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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
Current Issues in Staff Training.
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Jahr, Erik – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This paper describes some of the procedures most frequently used in research on staff training and reviews the research in relation to outcomes for clients with developmental disabilities as a function of staff training, maintenance of staff skills, and transfer of staff skills across settings, clients, and programs. Issues in behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization