Training Needs of Direct Support Staff

Autor/inn/en	Test, David W.; Flowers, Claudia; Hewitt, Amy; Solow, Jill
Titel	Training Needs of Direct Support Staff
Quelle	In: Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 42 (2004) 5, S.327-337 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-6765
DOI	10.1352/0047-6765(2004)42<327:TNODSS>2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Staff Development; Administrators; Sampling; Developmental Disabilities; Mail Surveys; Focus Groups; Staff Role; Educational Needs; Community Support; Paraprofessional Personnel; Resource Staff; On the Job Training; Skill Development; Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Entwicklungsstörung; Erhebungsinstrument; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Laienhelfer; Training-on-the-Job; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Standard
Abstract	Training needs and current status of training for direct support staff were identified in one southeastern state. Data sources were (a) direct support staff, (b) administrators of direct support staff, and (c) consumers with developmental disabilities. Stratified sampling was used to gather data from 108 administrators and 170 direct support staff utilizing mail surveys and from 179 focus group participants (56 administrators, 53 direct support staff, and 70 consumers). Findings suggest that direct support staff recognized the needs (a) for additional training on Community Support Skill Standards; (b) to develop a comprehensive, cost-efficient statewide system for training direct support staff; and (c) to develop the role of direct support staff into a valued profession. (Author).
Anmerkungen	American Association on Mental Retardation. P.O. Box 7065, Lawrence, KS 66044-7065. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://www.aamr.org/Periodicals/index.shtml.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10