Organisational Correlates to Staff Attitudes about Behavioural Programs

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Corrigan ◽  
Sarah Lickey Diwan ◽  
Stanley G. McCracken ◽  
Kelvin Oliver ◽  
Annette Backs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Team Leadership ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Staff Attitudes ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Staff Burnout ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
Culture Strategies

AbstractIn an attempt to facilitate the dissemination and regular implementation of behaviour treatments in real-world settings, research has examined staff attitudes that may pose barriers to these treatments. The purpose of the study reported in this paper is to examine the construct validity of perceived organisational barriers to behavioural programs. One hundred and eighteen staff working in community-based treatment programs for adults and children with severe mental illness completed the Barriers to the Implementation of Behavior Therapy Test. An analysis from a previous study (Corrigan, Kwartarini, & Pramana, 1992) identified two reliable and valid factors that suggested perceived organisational barriers: institutional constraints and insufficient collegial support. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis on data from this study supported the earlier factor structure. Research participants also completed team functioning measures of individual staff burnout, collegial network satisfaction, organisational culture, and team leadership. Attitudes about institutional constraints and insufficient collegial support were found to be associated with burnout, collegial network satisfaction, and organisational culture. Strategies for disseminating behavioural programs must target organisational barriers too.

scholarly journals Inclusive Organisational Culture – A Competing Strategy for Business Success

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 5155-5159
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Culture Strategies ◽  
Better Than

In today’s global competitive arena, every business entity urges for creating core competencies to withstand in the competition. Most of the flourishing companies capitalize diversity and inclusion as a source of competitive advantage. Creating and regulating an inclusive work culture is more complex and challenging. Far from being a challenge, it can create competitive advantage by increasing innovation, flexibility and problem-solving capacity. Organisations’ with inclusive culture seems to meet its target far better than planned and expected. Yet many organisations are aspiring to cultivate an inclusive culture. This article spreads light over the components and benefits of inclusive work culture, strategies to create and regulate the inclusive culture and the success stories of organisations with inclusive work culture

scholarly journals Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and transdisciplinarity in health research, services, education and policy: 2. Promotors, barriers, and strategies of enhancement

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard C. K. Choi ◽  
Anita W. P. Pak
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Team Leaders ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
Selection Of

Background/Purpose. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams are increasingly encouraged in health research, services, education and policy. This paper is the second in a series. The first discussed the definitions, objectives, and evidence of effectiveness of multiple disciplinary teamwork. This paper continues to examine the promotors, barriers, and ways to enhance such teamwork. Methods. The paper is a literature review based on Google and MEDLINE (1982-2007) searches. “Multidisciplinarity”, “interdisciplinarity”, “transdisciplinarity” and “definition” were used as keywords to identify the pertinent literature. Results. The promotors of teamwork success include: good selection of team members, good team leaders, maturity and flexibility of team members, personal commitment, physical proximity of team members, the Internet and email as a supporting platform, incentives, institutional support and changes in the workplace, a common goal and shared vision, clarity and rotation of roles, communication, and constructive comments among team members. The barriers, in general, reflect the situation in which the promotors are lacking. They include: poor selection of the disciplines and team members, poor process of team functioning, lack of proper measures to evaluate success of interdisciplinary work, lack of guidelines for multiple authorship in research publications, language problems, insufficient time or funding for the project, institutional constraints, discipline conflicts, team conflicts, lack of communication between disciplines, and unequal power among disciplines. Conclusion. Not every health project needs to involve multiple disciplines. Several questions can help in deciding whether a multiple disciplinary approach is required. If multiple disciplinarity is called for, eight strategies to enhance multiple disciplinary teamwork are proposed. They can be summarised in the acronym TEAMWORK - Team, Enthusiasm, Accessibility, Motivation, Workplace, Objectives, Role, Kinship.

Staff Attitudes That Impede the Implementation of Behavioral Treatment Programs

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Corrigan ◽  
Oliver B. Williams ◽  
Stanley G. Mccracken ◽  
Samatha Kommana ◽  
Michael Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Staff Attitudes

scholarly journals South Asia: Clarify goals and expand the reach of anti-trafficking programs

2002 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
Nations Development

Each year, a significant number of adults and children become victims of human trafficking—forced transportation within or across country borders for exploitation in the form of forced sex, labor, or other services unwillingly given. In September 2001, the Population Council collaborated with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health and the United Nations Development Fund for Women to conduct a consultative meeting on antitrafficking programs in South Asia. About 50 participants from national and international human rights and antitrafficking organizations attended the three-day meeting, held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The meeting had three objectives: clarifying the definition of trafficking; describing the strengths and weaknesses of legal and programmatic approaches to combat trafficking in the region; and identifying methods and indicators for evaluating and improving antitrafficking interventions. As this brief states, laws to eliminate human trafficking in South Asia should uphold international covenants and human rights standards to ensure that both citizens and noncitizens receive humane treatment. Programs to oppose trafficking should develop clear objectives and indicators to demonstrate success and point out directions for future operations.

