A Special Educator’s Guide to Successfully Implementing Evidence-Based Practices

The following are some of the important characteristics to identify and evaluate before choosing an EBP: * Student characteristics: age/grade, subject, language/culture, disability/learning need * Environmental characteristics: class grouping, available time, resources, funding * Instructor characteristics: knowledge, experience, teaching philosophy, teaching style Collecting these characteristics will be valuable in deciding which practice is the right fit. Mrs. Thompson decided to try Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) in which students work in pairs to improve reading fluency.\n Thompson thanked and shared her first experiences with Mrs. Alexander, who offered to meet regularly during their common prep period to discuss successes and challenges in continuing to implement the new practice.