Table 5.
Mean Number of Therapist Skills Demonstrated on Checklist of Trainee Behaviors Pre- and Post-Training (N = 21)
Skill | Mean (SD) Pre-training |
Mean (SD) Post-training |
t | p | Effect Size (d) |
95% CI for Effect Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Praise | 6.0 (3.1) | 13.6 (3.6) | 8.6 | < .001 | 2.23 | [2.77, 1.69] |
Play | 7.3 (5.7) | 18.2 (6.0) | 8.1 | < .001 | 1.92 | [2.42, 1.43] |
Commands | 5.0 (2.2) | 11.3 (0.5) | 9.9 | < .001 | 2.69 | [3.46, 2.26] |
Time Out | 9.0 (5.3) | 16.2 (4.5) | 4.7 | < .001 | 1.46 | [2.11, .80] |
Total Score | 27.4 (14.2) | 59.6 (12.6) | 9.4 | < .001 | 2.40 | [2.94, 1.87] |
Note: Number of total checklist skills assessed = 94 (Praise = 24, Positive Play = 29, Commands = 14, Time Out = 27)