Family Caregivers as Lay Trainers: Perceptions of Learning and the Relationship between Life Experience and Learning

Autor/inn/en	Conceição, Simone C.O.; Johaningsmeir, Sarah; Colby, Holly; Gordon, John
Titel	Family Caregivers as Lay Trainers: Perceptions of Learning and the Relationship between Life Experience and Learning
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 25 (2014) 4, S.151-159 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/1045159514546216
Schlagwörter	Caregivers; Family (Sociological Unit); Lay People; Training; Adult Education; Special Needs Students; Child Health; Program Evaluation; Mixed Methods Research; Trainers; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Strategies; Family Involvement; Curriculum Design; Data Collection; Formative Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Familie; Laie; Ausbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Ausbildungslehrer; Trainer; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrstrategie; Lehrplangestaltung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This article describes an initiative to train lay people, predominantly parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), to teach "Bridge to Independence"--a care coordination curriculum--to other family caregivers of CYSHCN. Using a model based on Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick's levels of evaluation, the goal was to discover how well lay people liked the process of learning how to teach, the extent to which these Lay Trainers gained knowledge and skills from the training sessions, and what changes in Lay Trainer caregiving application resulted from the learning process. The "Bridge to Independence" curriculum design is based on self-directed learning principles and served as the framework for Lay Trainer learning. This article presents the study's methodology, findings, and discussion, and adult education practice implications. Two themes emerged from this evaluation study: Lay Trainer perceptions of learning the curriculum and the relationship between life experience and learning. The study provides implications for two aspects of adult education practice: training the trainer and adult learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10