Leadership and Management Practices in Human Services Organizations : EnvisionSMART(tm) / Rita M. Gardner [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Rita M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmentally disabled--Employment.

Developmentally disabled.

Human services--Administration.

Human services.

Human services--Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2025]

Summary:

Management, Operation, and Program Development in Human Services Organizations: EnvisionSMART(tm): A Melmark Model of Administration and Operation is the fourth guidebook in the EnvisionSMART(tm) series addressing leadership and management practices in human services organizations for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The authors describe a model of administration and operation formed from the disciplines of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and organizational behavior management (OBM). Critical components of organizational design and responsiveness are presented, with chapters devoted to behavior, clinical, and health safety, diversity-equity-inclusion (DEI), assessment and evaluation, and practice-research dissemination. The guidebook illustrates systems-wide implementation of assessment, measurement, intervention and evaluation procedures, includes many practice protocols, and details the evidence-support for programmatic recommendations.- Presents a replicable management model- Details seminal and contemporary ABA and OBM research- Covers priority topics in easy-to-read practice-focused chapters- Emphasizes data-based effectiveness, integrity, and social validity of service delivery

Contents:

Front Cover

Leadership and Management Practices in Human Services Organizations: EnvisionSMART™: A Melmark Model of Administration and Operation

Copyright Page

Contents

Series preface

1 Overview of leadership and management practices

Introduction

Administration

Training and performance management

Organizational ethics

Diversity-equity-inclusion

Leadership

Behavior, clinical, and health safety

Human services organization performance projects

Care provider training

Procedural integrity

Feedback

Program announcement

Monetary incentive + feedback

Monetary incentive + feedback + prompt

Medication monitoring

Chapter summary

2 Organizational design and responsiveness

Guiding principles and core commitments

Board of Directors

Standard operating procedures

Key performance indicators

3 Behavior, clinical, and health safety

Safety domains

Melmark safety operations and administration

Health and safety committee

Melmark safety projects

4 Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Awareness

Knowledge

Skills

Melmark's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic planning and application

5 Organizational assessment and evaluation

Effectiveness

Performance analysis

Social validity

Implementation integrity

Assessment and evaluation measurement methodology

Direct assessment and evaluation

Indirect assessment and evaluation

Social validity assessment and evaluation

Melmark organizational performance management systems

6 Organizational commitment to practice and research dissemination

Melmark EnvisionSMART research framework and infrastructure

Research illustrations.

Interdisciplinary case study

Trauma-informed care survey

7 Conclusions

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780323854443

0323854443

OCLC:

1507694462