Abstract

MCWILLIAM, R. A.  and  GARCIA-GRAU, Pau. Towards Implementation of an Early Intervention Model by a Paraguayan Organization. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2020, vol.43, n.1, e35700.  Epub Feb 03, 2021. ISSN 1981-2582.  https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2020.1.35700.

Implementation science has been developed to help understand why evidence-based practices are not adopted as rapidly as they might. We describe here the process a rehabilitation center in Paraguay is undergoing to transform itself into a state-of-the-art early intervention program. We describe the organization and its contextual strengths and barriers, the model it chose to implement, and the implementation procedures it has attempted. The implications for model fidelity are highlighted, as this organization needed to make adaptations to the model as designed, to fit the particular context of its mission and the Paraguayan culture. Features of the Routines-Based Model are described.

Keywords : Family-centered; implementation science; routines-based; functioning.

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