Teaching self-management in employment settings

Issue title: Community Based Instruction

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hughes, Carolyn^; | Scott, Stacey V.

Affiliations: Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

Note: [] Corresponding author.

Abstract: This paper describes a six-step model for teaching self-management skills in employment settings. The model combines self-instruction with teaching multiple examples of task responses. The six steps of the model are: (a) selecting examples of desired responses; (b) classifying examples by similarity; (c) dividing responses into teaching examples and generalization probes; (d) training teaching examples using self-instruction; (e) evaluating the effects of teaching; and (e) withdrawing teaching and evaluating the effects of teaching withdrawal. Using the model, we have taught supported employees and high school students to increase their independent performance across a variety of job tasks and work-related problem situations. We present a step-by-step application of the self-management model with examples derived from our research and illustrate its use with a case study to guide job coaches. Finally, we provide suggestions for research and practice.

Keywords: Self-management, Multiple exemplars, Self-instruction

DOI: 10.3233/JVR-1997-8106

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 43-53, 1997