Chaining Functional Basketball Sequences (with Embedded Conditional Discriminations) in an Adolescent with Autism

Individuals with developmental disabilities successfully participate in fewer recreation activities, including sports activities, than their typically developing peers. Although a functional basketball-playing repertoire might increase social opportunities and physical health for these individuals,...

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Published in:Behavior analysis in practice 2016-09, Vol.9 (3), p.199-210
Main Authors: Lambert, Joseph M., Copeland, Bailey A., Karp, Erica L., Finley, Crystal I., Houchins-Juarez, Nealetta J., Ledford, Jennifer R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Basketball
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Participation
Psychology
Recreation
Research Article
Skills
Special education
Task analysis
Teaching
Teenagers
Therapists
Trials
Urban schools
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Summary:Individuals with developmental disabilities successfully participate in fewer recreation activities, including sports activities, than their typically developing peers. Although a functional basketball-playing repertoire might increase social opportunities and physical health for these individuals, no research has outlined a behavior-analytic strategy for teaching this sport. In our study, we taught a 13-year-old male diagnosed with autism to play basketball. During phase 1, we employed discrete-trial training to establish proficiency with nine fundamental basketball skills (i.e., recruiting attention, passing, dribbling, etc.). During phase 2, we used a forward chaining procedure to teach-specific sequences of these component skills that are appropriate for playing offense and defense and for participating in a full-court basketball drill. The participant learned all pre-requisite skills and response chains came under the control of contextually appropriate discriminative stimuli.
ISSN:1998-1929
2196-8934
DOI:10.1007/s40617-016-0125-0