Examining Behavioral Consultation Plus Computer-Based Implementation Planning on Teachers’ Intervention Implementation in an Alternative School

Abstract

Students who demonstrate the most challenging behaviors are at risk of school failure and are often placed in alternative schools, in which a primary goal is remediating behavioral and academic concerns to facilitate students’ return to their community school. Consistently implemented evidence-based classroom management is necessary toward this goal; yet, many teachers report not having the necessary knowledge or skills to effectively manage behavior in their classroom. Implementation Planning (IP) is a proactive and efficient implementation support that has evidence of being effective when delivered by a consultant during behavioral consultation. The primary aim of this multiple baseline design study was to extend the findings on consultant-mediated IP by evaluating the effect of a self-guided, computer-based version of IP on teacher treatment integrity of classroom management plans. Unlike previous studies of consultant-mediated IP, results from this study indicated a minimal effect across dimensions of teachers’ implementation, and thus also on student disruptions.