Main description:

provides an overview of the area of OBM-IDD

summarizes the extant literature

offers research-to-practice recommendations

includes operational strategies for building successful service settings

synthesizes the published literature and directs practice and research in the areas of assessment and evaluation, training, supervision, and performance improvement, systems interventions, and organizational development

an integral aid for professionals looking to improve different aspects of service delivery

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction 1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior Management In Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Part 2. Assessment and Evaluation 2. Performance Diagnostic Assessment 3. Assessing Employee Preferences for Incentives 4. Social Validity Assessment Part 3. Training, Supervision, and Performance Improvement 5. Behavioral Skills Training 6. Performance Management Interventions 7. Self-Monitoring and Treatment Integrity 8. Supervision and Mentoring Part 4. Systems Interventions 9. Employee-Focused Incentive-Based Programs 10. Safety and Injury Prevention 11. Employee Turnover and Workforce Stability 12. Restraint and Restrictive Behavior Management Practices Part 5. Organizational Development 13. Building a Culturally and Diversity-Sensitive Workforce 14. Organizational Ethics 15. Advancing OBM Practice and Research