If you’re determined to offer NA practice to your clients, you’ll need to make time and space to independently and critically consider the research, tools and programs that you choose to utilise.  Find the evidence that supports the methods you choose to apply.  How did they define key terms? Read the method section. How were projects designed? Did they include a lived experience voice? What were they actually measuring? If we try to consider neurodivergent experiences, what could we extrapolate from those results now? This will not be a small task, but I doubt you can be a NA psychologist at this point in time, without a critical evaluation process at the helm of your practice.

Why is Implementation Fidelity important?

Social development programs can be distinguished by their format; a targeted withdrawal program, or a universal program.

Across many developed nations, governments are highlighting the importance of schools focusing on students’ interpersonal skills and the quality of peer relationships.

Universal programs can be classified by their underpinning framework…