Staff training packages combining instructions, modeling, practice, and feedback have been shown to be effective in demonstrating skills to work in early intensive behavioral intervention, but maintenance and generalization of the skills trained are often not addressed. Establishing a community of practice, in which staff members continue to learn and develop new skill sets from one another through shared experiences and information, may lead to the endurance and maintenance of desired staff behavior over time. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effects of a behaviorally designed community of practice on staff use of socially embedded consequences. The effects of the training procedure were evaluated using a concurrent multiple baseline design across two sites (7 staff members). The results suggest that the behaviorally planned community of practice was effective in reinforcing and maintaining staff use of socially embedded consequences for at least 5 to 9 weeks. Additionally, the number of learning opportunities provided by the staff and social engagement between staff and child increased.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc849686 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Ferguson, Julia L. |
| Contributors | Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla S., Vaidya, Manish, Gibson, Christine M. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 62 pages : illustrations, Text |
| Rights | Public, Ferguson, Julia L., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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