Barosky Christina, Keane Nicole, Gallagher Christina
Department of Behavior Analysis, Simmons University, Boston, MA USA.
Bierman ABA, 145 Rosemary St., Needham, MA 02494 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2020 Aug 20;14(3):673-678. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00472-5. eCollection 2021 Sep.
This study evaluated the effects of a staff training package on the frequency (rate) of trial presentations to children diagnosed with autism. The training consisted of a combination of repeated timings, modeling plus frequency building, and modeling in vivo with the client plus frequency building. The experimenters implemented 20-min training sessions or frequency-building sessions with staff that used 1-min timings for trial presentation in each phase. Training resulted in a higher frequency of trials across all 3 participants in the modeling and feedback phase.