scholarly journals How hospital survey teams function

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Boyd ◽  
Shilpa Ross ◽  
Ruth Robertson ◽  
Kieran Walshe ◽  
Rachael Smithson
Keyword(s):  
Team Leadership ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Acute Hospitals ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Temporary Teams

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how inspection team members work together to conduct surveys of hospitals, the challenges teams may face and how these might be addressed. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered through an evaluation of a new regulatory model for acute hospitals in England, implemented by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) during 2013-2014. The authors interviewed key stakeholders, observed inspections and surveyed and interviewed inspection team members and hospital staff. Common characteristics of temporary teams provided an analytical framework. Findings The temporary nature of the inspection teams hindered the conduct of some inspection activities, despite the presence of organisational citizenship behaviours. In a minority of sub-teams, there were tensions between CQC employed inspectors, healthcare professionals, lay people and CQC data analysts. Membership changes were infrequent and did not appear to inhibit team functioning, with members displaying high commitment. Although there were leadership authority ambiguities, these were not problematic. Existing processes of recruitment and selection, training and preparation and to some extent leadership, did not particularly lend themselves to addressing the challenges arising from the temporary nature of the teams. Research limitations/implications Conducting the research during the piloting of the new regulatory approach may have accentuated some challenges. There is scope for further research on inspection team leadership. Practical implications Issues may arise if inspection and accreditation agencies deploy temporary, heterogeneous survey teams. Originality/value This research is the first to illuminate the functioning of inspection survey teams by applying a temporary teams perspective.

Creative Problem Solving in Public School Supervision

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Shapiro ◽  
Nelson Moses
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
The Public ◽  
School Supervision ◽  
Team Functioning

This article presents a practical and collegial model of problem solving that is based upon the literature in supervision and cognitive learning theory. The model and the procedures it generates are applied directly to supervisory interactions in the public school environment. Specific principles of supervision and related recommendations for collaborative problem solving are discussed. Implications for public school supervision are addressed in terms of continued professional growth of both supervisees and supervisors, interdisciplinary team functioning, and renewal and retention of public school personnel.

Autism and Neurodiversity: Addressing Concerns and Offering Implications for the School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Laura S. DeThorne ◽  
Kelly Searsmith
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Individualized Education Program ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Individualized Education ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Eligibility Determination ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
School Based ◽  
Key Points ◽  
C Center

Purpose The purpose of this article is to address some common concerns associated with the neurodiversity paradigm and to offer related implications for service provision to school-age autistic students. In particular, we highlight the need to (a) view first-person autistic perspectives as an integral component of evidence-based practice, (b) use the individualized education plan as a means to actively address environmental contributions to communicative competence, and (c) center intervention around respect for autistic sociality and self-expression. We support these points with cross-disciplinary scholarship and writings from autistic individuals. Conclusions We recognize that school-based speech-language pathologists are bound by institutional constraints, such as eligibility determination and Individualized Education Program processes that are not inherently consistent with the neurodiversity paradigm. Consequently, we offer examples for implementing the neurodiversity paradigm while working within these existing structures. In sum, this article addresses key points of tension related to the neurodiversity paradigm in a way that we hope will directly translate into improved service provision for autistic students. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13345727

The Development of Language-Training Programs for Postrubella Hearing-Impaired Children

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Lynch ◽  
Annette Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Target Behaviors ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

This paper presents the procedures developed and used in the individual treatment programs for a group of preschool, postrubella, hearing-impaired children. A case study illustrates the systematic fashion in which the clinician plans programs for each child on the basis of the child’s progress at any given time during the program. The clinician’s decisions are discussed relevant to (1) the choice of a mode(s) for the child and the teacher, (2) the basis for selecting specific target behaviors, (3) the progress of each program, and (4) the implications for future programming.

Patterns of Auditory Processing and Articulation Deficits in Academically Deficient Juvenile Delinquents

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter W. Zinkus ◽  
Marvin I. Gottlieb
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Early School ◽  
Articulation Disorders ◽  
Processing Deficits ◽  
Academically Deficient ◽  
School Period ◽  
Speech And Language Disorders

Auditory processing deficits and articulation disorders were studied in a group of male juvenile delinquents. Significant auditory processing deficits were frequently observed and were significantly related to underachievement in reading, spelling, and arithmetic. In addition, articulation disorders were present in over 60% of the delinquent subjects. The results are interpreted to indicate that the evaluation of speech capabilities and auditory processing skills should be an integral part of treatment programs for delinquent populations. The importance of early intervention through identification and treatment of speech and language disorders in the early school period is supported.

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