may serve as a historical marker in the rapidly developing science and language of implementation. Within this presentation, two studies alternate as examples of how these frameworks can be used as a practical guide for more effective implementation of human service programs.
AddisM. E.WadeW. A.HatgisC. (1999). Barriers to dissemination of evidence-based practices: Addressing practitioners’ concerns about manual-based psychotherapies. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 430–441.
2.
AgarA.O’MayF. (2001). Issues in the definition and implementation of “best practice” for staff delivery of interventions for challenging behaviour. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 26, 243–256.
3.
BarwickM., (2011). Masters level clinician competencies in child and youth behavioral health care. Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 11, 32–39.
4.
BarwickM. A.BoydellK. M.StasiulisE.FergusonH. B.BlaseK.FixsenD. (2008). Research utilization among children’s mental health providers. Implementation Science, 3, 19.
5.
BertramR. M. (2008). Establishing a basis for multi-system collaboration: Systemic team development. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 35, 9–27.
6.
BertramR. M.BlaseK.ShernD.SheaP.FixsenD. (2011). Implementation opportunities and challenges for prevention and health promotion initiatives. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Mental Health Directors.
7.
BertramR. M.KingK.PedersonR.NuttJ., (2014). Program implementation: An examination of the interface of curriculum and practice. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 11, 193–207.
8.
BertramR. M.SchafferP.CharninL. (2014). Changing organization culture: Data driven participatory evaluation and revision of wrap around implementation. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 11, 18–29.
9.
BertramR. M.SuterJ.BrunsE.O’RourkeK. (2011). Implementation research and wraparound literature: Building a research agenda. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20, 713–726.
10.
BlaseK.Van DykeM.FixsenD.BaileyF. W. (2012). Implementation science: Key concepts, themes and evidence for practitioners in educational psychology. In KellyB.PerkinsD. (Eds.), Handbook of implementation science for psychology in education: How to promote evidence based practice (pp. 13–36). London, England: Cambridge University Press.
11.
BronfenbrennerU. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
12.
BrunsE. J.WalkerJ. S.AdamsJ.MilesP.OsherT. W.RastJ.VanDenBergJ. D. &National Wraparound Initiative Advisory Group. (2004). Ten principles of the wraparound process. Portland, OR: National Wraparound Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University.
13.
ChorpitaB. F.BernsteinA.DaleidenE. L. (2008). Driving with roadmaps and dashboards: Using information resources to structure decision models in service organizations. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 35, 114–123.
14.
DalyA. J.ChrispeelsJ. (2008). A question of trust: predictive conditions for adaptive and technical leadership in educational contexts. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 7. 30–63.
15.
DentonC. A.VaughnS.FletcherJ. M. (2003). Bringing research-based practice in reading intervention to scale. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 18, 201–211.
16.
FixsenD. L.BlaseK. A.NaoomS. F.WallaceF., (2009). Core implementation components. Research on Social Work Practice, 19, 531–540.
17.
FixsenD. L.NaoomS. F.BlaseK. A.FriedmanR. M.WallaceF. (2005). Implementation research: A synthesis of the literature. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, The National Implementation Research Network (FMHI Publication #231).
18.
HenggelerS. W.SchoenwaldS. K.BorduinC. M.RowlandM. D.CunninghamP. B. (2009). Multisystemic therapy for anti-social behavior in children and adolescents (2nd ed). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
19.
HeifetzR. A.LaurieD. L. (1997). The work of leadership. Harvard Business Review, 75, 124–134.
20.
HeifitzR. A.LinskyM. (2002). Leadership on the line. Boston, MA: Harvard School Press.
21.
HogeM. A.MorrisJ. A.DanielsA. S.HueyL. Y.StuartG. W.AdamsN.…DodgeJ.M. (2005). Report of recommendations: The Annapolis coalition conference on behavioral healthcare workforce competencies. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 32, 651–663.
22.
PecoraP. J.Reed-AshcraftK.KirkR. S. (2001). Family centered services: A typology, brief history, and overview of current program implementation and evaluation challenges. In WaltonE.Sandau-BecklerP.MannesM. (Eds.), Balancing family centered services and child well-being (pp. 1–33). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
23.
SchoenwaldS. K.BrownG. L.HenggelerS. W. (2000). Inside multi-systemic therapy: Therapist, supervisory, and program practices. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 8, 113–127.
24.
SchoenwaldS. K.SheidowA. J.LetourneauE. J. (2004). Toward effective quality assurance in evidence-based practice: Links between expert consultation, therapist fidelity, and child outcomes. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 33, 94–104.
25.
SternbergK. J.LambM. E.OrbachY.EsplinP. W.MitchellS. (2001). Use of a structured investigative protocol enhances young children’s responses to free-recall prompts in the course of forensic interviews. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 997–1005.
26.
WalkerJ. S.BrunsE.RastJ.VanDenBergJ. D.OsherT. W.KoroloffN.MilesP.AdamsJ., & National Wraparound Initiative Advisory Group. (2004). Phases and activities of the wraparound process. Portland OR: National Wraparound Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University.
27.
WampoldB. E. (2001). The great psychotherapy debate: Models, methods, and findings. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
28.
WatersJ. T.MarzanoR. J.McNultyB. (2003). Balanced Leadership: What 30 years of research tells us about the effect of leadership on student achievement. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.
29.
WinterS. G.SzulanskiG. (2001). Replication as strategy. Organization Science, 12, 730–743.
