Cost advantages of an integrated documentation approach

Interactive use of on-line computing terminals for updating programs is discussed. An integrated documentation approach using predocumented subroutines and metaprogram techniques is found to be an efficient means of generating the relevant documentation and of reducing program development costs

Usual care for youth with autism spectrum disorder: Community-based providers’ reported familiarity with treatment practices

ObjectiveTo examine patterns and predictors of familiarity with transdisciplinary psychosocial (e.g., non-pharmacologic) practices for practitioners treating youths with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States.MethodPractitioners (n = 701) from behavioral, education, medical, and mental health backgrounds who worked with youth (ages 7–22) with ASD completed the Usual Care for Autism Survey, which assessed provider demographics and self-reported familiarity with transdisciplinary treatment practices for the most common referral problems of ASD. We examined relations between provider-, setting-, and client-level characteristics with familiarity of key groups of the treatment practices (practice sets). Practice sets were identified using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and demographic predictors of practice subsets were examined using generalized estimating equations (GEE).ResultsThe EFA yielded a three-factor solution: (1) environmental modifications/antecedent strategies; (2) behavior analytic strategies; and (3) cognitive strategies, with overall familiarity ranked in this order. Medical providers indicated the least familiarity across disciplines. More experience with ASD and treating those with intellectual disabilities predicted greater familiarity with only environmental modifications/antecedent strategies and behavior analytic, but not cognitive strategies. Experience treating low SES clients predicted familiarity with environmental modification and behavior analytic strategies while experience treating high SES clients predicted familiarity with behavior analytic and cognitive strategies.ConclusionThis is the first study to identify transdisciplinary, interpretable sets of practices for treating youth with ASD based on community providers’ reported familiarity. Results highlight factors associated with familiarity with practice sets, which is essential for mapping practice availability, and optimizing training and dissemination efforts for youth with ASD

Family History of Alcoholism and Childhood Adversity: Joint Effects on Alcohol Consumption and Dependence

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65494/1/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00085.x.pd

Master's thesis recital (mezzo-soprano)

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A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Seminar Version of Workplace Triple P Targeting Work and Family Conflict

The present study is a randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a low level, seminar version of the Workplace Triple P program. Workplace Triple P seminars are designed specifically for working parents and aim to reduce work and family conflict and enhance occupational and family functioning. The present study adds to the literature by investigating whether a brief, low level parenting intervention is sufficient to produce changes in disruptive child behaviour, parenting practices and parenting confidence. Sixty-two working parents from multiple organisations and occupations with children aged between 18 months and 12 years were randomly assigned to an intervention condition or a waitlist control condition. Parents in the intervention condition attended two one-and-a-half hour seminars where they were taught strategies to prevent and manage stress, as well as positive parenting strategies to prevent and manage disruptive child behaviour. It was hypothesised that, compared to participants in the waitlist control condition, participants in the intervention condition would report: a) lower use of dysfunctional parenting styles, including laxness, over-reactivity, and verbosity; b) lower levels of disruptive child behaviour; c) lower work-to-family conflict; d) lower family-to-work conflict; e) higher work-to-family enrichment; f) lower depression, anxiety and stress; and g) higher levels of efficacy in parenting tasks and in balancing work and family commitments. A series of ANCOVAs and MANCOVAs revealed significant effects for parenting, child behaviour, stress and confidence with managing work and family conflict, however not for parental efficacy, work-to-family conflict, family-to-work conflict or family-to-work enrichment. The implication of these results, strengths and limitations of the study, as well as directions for future research are discussed