The Time-Sample Behavioral Checklist (TSBC), an observational assessment system designed to measure the level of functioning of clients in residential treatment facilities, is described. Reliability, validity, and descriptive-normative data obtained from several years of ongoing use of the TSBC system as well as through multi-institutional data collection are briefly presented. The results of an evaluation of a self-contained observer training package for the TSBC are also discussed.
Acquisition of new discriminations on two-choice and two-dimensional (form, color) tasks under response-contingent reinforcement was evaluated as a function of nearly four years' history of total-life environments of responsecontingent versus noncontingent experiences. A total of 28 chronic mental patients, half from each history condition, participated in the study, and were prescreened on component skills and presence of a manipulable reinforcer. Groups were equated on demographic variables and current level of functioning. No differences in acquisition were found as a function of contingency history. However, correlational analyses with multiple measures of current functioning and responsiveness to treatment found differential relations to exist within groups. The latter relations suggest that the response-contingent environment resulted in greater attention to discriminative stimuli and greater consistency between task-related and extraneous behaviors.
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The comparative effectiveness of two time-limited modes of training observers to code the behavior of clients in residential treatment programs on the Time-Sample Behavioral Checklist (TSBC) was evaluated. The susceptibility of training procedures to consensual observer drift and the
The comparative effectiveness of two time-limited modes of training observers to code activity on the Staff-Resident Interaction Chronograph (SRIC) in residential treatment programs for mentally disabled adults was evaluated. The susceptibili-
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