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Training Instructional Skills With Paraprofessional Service Providers at a Community-Based Habilitation Setting

May Institute, Randolph, Massachusetts

James K. Luiselli

May Institute, Randolph, Massachusetts, jluiselli{at}mayinstitute.org

Alan E. Harchik

May Institute, Randolph, Massachusetts

The present study evaluates a training program with paraprofessional service providers at a community-based habilitation setting. Four staff were taught to implement alternative and augmentative communication instruction with an adult who had autism and mental retardation through a combination of instruction, demonstration, behavior rehearsal, and performance feedback. Training was conducted under natural conditions at the adult's group home residence. Three of the four staff were able to maintain near-100% instructional accuracy following initial training. The results add to the limited research literature concerning community-based training of direct-care personnel.

Key Words: staff training • performance feedback • habilitation services

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Behavior Modification, Vol. 31, No. 6, 847-855 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445507302893


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