CW Magazine-Winter Edition November 2014 | Page 9

Practice Profiles Implementation with fidelity requires clearly described implementation criteria. The practice profile framework has recently been developed by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) as a way of outlining implementation criteria using a rubric structure with clearly defined practice-level characteristics (NIRN, 2011). Why are practice profiles effective? Practice profiles describe the essential functions and level of implementation. The MO SPDG template uses