The California School of Organizational Studies Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory, Skills, and Techniques
Author: Rodney L L Lowman
Discover a wealth of issues in the field of consulting psychology with this landmark book. Explore key topics in assessment and evaluation, building teams, executive coaching, career counseling, interpersonal conflicts and relationships, benefit design, personality testing, and much more. Learn to delineate and better understand the wide array of information you are faced with, and become more adept and knowledgeable in the field of consulting psychology. This comprehensive volume has expert contributors recruited by the volume's editor--himself an eminent educator and practitioner in the field.
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- Special issues in consulting to specific types of organizations including industry, schools, government, non-profit, and international
- Informative guidelines for professional practice procedures
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Competency in Home Care
Author: Terasa Astarita
Competency in Home Care doesn't just describe the standards of practice... It gives you the resources to meet them. It provides practical, authoritative guidance for: creating effective staff development plans, designing orientation programs that get caregivers up to speed immediately, establishing performance criteria for every position in the home care continuum, and ensuring ongoing competency. Plus you get powerful insights into the growth of modern home care, the role of competency programs in staff recruitment and retention, and how to get it done in any organization, regardless of background, makeup, or affiliation.
Carole E. Torok
This book addresses the multiplicity of components related to competency in the specialty practice of home care. It is a timely resource for staff developers. The authors present a wealth of material relevant to competency issues in home healthcare. They provide valuable information and resources relating to the "how-to" of setting up a home care competency program, integrating the importance of the staff development role for organizational success. This book provides a foundation for a successful competency program, and also offers current and strategic resources for agency planning and implementation. Mainly targeted to staff development personnel in the home health setting, it is equally useful for educators in community health, performance improvement specialists, and managers and administrators. The authors write from experience and identify their search for the limited information and knowledge that was available as they struggled to develop a competency program. This book explores the concept of competency, its historical development in general, and its rising importance in the growing specialty of home care. Preliminary considerations for and basics of program planning are incorporated in the model and blueprint design. Reflections on the multiple aspects of orientation, the educational process, and performance improvement are linked to ongoing evaluation. Over one third of this book--the appendix--contains key foundational competency assets. These include standards of care and practice for home care providers, with sample competency templates and orientation modules for professional and paraprofessional personnel. Additionally there is discussion of tort liability byexpert contributors. Extensive information and resources for professionals responsible for assuring competency of home care staff are provided. Since the home care area of practice continues to escalate, vital components necessary for staff competency assessment and training are addressed. The authors target this niche and tailor the knowledge specifically to the home care arena. As professional and regulatory requirements become more demanding, this book offers a beacon to quality patient care and a base for accountability for the providers of that care.
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Reviewer: Carole E. Torok, PhD, RN, C (SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome)
Description: This book addresses the multiplicity of components related to competency in the specialty practice of home care. It is a timely resource for staff developers.
Purpose: The authors present a wealth of material relevant to competency issues in home healthcare. They provide valuable information and resources relating to the "how-to" of setting up a home care competency program, integrating the importance of the staff development role for organizational success. This book provides a foundation for a successful competency program, and also offers current and strategic resources for agency planning and implementation.
Audience: Mainly targeted to staff development personnel in the home health setting, it is equally useful for educators in community health, performance improvement specialists, and managers and administrators. The authors write from experience and identify their search for the limited information and knowledge that was available as they struggled to develop a competency program.
Features: This book explores the concept of competency, its historical development in general, and its rising importance in the growing specialty of home care. Preliminary considerations for and basics of program planning are incorporated in the model and blueprint design. Reflections on the multiple aspects of orientation, the educational process, and performance improvement are linked to ongoing evaluation. Over one third of this book:the appendix:contains key foundational competency assets. These include standards of care and practice for home care providers, with sample competency templates and orientation modules for professional and paraprofessional personnel. Additionally there is discussion of tort liability by expert contributors.
Assessment: Extensive information and resources for professionals responsible for assuring competency of home care staff are provided. Since the home care area of practice continues to escalate, vital components necessary for staff competency assessment and training are addressed. The authors target this niche and tailor the knowledge specifically to the home care arena. As professional and regulatory requirements become more demanding, this book offers a beacon to quality patient care and a base for accountability for the providers of that care.
Booknews
A guide to developing a competency program in a home health care setting. Covers aspects to be considered in developing a well- planned competency program, including external forces, internal support, program development, principles of adult learning, and affordability. Appends standards of practice, competency templates, and competency-based orientation modules. Intended primarily for staff development personnel in the home health setting. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
Table of Contents:
| Contributors | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | Competency Dynamics | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Pre-Development Considerations | 25 |
| Ch. 3 | The Role of Staff Development | 33 |
| Ch. 4 | Constructing Competency Programs in Home Care | 61 |
| Ch. 5 | The Educational Process Applied to the Home Care Setting | 71 |
| Ch. 6 | Frameworks and Models for Competency Program Development | 97 |
| Ch. 7 | A Blueprint for Design of a Competency Program | 103 |
| Ch. 8 | Competency-Based Orientation | 113 |
| Ch. 9 | Ongoing Competency Evaluation Program | 135 |
| Ch. 10 | Performance Improvement | 169 |
| Ch. 11 | Tort Liability of Home Health Care Organizations and Their Employees | 177 |
| App. A | Standards of Practice | 187 |
| App. B | Competency Templates | 245 |
| App. C | Competency-Based Orientation Modules | 265 |
| Resources | 291 | |
| Index | 295 |
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