Preas Elizabeth J, Mathews Therese L
Integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 9012 Q St, Omaha, NE 68127 USA.
College of Nursing, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2021 Aug 16;14(4):958-973. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00513-z. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Caregivers of children with an autism spectrum disorder are often responsible for assisting their children to complete activities of daily living skills. Effective and efficient caregiver training methods are needed to train caregivers. The present study used two concurrent multiple-baseline across-participants designs to evaluate the effects of real-time feedback and behavioral skills training on training eight caregivers to implement teaching procedures for activities of daily living skills with their child. We assessed caregivers' accuracy and correct implementation of the six-component teaching procedure after they received either real-time feedback or behavioral skills training. Caregivers from both groups mastered and maintained correct implementation of the teaching procedures with their child. The overall results suggest that real-time feedback and behavioral skills training are efficacious to train caregivers to implement activities of daily living skills procedures with their children, and that real-time feedback may be an efficient alternative method to train caregivers.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-020-00513-z.
自闭症谱系障碍儿童的照顾者通常负责协助他们的孩子完成日常生活技能活动。需要有效且高效的照顾者培训方法来培训照顾者。本研究采用了两种同时进行的跨参与者多基线设计，以评估实时反馈和行为技能培训对培训八名照顾者为其孩子实施日常生活技能教学程序的效果。在照顾者接受实时反馈或行为技能培训后，我们评估了他们对六成分教学程序的准确性和正确实施情况。两组照顾者都掌握并维持了与孩子正确实施教学程序的情况。总体结果表明，实时反馈和行为技能培训对于培训照顾者为其孩子实施日常生活技能程序是有效的，并且实时反馈可能是培训照顾者的一种有效替代方法。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s40617-020-00513-z获取的补充材料。
