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. 1987 Summer;20(2):139–150. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1987.20-139

Expanding the impact of behavioral staff management: a large-scale, long-term application in schools serving severely handicapped students.

M B Parsons, M M Schepis, D H Reid, J E McCarn, C W Green
PMCID: PMC1285964  PMID: 3112090

Abstract

Experimental evaluations of behavioral staff management procedures usually have been limited to relatively small-scale demonstration studies. We evaluated a large-scale, long-term application of a staff management program designed to improve the functional utility of educational services for severely handicapped persons. The intervention, involving a brief in-service program followed by supervisory prompts and feedback, was implemented by three principals in four schools involving 21 classrooms. Implementation of the management procedures was consistently accompanied by increases in student involvement in functional educational tasks in each classroom. Further, the improved services continued throughout a 2-year follow-up period. Staff responses to a questionnaire indicated a high degree of staff acceptance of the management program. Results are discussed in terms of expanding the use of behavioral supervisory procedures from experimental demonstrations to actual adoption by existing human service agencies.

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