ERIC Number: EJ808407
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Publication Date: 2008-Sep
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Interactive Training for Active Support: Perspectives from Staff
Totsika, Vasiliki; Toogood, Sandy; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, v33 n3 p225-238 Sep 2008
Background: In this study, we describe the experience of participating in interactive training (IT) for active support (AS). Staff (N = 58) working with adults with an intellectual disability (ID) received IT on providing effective assistance for participation in daily activities. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff (N = 37) on their experience of IT, the way it affected their work, and their views on the implementation of AS. Results: High levels of satisfaction with IT were reported. Most staff identified at least one skill learnt during IT that they were still using 8 months later. No clear and consistent picture of AS implementation emerged across the service; staff identified a number of barriers, with lack of managerial support as the most significant. Conclusions: Interactive training can directly affect staff behaviour and has the advantage of being positively perceived by staff. However IT alone cannot ensure successful AS implementation, which is affected by a number of other factors, such as managerial support and input, residents' challenging behaviours, and staffing levels. (Contains 8 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Caseworkers, Interviews, Participant Satisfaction, Daily Living Skills, Use Studies, Training Methods, Program Implementation, Staff Development, Residential Care, Questionnaires, Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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