RPG Chapter 12 - Consumer Teaching Services Flashcards
In most human service agencies, who teaches the consumer the bulk of the communication, self-help and daily living skills?
direct support staff
teachers
treatment team leaders
behavior specialists
direct support staff
What are two common reasons listed in the text why teaching is ineffective?
Staff are not proficient or staff do not teach as often as they should.
The clients are not responding to treatment or the client skills don’t generalize.
Staff are ignoring instructions or staff are belligerent.
Staff taught the skill repeatedly and the learner just can’t learn.
Staff are not proficient or staff do not teach as often as they should.
What are two reasons staff are not proficient in teaching?
The teaching plan is inadequate or the behavior plan requires revision.
They have not been trained well or they lack motivation to teach proficiently.
They need a new supervisor or they need a new job.
They have not been trained well or they lack motivation to teach proficiently.
According to the text, what is the best way to train staff to teach proficiently?
lecturing how to teach
performance and competency based training
readings and video or computer based illustrations
performance and competency based training
Based on the research, what will happen to teaching proficiency if there isn’t any follow-up supervision?
Performance is sure to maintain.
Performance will improve over time.
Performance might maintain.
Performance will deteriorate.
Performance will deteriorate.
-This may help staff notice their work accomplishments.
-This may help staff notice they are improving the quality of life for their clients.
-This may help staff motivation and work enjoyment.
-This may help staff feel a sense of accomplishment.
All of the above are the reasons the authors suggest emphasizing
______ skill development as it relates to staff teaching.
(Hint: whose skill development?)
client
Some reasons that staff may not conduct assigned teaching sessions include:
-Work duties conflict with the time available to implement the teaching program.
-lack of ______ to implement the teaching program
-Implementing the teaching program may result in challenging behaviors from the consumer.
motivation
What is a good strategy to teach staff to identify client skill deficits in the natural environment?
Provide videos of natural learning opportunities.
Help staff notice when they are repeatedly doing something for the client.
Lecture about daily living skills in the lesson plan.
Identify necessary skills in the lesson plan.
Help staff notice when they are repeatedly doing something for the client.
What is one way to prevent concerns with staff data recording?
Teach staff to collect data at the end of the week.
Teach staff to summarize data.
Teach staff the laws against falsified data.
Teach staff why they need to record data.
Teach staff why they need to record data.
