Gesten E L, Cowen E L, Orgel A R, Schwartz E
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1979 Dec;7(4):397-404. doi: 10.1007/BF00917611.
A scale to measure nonprofessional child-aides' views about, and practices in, working primarily with acting-out children is described. The scale was used as part of an overall evaluation of a program to teach the aides Ginottian limit-setting approaches for work with such children. A prior study had shown that the training was followed by significantly more favorable treatment outcomes. Compared to 44 nontrained child-aides, the 19 trained aides had significantly higher postprogram scale scores on opinions and beliefs about acting-out children, changes in feeling about working with them, and actual observed changes in their playroom behaviors. Item analysis indicated that, following training, aides felt more comfortable with and had a richer repertoire of techniques for dealing with acting-out children. Specifically, they found it easier to set limits and to deal with overtly aggressive behaviors. Those changes may be key factors in explaining the significantly greater effectiveness of the trained aides working with acting-out children.
本文描述了一种用于衡量非专业儿童辅助人员对主要与行为不良儿童打交道的看法及做法的量表。该量表被用作一项项目整体评估的一部分，该项目旨在教导辅助人员运用吉诺特式的界限设定方法来与这类儿童开展工作。先前的一项研究表明，培训之后的治疗效果明显更佳。与44名未受过培训的儿童辅助人员相比，19名经过培训的辅助人员在项目结束后的量表得分显著更高，这些得分涉及对行为不良儿童的看法和信念、与他们打交道时的感受变化以及在游戏室行为中实际观察到的变化。项目分析表明，培训后，辅助人员在应对行为不良儿童时感觉更自在，且拥有更丰富的技巧。具体而言，他们发现设定界限和应对公然的攻击性行为变得更容易了。这些变化可能是解释经过培训的辅助人员与行为不良儿童打交道时效果显著更佳的关键因素。
