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The Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services (PDC-HS) is an informant-based tool designed to identify the variables responsible for performance problems. To date, the PDC-HS has not been examined with individuals with intellectual disabilities. In the current study, two supervisors with intellectual disabilities completed the PDC-HS to assess the productivity of two supervisees with disabilities who performed a pricing task in a thrift store. The PDC-HS suggested that performance deficits were due to a lack of training; a PDC-HS-indicated intervention was effective to increase accurate pricing.
• The PDC-HS is an informant-based tool designed to identify the variables responsible for employee performance problems in human service settings.
• The PDC-HS can be completed by some individuals with intellectual disabilities in a supervisory position to identify the variables responsible for problematic job performance among their supervisees.
• A PDC-HS indicated intervention was demonstrated to be effective to improve the job performance of individuals with disabilities.
• The PDC-HS may be a useful tool to support performance improvement and job maintenance among individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Smith, M., Wilder, D.A. The Use of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services to Assess and Improve the Job Performance of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. Behav Analysis Practice 11, 148–153 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0213-4
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