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Effects of video-feedback interaction training for professional caregivers of children and adults with visual and intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- DAMEN S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(6), June 2011, pp.581-595.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of the video-based Contact programme for improving the quality of interaction between professional care givers and their clients with visual and intellectual disabilities living in group homes in the Netherlands. Seventy-two caregivers of 12 individuals received a training programme and four individual video-feedback sessions. The quality of interaction was independently measured in an AB-design across subjects with two baseline and three intervention observations, using a time sampling coding system for interactive behaviour and a rating for affective mutuality. After the intervention, significant increases were found in the frequency with which caregivers confirmed the signals of clients, the proportion of initiatives taken by clients that were responded to by the caregivers, and affective mutuality as a quality of the interaction. No significant increase in client responsiveness was observed. The caregivers rated the intervention useful and feasible. The authors note that further research is necessary regarding the generalisability, long-term effects and effects on quality of life of the Contact programme but conclude that it did improve the quality of interaction between professional caregivers and clients with visual and intellectual disabilities living in group homes.