Definition: A structured, organizational development method developed to help organizations plan, initiate, and sustain needed changes. Researchers and practitioners collaborate to develop and implement programs. A spiral of improvement is created as researchers continuously provide data feedback during the implementation phase to the practitioners and work with them to identify and overcome obstacles to strong program implementation.

Supporting Citations:

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Gottfredson, D.C. (1989). Developing effective organizations to reduce school disorder. In C. Moles (Ed.), Strategies to reduce student misbehavior (pp. 87-104). Washington, D.C.: Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Gottfredson, D.C. (1997). School-based crime prevention. In L. Sherman (Ed.), Preventing crime: what works, what doesn't, what's promising: A report to the United States Congress (pp. 5-1 - 5-74). Washington, DC: US Department of Justice.

Gottfredson, D.C. (1998). Reducing problem behavior through a school-wide system of effective behavioral support: investigation of a school-wide social skills training program and contextual interventions . School Psychology Review 27(3), pp. 446-459.

Greenberg, Mark (2004). PROSPER Community-University Partnership Model for Public Education Systems: Capacity-Building for Evidence-Based, Competence-Building Prevention. Prevention Science 5(1), pp. 31-39.