PMID- 24708281 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151020 LR - 20190116 IS - 1939-1560 (Electronic) IS - 1045-3830 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 4 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Nationally Certified School Psychologists' use and reported barriers to using evidence-based interventions in schools: the influence of graduate program training and education. PG - 469-487 LID - 10.1037/spq0000059 [doi] AB - The purpose of this study was to empirically investigate Nationally Certified School Psychologists' (NCSP) training in and use of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for child behavior concerns as well as their reported implementation barriers. A modified Tailored Design Method (TDM; Dillman, Smyth, & Christian, 2009) using up to four mail-based participant contacts was used to obtain survey data (72% usable response rate; n = 392) from a randomly selected national sample of 548 currently practicing NCSPs. Lack of time was rated as the most serious barrier to behavioral EBI implementation, followed by a lack of necessary resources, and financial constraints. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents reported a perceived inadequacy of graduate program training in behavioral EBIs, with a statistically significant difference found between respondents who attended American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited/National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-approved programs and those who did not. These findings highlight the significant barriers school psychologists encounter when attempting to implement behavioral EBIs within applied practice, as well as the importance of graduate program training in implementation science. Implications for training, practice, and research are discussed. CI - PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved. FAU - Hicks, Taylor B AU - Hicks TB AD - Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University. FAU - Shahidullah, Jeffrey D AU - Shahidullah JD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2123-0609 AD - Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University. FAU - Carlson, John S AU - Carlson JS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3322-1777 AD - Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University. FAU - Palejwala, Mohammed H AU - Palejwala MH AD - Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140407 PL - United States TA - Sch Psychol Q JT - School psychology quarterly : the official journal of the Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association JID - 9102245 SB - IM MH - *Attitude of Health Personnel MH - Certification MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Evidence-Based Medicine/*education/methods MH - Humans MH - Psychology, Educational/*education/methods MH - Schools MH - Societies, Scientific EDAT- 2014/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/21 06:00 CRDT- 2014/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 2014-12670-001 [pii] AID - 10.1037/spq0000059 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sch Psychol Q. 2014 Dec;29(4):469-487. doi: 10.1037/spq0000059. Epub 2014 Apr 7.