TY - JOUR
T1 - Directed Consultation and Supported Professionalism
T2 - Promoting Adaptive Evidence-Based Practices in Rural Schools
AU - Farmer, Thomas W.
AU - Hamm, Jill V.
AU - Lee, David L.
AU - Sterrett, Brittany I.
AU - Rizzo, Karen
AU - Hoffman, Abigail S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2018.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Although there have been several advances in the development of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to support students with disabilities, many rural schools struggle to use EBPs. Rural schools may experience challenges that constrain their potential to provide support for the implementation of EBPs. Furthermore, there may be a mismatch between EBPs and the circumstances, resources, and needs of many rural schools. Directed consultation is an intervention support framework designed to adapt the use of EBPs by using local data and stakeholders’ insights to align strategies to the unique features and needs of rural schools, teachers, and students. This article considers the use of directed consultation to support the individualization and intensification of intervention for students with disabilities in rural schools. The establishment of rural research-practitioner partnerships is also discussed with the goal of developing a broad range of directed consultation content and delivery approaches.
AB - Although there have been several advances in the development of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to support students with disabilities, many rural schools struggle to use EBPs. Rural schools may experience challenges that constrain their potential to provide support for the implementation of EBPs. Furthermore, there may be a mismatch between EBPs and the circumstances, resources, and needs of many rural schools. Directed consultation is an intervention support framework designed to adapt the use of EBPs by using local data and stakeholders’ insights to align strategies to the unique features and needs of rural schools, teachers, and students. This article considers the use of directed consultation to support the individualization and intensification of intervention for students with disabilities in rural schools. The establishment of rural research-practitioner partnerships is also discussed with the goal of developing a broad range of directed consultation content and delivery approaches.
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U2 - 10.1177/8756870518781307
DO - 10.1177/8756870518781307
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059890705
SN - 8756-8705
VL - 37
SP - 164
EP - 175
JO - Rural Special Education Quarterly
JF - Rural Special Education Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -