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Changing Care Staff Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour in a Residential Treatment Unit for Persons with Mental Retardation and Challenging Behaviour.
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Allen, David; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1997
Evaluation of a training procedure to improve staff skills in the preventative and reactive management of severely challenging behaviors in a small residential treatment unit found reduced (though not statistically significant) behavioral incidents, use of major reactive strategies (restraint and emergency medication), and staff and resident…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Attendants, Behavior Disorders
Some Issues in Staff Training and Improvement.
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Morch, Willy-Tore; Eikeseth, Svein – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Staff members (n=152) assigned to 76 clients with moderate to severe mental retardation in Norway received training in behaviorally oriented treatment and assessment. Results did not support the hypothesis that training in treatment and assessment would produce greater improvement in client behavior than would training in treatment alone.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Transfer of Staff Training from Workshops to Group Homes: A Failure to Generalize across Settings.
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Smith, Tristram; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Thirty-one primary caregivers at group homes for clients with developmental disabilities completed a one-week workshop in behavioral theory and treatment techniques. Trainees showed increased treatment skills, but preworkshop and postworkshop observations indicated no evidence that the workshop had any effect on group home client functioning.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
Preparing Staff To Enhance Active Participation of Adults with Severe Disabilities by Offering Choice and Prompting Performance during a Community Purchasing Activity.
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Cooper, Karena J.; Browder, Diane M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study evaluated effects of a staff training package on the number of choice responses and performance responses made by adults with disabilities in a community purchasing activity. After training, all four staffers generalized offering choices and promoting performance across settings and adults with disabilities and maintained the skills.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Decision Making Skills, Disabilities
Training Basic Teaching Skills to Community and Institutional Support Staff for People with Severe Disabilities: A One-Day Program.
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Parsons, Marsha B.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Three studies evaluated a one-day program for training 24 paraprofessional staff in basic teaching skills for working with children with severe disabilities. All participants achieved the performance-based mastery criterion and successfully applied their teaching skills, as evidenced by skill development progress of students with severe…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Elementary Secondary Education, Introductory Courses, Minicourses