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Training Human Service Staff: Evidence-Based Strategies for Promoting Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Trainee Acceptance is a comprehensive guide that equips professionals with the tools and techniques to optimize the training of human service staff. In Section I, readers are introduced to staff training, understanding its importance and the critical criteria for success. The book delves into the gold standard of Behavioral Skills Training and explores in-person training methodologies in Section II, which encompass both group and individual staff training.
Section III reviews technology-based training, including video modeling, computer-based training, and distance training via telehealth, offering readers innovative approaches to meet modern training demands. Special topics in staff training, such as maintaining staff skills, professional workshops, and the evolving gold standard, are explored in Section IV, rounding out a comprehensive resource.
List of contents
Section I: Introduction to Training Human Service Staff1. Overview of Training Human Service Staff
2. Essential Criteria for Successful Staff Training
3. The Current Gold Standard: Behavioral Skills Training
Section II: In-Person Training4. In-Person Training With A Group of Staff
5. In-Person Training With Individual Staff
Section III: Technology-Based Training6. Video Modeling
7. Computer-Based Training
8. Distance Training via Telehealth
Section IV: Special Topics in Staff Training9. Maintaining Staff Skills Following Training
10. Professional Workshops and Webinars
11. The Evolving Gold Standard for Training Performance Skills to Human Service Staff
Section V: Selected Readings
About the author
Dennis H. Reid is the founder and director of the Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center. His company has more than 25 years of experience providing assisted employment to persons with severe disabilities. Dr. Dennis Reid has more than 45 years of experience working with individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, in educational, residential, vocational, and community support settings. He has provided advice to human services organizations in most US states, as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He has written or co-written 15 books and more than 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on applied behavior analysis. He earned the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities International Research Award in 2006 and Fellowship membership in the Association for Behavior Analysis International in 2007.Dr. Carolyn Green has over 40 years of experience as a special education administrator, staff trainer, and consultant. She has over 30 journal and chapter publications pertaining to staff training, supervision, and provision of services for people with severe disabilities, and has co-authored four books. Dr. Green has received multiple local and national awards for her work, including from TASH, North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis, Foundation for Mental Health Research, and North Carolina Department of Human Resources. She also is the recipient of the Old North State Award for “dedication and service beyond expectation and excellence” from the Governor of North Carolina. Dr. Green is currently a senior consultant with the Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center.
