Staff training in applied behavior analysis: improving knowledge competencies of service providers for people with developmental disabilities.
Direct-care service providers for people with developmental disabilities participated in a training program that targeted applied behavior analysis knowledge competencies in three content areas: basic learning principles, instructional strategies, and prompting/prompt fading procedures. A standardiz...
| Published in: | Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 120 - 126 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Psychiatric Media Inc.
Oct-Dec2005
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Direct-care service providers for people with developmental disabilities participated in a training program that targeted applied behavior analysis knowledge competencies in three content areas: basic learning principles, instructional strategies, and prompting/prompt fading procedures. A standardized training curriculum was administered during 2-3 hour group lessons with staff at three settings serving children, adolescents, and adults. Compared to pretraining results, staff performance on assessment of knowledge tests improved posttraining and was maintained at a one-month follow-up. Elements of the training program are discussed. |
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