Table 1.

Baseline Comparisons of Treatment Providers in the Science to Service Laboratory (SSL) and Training as Usual (TA U) Conditions

Provider Characteristics	SSL Condition (n = 39)	TAU Condition (n = 21)	Total (n = 60)	p-value
Age	41.9 (11.5)	41.1 (14.4)	41.7(12.4)	.80
Sex				.70
Female	26 (67%)	15 (71%)	41 (68%)
Male	13 (33)	6 (29%)	19 (32%)
Ethnicity				.93
Hispanic	4 (10%)	2 (10%)	6 (10%)
Non-Hispanic	35 (90%)	19 (90%)	54 (90%)
Race				.95
White	30 (77%)	16 (76%)	46 (77)
Non-white	9 (23%)	5 (24%)	14 (23%)
Highest Degree				.048*
BA or Less	33 (85%)	13 (62%)	46 (77%)
MA or Greater	6 (15%)	8 (38%)	14 (23%)
Years of Experience				1.00
Less than 1 year	4 (11%)	2 (10%)	6 (10%)
1-3 years	11 (28%)	7 (33%)	18 (30%)
3+ years	24 (61%)	12 (57%)	36 (60%)
Years with Agency				.85
Less than 1 year	17 (44%)	8 (38%)	25 (41%)
1-3 years	10 (26%)	9 (43%)	19 (32%)
3+ years	12 (30%)	4 (19%)	16 (27%)
Caseload				.013*
Standard (≤ 39)	13 (33%)	14 (67%)	27 (45%)
Heavy (40+)	26 (67%)	7 (33%)	33 (55%)

Note: Values are n(%) or M(SD). For categorical variables, between group differences in proportions were tested using the z-statistic. For ordinal variables with more than 2 categories, differences in distributions were tested using the independent samples Mann-Whitney U test.