University of North Texas.
Cook Children's Child Study Center.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2020 Jan;53(1):431-448. doi: 10.1002/jaba.602. Epub 2019 Jul 10.
The Preschool Life Skills program is an intervention package designed to teach functional skills to prevent problem behavior in typically developing children. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the instructional package (renamed "Life Skills") with children with developmental disabilities. The program involved teaching 12 life skills to nine participants across four instructional units. The units were instruction following, functional communication, tolerance of denial and delay, and friendship skills. Teachers provided instruction through a three-tiered instructional approach, starting with class-wide instruction followed by small group and one-to-one instruction as necessary. We extended previous research by using visual prompts during all three tiers and progressively increasing intertrial intervals during one-to-one instruction. Results indicated that the intervention led to skill acquisition with all nine participants. The skills maintained 4 weeks after instruction ended.
学前生活技能计划是一个干预包，旨在教授功能技能，以预防正常发育儿童的问题行为。本研究的目的是评估教学包（更名为“生活技能”）对发育障碍儿童的效果。该计划包括教授 9 名参与者的 12 项生活技能，共分为四个教学单元。这些单元包括跟随指令、功能性沟通、拒绝和延迟容忍以及友谊技能。教师通过三层教学方法提供教学，首先是全班教学，然后根据需要进行小组和一对一教学。我们通过在所有三个层次使用视觉提示，并在一对一教学中逐渐增加试验间间隔，扩展了之前的研究。结果表明，该干预措施导致了所有 9 名参与者的技能习得。在教学结束后 4 周，技能仍得到维持。
