A Self-Instructional Package for Teaching University Students to Conduct Discrete-Trials Teaching With Children With Autism

There is considerable need for rapid training procedures to teach staff and parents to conduct applied behaviour analysis training sessions with children with autism. We used a multiple-baseline design across participants to evaluate a self-instructional package to train four university students to...

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Published in:Journal on developmental disabilities 2009-01, Vol.15 (1), p.21-29
Main Authors: Salem, Sandra, Fazzio, Daniela, Arnal, Lindsay, Fregeau, Pam, Thomson, Kendra, Martin, Garry L, Yu, C T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autistic children
Studies
Teaching
University students
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Summary:There is considerable need for rapid training procedures to teach staff and parents to conduct applied behaviour analysis training sessions with children with autism. We used a multiple-baseline design across participants to evaluate a self-instructional package to train four university students to implement discrete-trials teaching (DTT) to teach a research assistant who role-played a child with autism (a “confederate”). The training package included mastery of a self-instructional manual plus observation of a demonstration video. After an average of 4.5 hours of exposure to the training package, students’ average DTT performance improved from 46% in baseline to 78% while teaching a confederate. Two students who performed ≥80% following training were assessed for generalization during subsequent sessions with a child with autism, and their DTT performance averaged 74%. The results suggest that self-instructional strategies have considerable potential for instructing participants to conduct DTT with children with autism.
ISSN:1188-9136
1917-7909