Training Paraprofessionals

Graziano, Anthony M.; Katz, James N.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-7275-6_8

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“…Paraprofessionals, people without specialized training or extensive educational background, have provided direct care to children and adults with behavioral deficits or excesses in residential settings for more than 40 years (Graziano & Katz, 1982). Budgetary limitations and staff shortages have led to an increased demand for paraprofessionals; legal mandates to provide improved services have led to a greater interest in teaching paraprofessionals to use effective techniques (Frith & Armstrong, 1984;Gardner, 198 1).…”

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Use of behavioral techniques by paraprofessional staff: A review and proposal

Harchik

Sherman

Hopkins

et al. 1989

Behavioral Interventions

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Paraprofessionals are increasingly being employed to provide direct care to children and adults who have behavioral deficits and excesses, such as those labeled developmentally disabled, mentally ill, or delinquent. Behavioral techniques, if effectively taught to paraprofessionals, offer ways of both teaching new skills to clients and reducing their undesirable behaviors. This article describes the methods that have been used to teach paraprofessionals to use behavioral techniques, how these skills can be maintained on the job, and the effects upon client behavior that result from this teaching of paraprofessionals. In addition, a system for teaching staff to implement and continue to use behavioral techniques is proposed.

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Use of behavioral techniques by paraprofessional staff: A review and proposal

Harchik

Sherman

Hopkins

et al. 1989

Behavioral Interventions

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“…In spite of all the fears expressed about the dangers, the evidence presented in the study reported here points to the possibility of training some non-professionals as effective therapists. Graziano & Katz (1982) state that the use of non-professionals ('paraprofessionals') as a whole has not met the early, highly optimistic expectations. Nonetheless, they state that, 'some paraprofessionals in specific settings and with limited treatment roles have been highly effective when compared with professionals ' and that of all the types the 'new middle-class paraprofessionals' appear to be a most promising group (p. 226).…”

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Training non‐psychologists in the treatment of sexual dysfunction with special reference to the training of marriage guidance counsellors

Brown¹,

Bollinger

1985

British Journal of Medical Psychology

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This paper describes a study in which marriage guidance counsellors were trained in the treatment of sexual difficulties. This study is discussed in the wider context of the literature concerned with training issues in the treatment of sexual function problems. The results of the training programme give clear evidence that non-professionals can be trained to produce results similar to those of a professional and it is argued that issues discussed in the literature concerning the training of professionals in the treatment of sexual difficulties are also applicable to non-professionals.

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Increasing Independence Among Children Diagnosed With Autism Using a Brief Embedded Teaching Strategy

Toelken

Miltenberger

2012

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a brief embedded teaching procedure, involving least-to-most prompting, for two paraprofessional staff in order to increase independent responses of two children diagnosed with autism in an inclusive setting. Training was given using a behavioral skills training approach, involving instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. The staff were trained to use the SWAT procedure used by Parsons, Reid and Lattimore (2009). A multiple baseline design across behaviors was used to evaluate the effects of the embedded teaching procedure. Maintenance of training effects was evaluated two weeks following the end of the study. After training of the brief embedded prompting procedure and during the following up probes, both students showed increased independence in each skill that staff were trained to teach.

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Training Paraprofessionals

Cited by 10 publications

References 61 publications

Use of behavioral techniques by paraprofessional staff: A review and proposal

Use of behavioral techniques by paraprofessional staff: A review and proposal

Training non‐psychologists in the treatment of sexual dysfunction with special reference to the training of marriage guidance counsellors

Increasing Independence Among Children Diagnosed With Autism Using a Brief Embedded Teaching Strategy

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