Teaching literacy and mathematics skills to adult psychiatric inpatients: an evaluation of the adult literacy program at Hawaii State Hospital.
The Adult Literacy Program at Hawaii State Hospital utilized techniques drawn from the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction. In a study involving psychiatric inpatients, participants were taught reading, mathematics, or both over a 6- to 8-month time span. Using the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised, it was determined that nearly half of the participants demonstrated academic gains during the study period. Further, a behavioral observation system indicated that participants were on-task 80% of the observation time and staff engaged in positive interactions nearly 20% of the observation time. This study is the first of its kind to document any efficacy for academic instruction with a psychiatric inpatient population.
Schirmer
Todd N
TN
Hawaii State Hospital, USA. todd_schirmer@yahoo.com
Meyer
Kim A
KA
Samarasinghe
Roshani
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011932:Reading; D016896:Treatment Outcome