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Chapter 7184organisations may benefit from the NPT-EPOC framework presented in Chapter 4 to help them understand how implementation interventions could activate specific social mechanisms in implementation processes.The value of collaboration in a Community of Practice for implementation efforts (Chapter 3 and 5)In long-term care organisations for people with intellectual disabilities, care professionals with different backgrounds need to collaborate and align their care, support, and treatment provided to their clients because of the integrated nature of this type of care (Kersten et al., 2018). Collaboration in networks of professionals might therefore also be a strategy that helps to solve implementation challenges in intellectual disability care regarding the reduction of involuntary care. Communities of Practice (CoPs) are networks believed to facilitate collaborative efforts of professionals who are interested in a shared domain (Li et al., 2009; Wenger et al., 2002). CoPs have been promoted as useful in implementing evidence-based innovations in general healthcare (Ranmuthugala, Cunningham, et al., 2011; Ranmuthugala, Plumb, et al., 2011). Chapter 3 described our reflection on the empirical question to what extent CoPs facilitated exchange of implementation knowledge and in what way %u201cthinking together%u201d (Pyrko et al., 2017) contributed to learn from each other%u2019s experiences. Working together in a CoP facilitated discussions about difficulties and dilemmas concerning involuntary care reduction. Collectively becoming aware of these issues led participants to critically think about implementation processes for methods aiming to reduce involuntary care and to base decisions for implementation strategies and interventions on expected implementation barriers. Moreover, discussing conflicting opinions led to in-depth conversations and learning processes among participants in the CoPs, because they were challenged to view the topic from different perspectives and used this to create new ideas. In conclusion, setting up a CoP in which participants share a common goal and exchange their knowledge, experiences, and perspectives may be a promising way to improve implementation in intellectual disability care.