Training human service staff to implement behavioral skills training using a video‐based intervention

The current study evaluated the efficacy of a video‐based training to teach 4 staff working in a human service setting to use behavioral skills training (BST) to teach job‐related skills to others. Low levels of BST integrity were observed during baseline. Immediately after viewing a 13‐min training video, 2 participants implemented BST at mastery (i.e., 100% integrity). The remaining 2 participants required brief supplemental performance feedback to reach criterion performance. The effects of the training generalized to training 2 novel skills and maintained in follow‐up probes conducted 1 to 4 weeks posttraining. A social validity measure indicated high levels of satisfaction with the video‐based training and high acceptability of BST. Implications of these findings for organizational training practices and directions for future research are discussed.