Treatment Integrity – A Foundation for Evidence–Based Practice in Applied Psychology

Evidence-based interventions in education, community, and health care settings often fail to live up to their potential because they are not implemented consistently or competently. This timely book explores treatment integrity – the extent to which a promising intervention is implemented as designed and achieves successful outcomes.

Chapters walk the reader first through conceptual and then through applied aspects of treatment integrity, covering:
• The components and characteristics of high-quality implementation
• The description and measurement of intervention components
• Specific approaches that promote effective delivery of services; and
• Examples of programs that embody principles of treatment integrity

A one-stop source of information and ideas for researchers and those on the front lines, this book is also an ideal text for graduate trainees in health services and education.

Lisa M. Hagermoser Sanetti, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut, a research scientist with the Center for Behavioral Education and Research, and a licensed psychologist in Connecticut. Dr. Sanetti's research interests involve implementation science, treatment integrity assessment and promotion, and evidence-based practice in schools. In 2012, she received the Lightner Witmer Award from APA for her early career scholarship related to treatment integrity.
 
Thomas R. Kratochwill, PhD, is Sears Roebuck Foundation-Bascom Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, director of the School Psychology Program, and a licensed psychologist in Wisconsin. Dr. Kratochwill is the author of more than 200 journal articles and book chapters. He has written or edited more than 30 books and has made more than 300 professional presentations. His research interests include problem-solving consultation, transportability of evidence-based interventions to practice, children's anxiety disorders, and single-case research design and data analysis.