Test 5 Sturmey 2008

Question 1

Why has the number of staff working with ASD increased

Answer 1

more children identified
children identified earlier
focus on less severe forms also

Question 2

Best practice in staff training:

Answer 2

assess needs of staff members
tailor training to individual staff needs
address the priority areas identified by consensus panels

Question 3

Desirable features of staff training

Answer 3

efficient, effective, acceptable (Reid and Parsons)

address relevant needs and generalization of durable skills

Question 4

problem with typical approach

Answer 4

produces people who can talk the talk, but not implement

Question 5

Behavioral Skills Training

Answer 5

Instruction - short
Modelling/role play
Rehersal -in vivo or role play
feedback

Question 6

DTT

Answer 6

taught wrong can lead to students not learning, taught right is not efficient, focus less on instruction and more on rehersal and feedback and modelling

Question 7

BST used for

Answer 7

DTT
SPA
FAss

Question 8

dissemination

Answer 8

pyramidal

Question 9

Future resaarch

Answer 9

increase variability in staff performance
increase validity of satisfaction measures
teaching functional clusters of skills
generalization of staff training
identify areas of BST atat are effective
organize to a curriculum