Treatment integrity : a foundation for evidence-based practice in applied psychology

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 summarises 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 psychologyAuthoritative 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, counselling, and school psychology; child and adolescent psychiatry; social work; communication disorders; special and general education; program evaluation; and educational leadership.