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TRAINING RESPITE CARE PROVIDERS FOR FAMILIES WITH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN: EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND VALIDATION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE
We conducted four experiments to evaluate a respite care training package. In Experiment 1, we assessed the effectiveness of an instructional manual on the acquisition of respite care skills and compared the relative effects of three different manual presentation formats. Results showed that perform...
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Published in: | Journal of applied behavior analysis 1986, Vol.19 (2), p.105-124 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | We conducted four experiments to evaluate a respite care training package. In Experiment 1, we assessed the effectiveness of an instructional manual on the acquisition of respite care skills and compared the relative effects of three different manual presentation formats. Results showed that performance during simulated (role‐played) respite care situations improved substantially for all six trainees following presentation of the instructional manual (with no significant differences between presentation formats) although some remedial training was necessary to achieve mastery criterion. In Experiment 2, we evaluated the effects of the manual presented as a whole with a larger group of trainees and compared it to a workshop training approach. Results showed that both the instructional manual and workshop training approaches were effective, but that the former appeared to be more cost‐effective. In both experiments, correct responding generalized to a respite care situation with a multiply handicapped child. In addition, several measures of social validity were obtained. In Experiment 3, we evaluated a simplified training and assessment package that could be conducted using the resources typically available to respite care agencies, and in Experiment 4, we demonstrated that respite care agency personnel could successfully implement this program. |
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ISSN: | 0021-8855 1938-3703 |
DOI: | 10.1901/jaba.1986.19-105 |