{"id":7135,"date":"2020-11-06T11:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/?page_id=7135"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:50:48","slug":"fidelity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/unc-institute-for-best-practices\/individual-placement-and-support-ips\/fidelity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidelity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Program fidelity is essentially a recipe to follow to get the desired final product and outcomes.\u00a0The recipe specifies not only the necessary ingredients but also their precise amounts or doses.\u00a0An evidence-based practice is to be clearly defined (i.e., the ingredients and doses specified) and produce positive outcomes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IPS Fidelity Spreadsheet 2025\" width=\"889\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-GqbnxD-C8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Individual Placement and Support (IPS) has a fidelity tool that can be used to assess the extent to which the IPS \u201crecipe\u201d is being followed. 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