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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Sep;44(9):2197–2208. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2094-x

Table 2.

Paraprofessional’s Average Implementation of each Fidelity Component *

Paraprofessional Proximity
(range)
Cooperative
Arrangement
(range)
Child Preferred
Interests
(range)
Percent Intervals
with Correct Overall
Fidelity
(range)
Baseline

  Paraprofessional 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  Paraprofessional 2 0.0% 13.3% (0–66%) 0.0% 0.0%
  Paraprofessional 3 3.9% (0–6%) 3.83% (0–23%) 3.83% (0–23%) 2.78% (0–16%)

Intervention

  Paraprofessional 1 92.5% (66–100%) 93.3% (76–100%) 94.0% (70–100%) 89.9% (63–100%)
  Paraprofessional 2 100.0% 66.6% (0–100%) 100.0% 66.0% (0–100%)
  Paraprofessional 3 86.2% (83–89%) 100.0% 100.0% 86.2% (83–89%)

Follow-up

  Paraprofessional 1 93.3% 93.3% 93.3% 93.3%
  Paraprofessional 2 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
  Paraprofessional 3 96.1% 100.0% 100.0% 96.1%
*

Average percent correct integration of each fidelity component, as well as the average percent f intervals with correct overall fidelity of implementation are presented for each of the three paraprofessionals, for the baseline, intervention, and follow-up conditions.