Staff training in behavioral interventions for children with autism.
The effect of behavior interventions for children with autism has been showed to be effective through research and the professional literature. And all involved in behavior interventions agree that staff training and staff competency are important factors, to provide qualitative good and effective interventions.
There exists several research reports on the importance of staff competency, and staff training, and Weinkauf, Zaug, Anderson and Ala’i-Rosales have published a new study on a comprehensive staff training package in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. This study showed effect on the training package that included verbal descriptions and modeling of 125 skills determined to be important in implementing behavior intervention. And that the teachers required between 20 and 32.5 hours to reach the criteria of mastering at least 120 skills.