McClannahan L E, McGee G G, MacDuff G S, Krantz P J
Princeton Child Development Institute, New Jersey 08540.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1990 Winter;23(4):469-82. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-469.
An index of children's physical appearance and personal care was developed and used to assess youngsters with autism who lived (a) at home, (b) in an established group home, (c) in new group homes, and (d) in a large institution. Subsequently, a multiple baseline design across participants documented major changes in personal appearance and cleanliness when children moved from an institution to community-based, family-style group homes. Finally, data-based feedback generated by the appearance index was used as a training tool enabling group home staff to further improve child appearance. This research demonstrates how an evaluation instrument can be used to obtain comparative data, measure some effects of different residential placements, and provide ongoing feedback to caregivers to promote high standards of personal care among persons with severe developmental disabilities.
开发了一个儿童外貌和个人护理指标，并用于评估患有自闭症的儿童，这些儿童分别居住在：(a) 家中；(b) 已有的集体之家；(c) 新建的集体之家；(d) 大型机构中。随后，一项针对参与者的多基线设计记录了儿童从机构转移到社区型家庭式集体之家时，其个人外貌和清洁状况的重大变化。最后，由外貌指标生成的基于数据的反馈被用作一种培训工具，使集体之家的工作人员能够进一步改善儿童的外貌。这项研究展示了一种评估工具如何用于获取比较数据、衡量不同居住安置的一些效果，以及向照顾者提供持续反馈，以促进重度发育障碍者的高标准个人护理。
