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Effects of Training and E-Mail Feedback on Behavior Therapists' Use of Instructive Feedback
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Chung, Man Sum – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Given that more paraprofessionals are hired to deliver one-on-one intervention to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) under the auspices of behavioral health agencies, it is important that these paraprofessionals receive adequate supervision to support their implementation of high quality intervention while often working alone without…
Descriptors: Training, Outcomes of Treatment, Electronic Mail, Feedback (Response)
In-Service Training for Staffs of Group Homes and Work Activity Centers Serving Developmentally Disabled Adults
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Gage, Mary Ann; Fredericks, H. D. Bud; Johnson-Dorn, Nancy; Lindley-Southard, Barbara – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2009
Results are reported for 3 years of in-service training provided to managers and direct care personnel employed in community, residential, and vocational programs for developmentally disabled adults. The data demonstrate the efficacy of the training model in that 1015 (97%) of 1080 training objectives attempted were completed by the trainees at…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Disabilities, Group Homes, Trainees
Proactive Identification of Staff Development Needs: A Model and Methodology.
Bernstein, Gail S.; Ziarnik, Jon P. – Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped (JASH), 1982
Results indicated that behavior training strategies used with developmentally disabled people were used nearly twice as often by staff identified as competent as by staff selected at random. Written behavior management programs tended to be used to decrease undersirable behaviors more often than to strengthen adaptive skills. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Staff Development, Training Methods
A Review of Behavioral Staff Training in Special Education Settings.
Demchak, MaryAnn – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
The article provides a review of behavioral staff training (focusing on antecedent, contingency management, and multi-faceted procedures) in special education settings, primarily institutions. Techniques are discussed according to such criteria as evaluation of staff behavior, changes in client behavior, inclusion of follow-up observations, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons
Prescriptive Behavioral Intervention at the Dorm Level.
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Latham, Glenn; And Others – Journal of American Indian Education, 1985
Describes prescription behavioral intervention projects to help two American Indian female paraprofessional trainee dorm attendants at a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school modify behavior of six female secondary students experiencing trouble during non-school hours. Demonstrates that given proper support systems, effective behavioral…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Attendants, Behavior Modification
Effects of Video Feedback on Social Behaviour of Young People with Mild Intellectual Disability and Staff Responses.
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2002
A study evaluated effects of a multifaceted training procedure on the inappropriate and appropriate social behavior of five adolescents with mild intellectual disability and on staff responses. The training included video feedback and self-management procedures and staff training with video and graphic feedback. Results indicated increases in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Feedback, Foreign Countries