Treatment Integrity - A Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice in Applied Psychology (Hardcover, New)

Treatment integrity, in its broadest sense, is the extent to which an intervention is implemented as intended. Over the past 3 decades, understanding of treatment integrity has greatly evolved. This book summarizes the current state of our knowledge of treatment integrity on such topics as * how it fits into the larger contexts of evidence-based practice and implementation science * its relation to ethics and the law * conceptual models, assessment, promotion, and application * conceptual models of treatment integrity in the fields of medicine, prevention science, and health psychology * assessment of treatment integrity itself * how a conceptual model can inform the development of a comprehensive treatment integrity assessment system * its use in practice and research in education and psychology Authoritative and up to date, this volume is a unique resource for all professionals supervising, providing, or evaluating intervention services, including researchers and practitioners in clinical, counseling, and school psychology; child and adolescent psychiatry; social work; communication disorders; special and general education; program evaluation; and educational leadership.