Increasing Day Care Staff Members' Interactions During Caregiving Routines

Abstract

This investigation was conducted to teach paraprofessional staff members working with infants in a mainstreamed day care program to engage in more positive interactive behaviors during caregiving routines. Staff members were taught through brief individual training sessions to engage in interactive games during diaper changing. We used a multiple probe design across staff members to evaluate the training. Data were collected from video tapes of diapering and feeding routines. The results indicated that the staff members increased their frequency of game playing and other interactive behaviors during diapering, but the increases were not evident in the generalization feeding routines. This paper describes implications for training staff in mainstreamed settings.