Implementation of evidence-based services for youth: assessing provider knowledge.

The team built a 40-item quiz called the KEBSQ. It asks youth-service providers what they know about evidence-based treatments.

Items cover anxiety, depression, disruptiveness, and ADHD. The study checked if scores stay stable, detect training gains, and separate novices from experts.

The quiz proved reliable: people scored about the same two weeks later.

After a short training, average scores jumped 15 points. Trained staff easily outscored untrained peers, showing the tool is sensitive to real learning.

Slane et al. (2021) reviewed 20 studies where BST taught teachers and clinicians to carry out behavioral plans. Every study saw gains, confirming that training works—exactly what the KEBSQ is built to track.

Neely et al. (2022) went further, using BST to get BCBAs to 100 % fidelity in telehealth parent coaching within four sessions. Their rapid skill jump mirrors the KEBSQ’s 15-point training boost, showing the quiz can spot mastery in both face-to-face and online formats.

Wolchik et al. (1982) used BST to sharpen clinical interviewing long before the KEBSQ existed. Their 4-month skill maintenance pairs nicely with the quiz’s stable retest scores, suggesting knowledge, like interviewing, can endure once BST locks it in.

You now have a quick, free yardstick for staff knowledge. Give the KEBSQ before and after your next BST workshop to prove training worked. If scores lag in ADHD items, you know which modules to re-teach. Use it during supervision to guide case assignments—high scorers can tackle tougher youth cases with confidence.