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Social validity assessment of behavior data recording among human services care providers
Author(s) -
Ricciardi Joseph N.,
Rothschild Allison Weiss,
Driscoll Natalie M.,
Crawley Jillian,
Wanganga Joshua,
Fofanah David A.,
Luiselli James K.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.1730
Subject(s) - psychology , service provider , context (archaeology) , human services , applied psychology , service (business) , business , marketing , paleontology , political science , law , biology
Care providers within human services organizations have many job responsibilities and performance expectations. In the present study, we conducted social validity assessment with 78 care providers concerning their attitudes and opinions about behavior data recording with adults who had intellectual disability and lived in community group homes. Specifically, the care providers responded to a written questionnaire that inquired about the practicality, training/supervision, and value of behavior data recording in the context of service delivery. Results indicated generally high approval of behavior data recording practices, purposes, and approaches to training. We discuss implications of these findings for implementing data recording by care providers and the contribution of social validity assessment to training and performance management within human services organizations.