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The Effect of Active Support Interactive Training on the Daily Lives of Adults with an Intellectual Disability
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Totsika, Vasiliki; Toogood, Sandy; Hastings, Richard P.; McCarthy, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Interactive training (IT) is one of the two staff training components of the active support (AS) model. The present study explores how effective IT is when offered to staff divorced in time from the AS workshops, the other training component. We explored the effects of IT on resident activity engagement, challenging behaviours and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Training, Interaction
Can Brief Workshop Interventions Change Care Staff Understanding of Challenging Behaviours?
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Dowey, Alan; Toogood, Sandy; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: The working culture surrounding challenging behaviour may have a strong effect on staff behaviour. As a first step to influencing staff talk about challenging behaviour, the aim of the present study was to explore whether a 1-day training workshop could have an effect on staff causal explanations. Methods: Fifty-four front line staff,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Workshops, Intervention, Staff Development