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A SUPERVISORY STRATEGY TO IMPROVE WORK PERFORMANCE FOR LOWER FUNCTIONING RETARDED CLIENTS IN A SHELTERED WORKSHOP
Author(s) -
Martin Garry,
PallottaCornick Angela,
Johnstone Gail,
Goyos A. Celso
Publication year - 1980
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.1980.13-183
Subject(s) - baseline (sea) , production (economics) , component (thermodynamics) , psychology , multiple baseline design , work (physics) , institution , applied psychology , process management , operations management , psychiatry , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , oceanography , physics , intervention (counseling) , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics , geology , thermodynamics
A multiple component strategy was investigated for aiding staff responsible for supervising production of lower functioning retarded clients on contract tasks in an institution‐based sheltered workshop. The strategy was assessed in a combined multi‐element, multiple baseline across groups design with a reversal component. Production performance increased during the production supervisory strategy with all 16 clients, with the range of increase varying from a few percentage points to 150% of baseline production. Both the clients and staff (responsible for conducting the research) preferred working under experimental conditions rather than under baseline conditions which approximated those found in “typical” sheltered workshops.