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Lambrechts, Greet; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Eeman, Lieve; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Staff reactions play an important role in the development and maintaining of clients' challenging behaviour. Because there is a paucity of research on staff reactions in naturalistic settings, this study examined sequential associations between challenging behaviour and staff reactions by means of a descriptive analysis. We analysed video…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Attitude Measures
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Huitink, C.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Veerman, J. W.; Verhoeven, L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to examine psychometric properties of the Staff Behavior toward Clients questionnaire (SBC), a self-report measure for care staff working with children and adolescents with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities in residential care. Ninety-nine care staff completed the SBC and the Strengths and…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mild Mental Retardation, Test Validity, Questionnaires
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Noone, Stephen J.; Jones, Robert S. P.; Hastings, Richard P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
A number of researchers have explored the attributions that care staff make about challenging behavior. The expectation, based on behavioral and cognitive models, is that these attributions may help predict why staff inadvertently reinforce challenging behavior. Two studies of staff attributions about challenging behavior are reported. In the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Adults, Caregivers