Training Techniques for Staff in Group Homes for Juvenile Offenders
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Correctional Psychologist
- Vol. 2 (3) , 195-216
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009385487500200301
Abstract
The proliferation of group homes and halfway houses for delinquents has increased the need for trained houseparents. The study investigated the effects of instructions, feedback, and modeling as training methods upon selected interpersonal parenting behaviors of six "teaching-parents" in three group homes. The homes were based on the "Teaching-Family" or "Achievement Place" model. The use of a multiple-baseline research design indicated that while instructions plus feedback were sufficient to teach some behaviors to some teaching-parents, the addition of model-imitation was generally more successfuL The importance of modeling in training correctional staff was discussed.Keywords
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