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Reducing Low-Value Practices a Functional-Contextual Consideration to Aid in De-Implementation Efforts
Farmer, Ryan L.; Zaheer, Imad; Duhon, Gary J.; Ghazal, Stephanie
Canadian Journal of School Psychology, v36 n2 p153-165 Jun 2021
Through innovation in research and self-correction, it is inevitable that some practices will be replaced or be discredited for one reason or another. De-implementation of discredited and low-value practices is a necessary step for school psychologists' maintenance of evidence-based practices and to reduce unnecessary costs and risk. However, efforts to clarify de-implementation frameworks and strategies are ongoing. The scope of this paper follows McKay et al. in considering the potential for de-implementation strategies to be informed by applied behavior analysis and operant learning theory. We conceptualize low-value practice as sets of behaviors evoked by their context and maintained by their consequences, and thus de-implementation as behavior reduction. We discuss the need for future research given this perspective.
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Applied Behavior Analysis, Learning Theories, School Psychology, Behavior Modification, Learning Processes, Reinforcement, Punishment
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