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Public Posting and Staff Attendance Gina M. Feliciano, M.Phil., BCBA . Shema Kolainu- Hear Our Voices NYSABA October 14, 2004. Public posting literature . Plethora of research on changing behaviors through some combination of public posting.
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Public Posting and Staff Attendance Gina M. Feliciano, M.Phil., BCBA Shema Kolainu- Hear Our Voices NYSABA October 14, 2004
Public posting literature • Plethora of research on changing behaviors through some combination of public posting. • Some instances are related to the performance of athletes (JABA, 2002) • health and safety issues such as speeding and seat belt use( JABA,1980) • staff attendance to work or meetings (J of OBM, 1990, Behavior Modification, 1980)
Literature • Hutchinson, Jarman, Bailey (1980) • Goal: increase staff attendance • Chose public feedback: effective, cost little, should not be met with undue opposition, better service delivery • Changing staff behavior as first step in improving services. • Used ABAB design
Literature • Norstrom, Lorenzi and Hall (1990) • Performance posting: “situation in which a group of individual employee data are openly displayed so that all affected employees as well as others have access to it.” • Reviewed literature that examined the effect posting has on work related behaviors.
Literature • Discuss types of posting: with and w/o goal setting, w/,w/o reinforcement. • Review of 11 studies used only at public posting: • report generally positive results on performance data, • but not always meaningful improvements in target data.. • Further review suggested that combination of posting, goal setting and reinforcement lead to best results.
Current investigation • Attempt to replicate findings of (Hutchinson, Jarman ,Bailey) • Our problem: • high staff to student ratio ( 6:1:4) • Provision of quality services • application of research findings to “real life problem”
Procedures • DV: % and number teaching staff attending work ( by age level/classroom/schoolwide) • IV: daily informational public posting of % and number staff per classroom • Baseline: recorded number of staff calling in, classroom/age level • Daily Posting: number and percent attendance per classroom
Discussion/conclusion • AB design… need further intervention • Public posting as used in this situation did not increase staff attendance. • What we learned: policies had to be changed. • Sick time/personal time • Two calendars • No one has called in sick this year