The Science
Training alone doesn't change practice.
Deliberate practice does. Stepping Stone is built on it.
What decades of research show
Training alone
Most of what is taught never reaches the job.
A workshop builds knowledge. On its own, it rarely changes what people do with clients.
Baldwin & Ford, 1988 · Fixsen et al., 2005
Deliberate practice
Expertise comes from focused practice with feedback.
A clear target, repetition at the edge of ability, and immediate correction. Coaching turns training into practice.
Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer, 1993 · Fixsen et al., 2005Built in
What deliberate practice needs, and where it lives in Stepping Stone.
- Deliberate practice needs Stepping Stone provides
- A clear target A fidelity measure that defines the skill.
- The right level of challenge Five stages, from simple to combined to real clients.
- Immediate feedback Scored feedback on every attempt.
- Repetition and correction Coaching and spaced rechecks until the skill holds.
Baldwin, T. & Ford, J. (1988). Transfer of training. Personnel Psychology.
Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review.
Fixsen, D. et al. (2005). Implementation research: A synthesis of the literature. University of South Florida.