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Sandy Toogood¹

¹Centre for Behaviour Analysis, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. s.toogood@bangor.ac.uk

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Summary

Active support (AS) training, specifically interactive training (IT), improved staff assistance and client engagement. This preliminary study indicates IT is a promising approach for enhancing support in daily activities.

Area of Science:

Healthcare
Occupational Therapy
Behavioral Science

Background:

Active support (AS) aims to enhance staff's practical support for client engagement in daily activities.
AS training, combining workshops and onsite coaching, has shown to increase staff support and client engagement.
Onsite training procedures within AS have not been independently evaluated.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of an onsite training procedure, interactive training (IT), independently of AS workshops.
To assess the impact of IT on staff assistance and client engagement.
To gather staff perspectives on the IT experience.

Main Methods:

Direct observation of staff and client behavior during interactive training (IT).

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Evaluation of IT independent of AS workshops.

Questionnaire-based survey of staff views on the training.

Main Results:

Interactive training (IT) led to an increase in staff assistance.
Client engagement also increased following IT.
Staff reported positive views on their experience with IT.

Conclusions:

Preliminary findings suggest interactive training (IT) is effective in enhancing staff support and client engagement.
Further research is warranted to explore the effectiveness of IT.
IT may be a valuable component of active support strategies.