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Empirically Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies

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Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities

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Consumers’ rights to effective behavioral treatment cannot be protected if treatment is poorly implemented or if well-qualified staff are not adequately trained. Effective delivery of high-quality services to individuals with disabilities depends, in part, on a well-trained workforce of educators, paraprofessionals, clinicians, and other staff. A critical feature of evidence-based practice is full implementation of empirically validated interventions. As a result, preparing staff to interact with and support consumers is a worthwhile expenditure of resources for service-delivery organizations. The purpose of this chapter is to describe research-based strategies for selecting and interviewing staff, developing and evaluating staff training programs, and implementing effective staff management and follow-up techniques. The chapter concludes with a discussion of staff training and support during crisis management.

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DiGennaro Reed, F.D., Hirst, J.M., Howard, V.J. (2013). Empirically Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies. In: Reed, D., DiGennaro Reed, F., Luiselli, J. (eds) Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6531-7_5

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