Social validity assessment of behavior data recording among human services care providers

• Published in: Behavioral interventions Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 458 - 466
• Main Authors: Ricciardi, Joseph N., Rothschild, Allison Weiss, Driscoll, Natalie M., Crawley, Jillian, Wanganga, Joshua, Fofanah, David A., Luiselli, James K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-07-2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: behavior data recording; care provider training; Data collection; Group homes; human services organizations; Intellectual disabilities; Performance management; Social behavior; social validity; Validity
• ISSN: 1072-0847; 1099-078X
• DOI: 10.1002/bin.1730

Care providers within human services organizations have many job responsibilities and performance expectations. In the present study, we conducted social validity assessment with 78 care providers concerning their attitudes and opinions about behavior data recording with adults who had intellectual disability and lived in community group homes. Specifically, the care providers responded to a written questionnaire that inquired about the practicality, training/supervision, and value of behavior data recording in the context of service delivery. Results indicated generally high approval of behavior data recording practices, purposes, and approaches to training. We discuss implications of these findings for implementing data recording by care providers and the contribution of social validity assessment to training and performance management within human services organizations.