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A five-day management training workshop for child care administrators is described and the results of an evaluation study are presented. The findings indicated that: a) participants' behavior improved following training, b) participants were highly satisfied with the workshop, and c) participants reported using the skills and information after completing the workshop.
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The research and development activities described in this paper were supported in part by Grant No. 1 TO 1 MH15699 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Center for the Studies of Crime and Delinquency. Portions of this paper were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, 1980. The authors thank Beverly Ayers and David Flebbe for their valuable assistance in the development and presentation of sections of the Workshop and Reverend Robert P. Hupp, Executive Director of Boys Town, for his support in the development and training activities.
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Baron, R.L., Leavitt, S.E., Watson, D.M. et al. Skill-based management training for child care program administrators: The teaching-family model revisited. Child Youth Care Forum 13, 262–277 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01118803
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