Using Self-Evaluation To Improve The Work Productivity Of Trainees In A Community-Based Restaurant Training Program

Abstract

A self-evaluation training package consisting of goal-setting, self-monitoring, and self-evaluation of work productivity was implemented with four adult males with developmental disabilities enrolled in a community-based restaurant training program. All four trainees learned to set a goal, monitor their work productivity, and evaluate their performance against a competitive standard. Data on each trainee's work productivity were collected within a multiple baseline across tasks design. The accuracy with which each trainee recorded his work performance. Target work tasks were scrubbing pots, racking dishes, sweeping and mopping floors, and bussing and setting tables. Each trainee's work productivity improved for each of his tasks as a function of the self-evaluation training package. Three trainees accurately self-monitored their work performance and significantly increased the percentage of trials within the competitive range.