{"title":"Research Informing Practice in Early Childhood Intervention","authors":"Coral Kemp","doi":"10.1097/IYC.0000000000000168","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The adoption of interventions for infants and young children with disabilities/delays or at risk of disability/delay is likely to be influenced by sources other than research evidence. Where the available research evidence does influence the choice of intervention, there may be difficulties translating research that has been implemented in a controlled environment to an intervention that can be successfully applied in natural settings. Such settings include the family home as well as early childhood education and care centers. Incentives for the use of evidence-based interventions in early intervention settings include improved outcomes for infants and young children, service credibility, and program accountability. Barriers to using evidence-based practice (EBP) in natural settings include difficulties with identifying EBP and in reliably implementing evidence-based interventions. Lack of quality professional training and absence of support from competent coaches/mentors can also compromise the adoption and effective implementation of EBP. Collaborative partnerships between researchers and practitioners, where the goals of both parties have equal value, may assist with bridging the research-to-practice gap. Incentives, barriers, and opportunities are explored in this article.","PeriodicalId":47099,"journal":{"name":"Infants & Young Children","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Infants & Young Children","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0000000000000168","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SPECIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The adoption of interventions for infants and young children with disabilities/delays or at risk of disability/delay is likely to be influenced by sources other than research evidence. Where the available research evidence does influence the choice of intervention, there may be difficulties translating research that has been implemented in a controlled environment to an intervention that can be successfully applied in natural settings. Such settings include the family home as well as early childhood education and care centers. Incentives for the use of evidence-based interventions in early intervention settings include improved outcomes for infants and young children, service credibility, and program accountability. Barriers to using evidence-based practice (EBP) in natural settings include difficulties with identifying EBP and in reliably implementing evidence-based interventions. Lack of quality professional training and absence of support from competent coaches/mentors can also compromise the adoption and effective implementation of EBP. Collaborative partnerships between researchers and practitioners, where the goals of both parties have equal value, may assist with bridging the research-to-practice gap. Incentives, barriers, and opportunities are explored in this article.
期刊介绍:
Infants & Young Children is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on vulnerable children from birth to five years of age and their families. Of special interest are articles involving innovative interventions, summaries of important research developments and their implications for practice, updates for high priority topic areas, balanced presentations of controversial issues, and articles that address issues involving policy, professional training, new conceptual models, and related matters. Although data are often presented primarily to illustrate points, some types of data-based articles may be appropriate.