Responsiveness to staff support: Evaluating the impact of individual characteristics on the effectiveness of active support training using a conditional probability approach

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 594-604

  Smith, C ^a   Felce, David ^a   Jones, E ^a   Lowe, K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional probability; Direct observation; Resident activity; Residential services; Staff support; Staff training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036854780     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2002.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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