Alternate Title

Improving parent implementation of discrete trial teaching

Advisor(s)

Susan Langer

Contributor(s)

Rebecca P. Fallows MacDonald, Bethany L. McNamara

Date of Award

2010

Date Accepted

1-2010

Degree Grantor

Northeastern University

Degree Level

M.S.

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department or Academic Unit

Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology.

Keywords

discrete trial teaching, behavioral skills training

Subject Categories

Autistic children - Rehabilitation - Standards, Autistic children - Education - Standards, Evidence-based psychiatry, Evidence-based pediatrics

Disciplines

Counseling Psychology

Abstract

Two parents were taught to implement discrete trial teaching using a combination of written and verbal instruction and were asked to run trials targeting a ready for instruction response with their children. Video self-monitoring was then used to increase performance. Accuracy of implementation increased significantly for both parent participants following video self-monitoring, resulting in increased performance of the child participants as well. Although performance increased when teaching a ready for instruction response, generalization did not occur when parents were asked to implement a novel program. Reimplementation of video self-monitoring again resulted in dramatic effects and increased performance to previous levels. Implications of this study indicate it may be possible to increase accuracy of implementation of discrete trial teaching without providing direct feedback from a trained therapist.

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Rights Holder

Daniel Knight


View Full Text

Click button above to open, or right-click to save.

Share

COinS