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Treatment Integrity in School-Wide Programs: A Review of the Literature (1993–2012)

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We assessed the reporting of treatment integrity in school-wide prevention programs in K-12 schools. This review was designed to determine (a) the extent to which treatment integrity was reported in school-wide prevention and intervention programs and how the reporting varied by research design, year, and journal; and (b) the procedures (e.g., method, frequency, informant) used to collect treatment integrity data. Results indicated that fewer than half of the studies in the review (n = 36, 45.6 %) measured and reported treatment integrity. Those studies reporting treatment integrity often used multiple methods and informants. Reporting treatment integrity in this body of literature has increased steadily over time.

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Bruhn, A.L., Hirsch, S.E. & Lloyd, J.W. Treatment Integrity in School-Wide Programs: A Review of the Literature (1993–2012). J Primary Prevent 36, 335–349 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-015-0400-9

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