Increasing Habilitative Services for Persons with Profound Handicaps: An Application of Structural Analysis to Staff Management.

Green, Carolyn W.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ441251

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Increasing Habilitative Services for Persons with Profound Handicaps: An Application of Structural Analysis to Staff Management.

Green, Carolyn W.; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v24 n3 p459-71 Fall 1991

A management program was implemented to increase the training activities and decrease nonwork behavior of eight direct-care staff in a facility for individuals with mental retardation. Improvements were maintained during a 43-week period, staff acceptability measures were positive, and beneficial changes occurred in clients. (JDD)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Caregivers, Maintenance, Productivity, Program Implementation, Rehabilitation, Residential Institutions, Severe Mental Retardation, Staff Development, Staff Role, Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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