Developing a Distance Education System to Train Savvy Caregiver Program Interventionists: Extending Access and Capacity in Community-Based Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions

Using an on-line survey method, each caregiver will be asked to complete the post-program fidelity monitoring survey that seeks responses to the program (feel more knowledgeable, more competent, better equipped, etc.) and asks them to assess the interventionist's performance and verify that certain key elements of the program were covered.

Three recorded semi-structured video interviews will be conducted with each interventionist. One will occur immediately after training; this will focus on their sense of the completeness and adequacy of the training program, including the training methods, videos, and materials, and their perceived readiness to lead the program. Another interview will be done immediately after the conduct of each of the two Savvy programs they lead, asking them to report on their performance as interventionists, including any adaptation processes in which they might have engaged, and to reflect on ways the training might be improved to strengthen their skills, including for adaptation.

Recorded semi-structured video interviews with sponsoring organizations' key contact persons will be conducted immediately after the interventionist training and then after each of the two Savvy offerings. The conversation will focus on identifying ways to strengthen and improve the training, certification, and fidelity monitoring system. Information about time and resource costs of the program, caregiver demand, and caregiver recruitment and feedback will be also collected.