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The Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services (PDC-HS) is an informant-based tool used to assess performance issues in human service settings by identifying performance barriers and suggest matched interventions. There are few applications of the PDC-HS assessing performance in populations with intellectual disabilities. We used the PDC-HS to assess inaccurate book-shelf cleaning by three participants with intellectual disabilities in supported employment services at a library. We identified insufficient training and prompting as barriers to accurate and timely performance. We evaluated behavioral skills training, video modeling with voice-over instruction, and prompting on accuracy for all participants and timeliness for one participant. All participants exhibited increased accuracy on the shelf-cleaning task. One participant showed an increase in timeliness of completion, and one participant maintained and generalized performance after the training phase. Participants indicated positive experiences with the intervention. We discuss limitations and future directions of using the performance diagnostic checklists with individuals with intellectual disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Feedback is a common intervention used to address performance issues in clinical and organizational settings. Most research on feedback focuses on manipulating either the parameters of feedback delivery or the behavior of the feedback provider. Because feedback requires a provider and a recipient, it is likely that the behavior of the feedback recipient also influences the impact of performance feedback. The current study investigated the efficacy of training individuals to receive feedback in an appropriate manner using computer-based instruction (CBI). All three participants demonstrated increases in accuracy of appropriate feedback behaviors following CBI. Two participants also demonstrated slight increases in performance on tasks related to workplace performance. This study extends the application of CBI to a new and complex skill repertoire and examines its possible impact on work performance. We discuss how CBI may increase training efficiency in settings with large numbers of staff who need to be trained in certain skills as compared to traditional in-person training formats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kopimism is a new religious movement predicated on, and revolving around, the assertion and belief that information is inherently sacred and needs to be copied and shared. Adherents to this Swedish-born religious movement have persisted in small pockets of devout communities around the world for almost a decade. This paper outlines a rudimentary and general sketch of the Kopimist worldview, its basic aims and its place within the contemporary religious landscape. In the latter part of this analysis, particular attention is given to the movement’s claim that it is not simply a sacralisation of political ideals - pirate politics, in particular - but that it maintains a distinct worldview and ethical system based on the notion that information - the foundation of everything - is itself divine. ‘Religion’ as a legitimating categorical force and the sociocultural conditions that engender new religious movements are also considered alongside the movement’s history and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]