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Caregivers of individuals who are severely physically handicapped/profoundly mentally retarded were trained in feeding methods. Subjects included 60 residential direct caregivers, 77 public school staff members, and 41 direct caregivers of a second residential facility. Evaluations were conducted in four areas: knowledge, attitude, behaviors in the feeding setting, and mealtime quality. Lindquist Type I analysis of variance was used. Results showed that in knowledge, groups who received training showed a significant (p<.01) increase in scores between pre-and post-testing, and on posttest, groups with training scored significantly higher (p<.01) than the untrained group. In no group was there significant change in attitude, behaviors related to feeding, or mealtime quality.

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attendants in institutions attitudes evaluation of programs feeding training

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Evaluation of a Feeding Training Program for Caregivers of Individuals Who are Severely Physically Handicapped

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