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USE OF A SELF‐RECORDING AND SUPERVISION PROGRAM TO CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL STAFF BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Burg Matthew M.,
Reid Dennis H.,
Lattimore Jennifer
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1979.12-363
Subject(s) - psychology , behavior change , applied psychology , medical education , social psychology , medicine
The use of a self‐recording and supervision program to increase interactions between direct care staff and profoundly retarded persons in a state residential facility was investigated. Following baseline, staff were provided with instructions regarding what to self‐record, criteria for how many interactions to record, and a prepared card on which to make the recordings. Throughout the study, the staff supervisor monitored intermittently staff‐client interactions. Observations indicated that when the staff recorded their interactions with clients in a loosely structured dayroom setting, the rate of interactions increased noticeably for each staff person. Behavioral ecology measures indicated that other staff responsibilities, such as maintaining the cleanliness of residents and the physical area, were not affected detrimentally when social interactions increased and actually showed small improvements. Additionally, small decreases in resident self‐stimulatory and disruptive/aggressive behaviors occurred when the rate of social interactions from staff persons increased. Follow‐up measures indicated that the rate of staff self‐recording was variable, but when staff did self‐record, the increased rate of staff‐client interactions maintained.