Abstract
Monitored the frequency of aberrant behaviour of 13 persons (aged 24-42 yrs) with developmental disabilities in their respective prevocational training programs. During observation sessions, the direct-care staff unknowingly assigned clients to training tasks that were sometimes matched and sometimes mismatched to their ability levels, according to the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) test. Before staff training and prompting about the ABLA test, 83% of the tasks presented by staff across the three classrooms were mismatched to the clients' ABLA test levels, and 9 of the 13 clients showed high frequencies of aberrant behaviour. Teaching the staff about the ABLA test via a self-instructional manual, and prompting them to apply it, led to a large increase in the percentage of matched tasks that staff presented to clients, and a decrease in aberrant behaviour. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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