Personnel Supervision and Management
Behavioral skills training
Use instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback when staff need to perform a skill accurately.
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What this concept means here
Use instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback when staff need to perform a skill accurately.
How it appears in questions
Choose BST when staff can describe but not perform a procedure.
Best next action
If this concept is weak, practice Personnel Supervision and Management scenarios and write one correction rule after each miss.
How this shows up in scenario questions
- 1Choose BST when staff can describe but not perform a procedure.
- 2Distinguish written protocol review from performance training.
- 3Use rehearsal and feedback for implementation errors.
Common misconceptions
- Sending the protocol again is enough.
- A vague instruction counts as training.
- Performance deficits always require removal from cases.
Distractor patterns
- Tell staff to try harder.
- Wait several weeks after sending a protocol.
- Remove staff permanently for trainable errors.
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Related terms
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