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We are a valuable partner to help organizations and research groups create digital interventions that enhance and advance your work. With our own in-house science-based content developers (science writers, script writers, storyboarders) and technical developers, we efficiently bridge your vision to an intervention reality. Our expertise can elevate your impact.

Digital Evidence-Based Intervention Development

We use an evidence-based approach grounded in science and the lived experience of our focal communities. Intervention development follows an iterative design process, including formative research, community and client feedback, testing, and revisions to ensure community and client needs and outcome objectives are met.

Customized Mobile Game and App Development

Our expert app and game developers LOVE their work, and we’re always exploring new projects to keep pushing their development limits. The technical developers are supported by experienced project managers, writers, and graphic designers to round out the development process.

Customized Video Technology for Skill Building

We apply our patented SkillFlix® training technology to the learning goals of our clients. We do this by working with (or becoming) the subject matter experts for the skills to be taught, and developing the Microskills® framework, outlines, scripts, and videos to be deployed on a custom channel for the client. 

Adaptation of Evidence-Based Interventions

Our senior staff are highly skilled in program adaptation and use guiding science-based frameworks for blueprinting and building adapted curricula – whether they are adapted for a specific population, or for digital delivery.

Formative Research with Underserved Communities

We include community members in formative research, whether in focus groups, expert interviews, advisory boards, and other activities to ensure authentic voices and perspectives are represented.

Case Studies

Making a Difference!

Making a Difference! (MAD) for Special Education and SkillFlix for Parents of Youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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Keepin’ it REAL

An evidence-based program to teach drug resistance strategies. Developed by Arizona State University School of Social Work.

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Healthy Sexuality for Youth in Foster Care

An online training for parents and caregivers of youth in foster care.


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Making a Difference! (MAD)


Client: Kent ISD /ETR/OPA/FYSB


MAD! Special Ed adapted the evidence-based sexual health curriculum to be successfully used in Special Education classrooms. The curricular materials were supplemented with 10 video lessons.

 

This development process then inspired the creation of an additional specialized collection of videos that provides special education teachers with guidance to implement any sexual health curriculum in the classroom.

Services Provided:


dfusion worked closely with Kent ISD and ETR to adapt an evidence-based intervention, Making a Difference! (MAD), for the special population of teachers of youth with mild cognitive impairment. During this design process, we supported focus groups, observed pilot testing, worked with a multi-disciplinary team to review the adapted version, and made final revisions to address suggestions and concerns identified during the process.


After the completion of MAD! Special Education, Kent ISD was excited to work with dfusion again to create a supplemental resource to support sex education in Special Education classrooms across the district. dfusion worked closely with Kent ISD to create a video platform for sexual health educators of youth with mild cognitive impairment. During this design process, we engaged with students, parents, teachers, and staff to inform the video content, conducted usability focus groups with teachers, and worked with a multidisciplinary team to conceptualize, write, and create a series of 12 videos.

Keepin’ it REAL

 

Client: ETR (funding from the CA Department of Public Health, TRDRP)

 

This updated 10-lesson drug resistance curriculum is tailored to the experiences of California youth. The engaging curriculum includes games, youth-made videos, role-plays, and quizzes.

Services Provided:

 

dfusion and ETR collaborated on the successful grant proposal before dfusion took the lead on adapting the evidence-based drug resistance strategies program for California-young teens, with updated and modernized content, such as including social media and vaping. dfusion conducted expert interviews and focus groups before working with the original developers to re-conceptualize and later revise each activity of the curriculum. dfusion also worked with a multi-cultural group of teens in the San Francisco Bay Area to develop and produce five companion videos to the curriculum.

Healthy Sexuality for Youth in Foster Care

 

Client: Mathematica (original funders OPRE & FYSB)

 

This three-hour interactive online training helps parents and caregivers of youth in foster care ages 10 and older, learn about topics related to adolescent sexual health and strengthen their communication skills for discussing these topics with youth. 

 

The course is available at:

www.fosterparenttalk.org/home

Services Provided:

 

dfusion staff worked closely with the Mathematica team to digitally transform the in-person evidence-based training created by the Uhlich Children’s Advantage network and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. dfusion provided digital adaptation guidance, as well as the technical adaptation development from storyboard and design work to programming in Unity and ensuring 508 compliance.