As is suggested by the
NIRN implementation components, the provision of professional development training is not enough to assure that best practices are carried out once back at school.
Tampa, FL: National Implementation Research Network (
NIRN), University of South Florida.
Data-based outcomes assessment of the cultural competence of EBP programs must be integral to the development and dissemination of EBP (
NIRN, 2003) .To transform the mental health field and improve the quality and effectiveness of mental health services to ethnic populations such assessment is fundamental.
In the fifth article, Fixsen and colleagues from the National Implementation Research Network (
NIRN) apply a model of implementation science to address the problem of promoting programs that utilize EBPs for students with disabilities.