Interactive Training for Active Support: Perspectives from Staff

Autor/inn/en	Totsika, Vasiliki; Toogood, Sandy; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie
Titel	Interactive Training for Active Support: Perspectives from Staff
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 33 (2008) 3, S.225-238 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-8250
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Caseworkers; Interviews; Participant Satisfaction; Daily Living Skills; Use Studies; Training Methods; Program Implementation; Staff Development; Residential Care; Questionnaires; Counseling Psychology; Counseling Techniques; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Alltagsfertigkeit; Benutzerschulung; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Fragebogen; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: In this study, we describe the experience of participating in interactive training (IT) for active support (AS). Staff (N = 58) working with adults with an intellectual disability (ID) received IT on providing effective assistance for participation in daily activities. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff (N = 37) on their experience of IT, the way it affected their work, and their views on the implementation of AS. Results: High levels of satisfaction with IT were reported. Most staff identified at least one skill learnt during IT that they were still using 8 months later. No clear and consistent picture of AS implementation emerged across the service; staff identified a number of barriers, with lack of managerial support as the most significant. Conclusions: Interactive training can directly affect staff behaviour and has the advantage of being positively perceived by staff. However IT alone cannot ensure successful AS implementation, which is affected by a number of other factors, such as managerial support and input, residents' challenging behaviours, and staffing levels. (Contains 8 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10