ABSTRACT
The goal of implementation research is to identify and evaluate hypotheses regarding possible barriers to the adoption and use of evidence-based interventions as standard care. Intervention researchers have made great strides towards increasing research focused on improving treatments for children with language disorders. Agencies have created specific funding mechanisms to support translational research. The model was based heavily on frameworks used in other clinical professions and shared features with the goals of research solicited by the Institute of Education Science. Few investigators will argue that any one specific type of research is easy. However, most researchers agree that intervention research is inherently difficult because of its longitudinal nature. The model allowed for smaller-scale, shorter-term studies requiring less time and fewer resources to be recognized as important, thus enabling researchers to gradually build their research portfolio to include larger, more costly effectiveness studies.
