Though intervention has been conceptually associated with counselling which is essentially a one – to –one process, trends indicate that a lot of training professionals are using intervention to …show more content…
However the one that fits the bill is John Heron’s Six Categories of Intervention. Heron classifies intervention into two broad categories – Authoritative and Facilitative. While an "authoritative," intervention indicates that the person "helping" , is guiding what the other should do by furnishing information , the "facilitative," style indicates that the person "helping” is supporting the other to assess himself to make decisions. Though there have been debates on which is a better style, training would be synonymous with facilitation.
Facilitative Intervention is further classified into three more subtypes, which could be used either individually or in combination for any given training program. But the extent of engagement that these interventions could provide would depend on how the trainer is able to “mix and match” the intervention style to the training needs of a particular individual or group.
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