Online Training of Community Therapists in Observational Coding of Family Therapy Techniques: Reliability and Accuracy.

ABSTRACT: A foundational strategy to promote implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is providing EBI training to therapists. This study tested an online training system in which therapists practiced observational coding of mock video vignettes demonstrating family therapy techniques for adolescent behavior problems. The study compared therapists ratings to gold-standard scores to measure therapist reliability (consistency across vignettes) and accuracy (approximation to gold scores); tested whether reliability and accuracy improved during training; and tested therapist-level predictors of overall accuracy and change in accuracy over time. Participants were 48 therapists working in nine community behavioral health clinics. The 32-exercise training course provided online instruction (ab

SUBMITTER: Hogue A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298690 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature