Training Data

Individuals who participated in 2-Day Instructor’s trainings have an opportunity to complete a survey 3-8 months after the training. The charts below summarize the participants’ follow-up reflections about the Skills System and their training experience. The data includes information about who is using the Skills System, how the Skills System helps people, clinical utility of the model, and observed outcomes.

Section 1: Who is using the Skills System.

Age Groups: Percentage of Instructors Using the Skills System With Different Age Groups

Note: The percentages will not equal 100% because instructors are working with multiple age groups.

Settings: Percentage of Instructors Using the Skills System in Different Settings

Note: The percentages will not equal 100% because instructors are working with multiple settings.

Model Integration: Percentage of Instructors Using the Skills System With Different Models

Note: The percentages will not equal 100% because instructors are integrating the Skills System with multiple models.

Diagnoses: Percentage of Instructors Using the Skills System with People Who Have Different Diagnoses

Note: The percentages will not equal 100% because instructors are using the Skills System with multiple populations, as well as working with people who have co-occurring diagnosis.

Section 2: How the Skills System Helps People.

The Skills System training teaches strategies for people to help manage their emotions.

Question 1: Learned new strategies.
Skills Systems resources teach many new strategies to manage emotions.

Question 2: Strategies helped me.
I think the skills of the Skills System can help me manage my emotions.

Question 3: Strategies helped others.
I think the skills of the Skills System can help others manage their emotions.

Question 4: Increased my confidence.
I feel more confident managing my emotions after learning the Skills System.

Question 5: Increased others' confidence.
I think others can feel more confident managing their emotions after learning the Skills System.

Question 6: Improved my Skills Coaching ability.
Skills System resources improved my abilities to provide skills coaching.

Section 3: Clinical Utility

Clinical Utility Measure

On average, individuals who completed the Skills System Instructor’s Training rated the training a 4.3/5 in clinical utility, indicating that they found the Skills System Very useful to Extremely useful. They report that it is Very easy to Extremely easy to apply the Skills System in some form. They also reported that the Skills System is Very useful for communicating with other mental health professionals, Very useful to Extremely useful for communicating with a patient, Very useful for comprehensively describing a patient’s behavioral difficulties, Very useful to Extremely useful for comprehensively describing a patient’s emotional difficulties, Very useful to Extremely useful for treatment planning, and Very useful to Extremely useful for helping a patient.”

Clinical Utility Mean Ratings

How useful do you feel the Skills System will be for…
1     How easy do you feel it will be to apply the Skills System in some form?   4.3/5
2 …communicating with other mental health professionals if it were implemented in you program?   4.1/5
3 …communicating with a patient?   4.3/5
4 …comprehensively describing a patient’s behavioral difficulties?   4.1/5
5 …comprehensively describing a patient’s emotional difficulties?   4.2/5
6 …treatment planning?   4.2/5
7 …helping a patient?   4.5/5
8    Average   4.3/5

Section 4: Observed Outcomes

Observation 1
I have used Skills System resources to teach helpful skills to another person or people.

Observation 2
When using the Skills System resources to teach helpful skills, I observed the person or people being actively engaged in learning skills concepts.

Observation 3
When using the Skills System resources to teach helpful skills, I observed the person or people using skills I taught them to avoid having level 5 behaviors on one or more occasions.

Observation 4
When using the Skills System resources to teach helpful skills, I observed the person or people using the skills concepts I taught them on one or more occasions.