Date of Award
5-2016
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Applied Behavior Analysis: M.S.
Department
Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
College
School of Health and Human Services
First Advisor
Kimberly Schulze
Second Advisor
Eric Rudrud
Third Advisor
Benjamin Witts
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
parents, caregivers, autism, visual activity schedules, behavioral skills training
Abstract
Much of the extant research on visual activity schedules (VAS) involves professional behavior change agents, such as experimenters, therapists, and teachers, with little information about parent implementation in the home environment. The behavioral skills training (BST) literature also lacks studies on training implementation of activity schedules. A BST procedure consisting of instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback was used to teach parents of three children with autism to implement a VAS intervention at home. Experimental control was demonstrated using a multiple baseline design across parent-child dyads. Results showed that the BST procedure was effective in training parents to conduct a 50-component task analysis with high fidelity. Child on-task and on-schedule behaviors also improved significantly as a result of the intervention. Social validity was assessed via a 10-item questionnaire after completion of follow-up. Strengths and limitations are discussed, as well as implications for future research.
Recommended Citation
Wong, Lillian, "Training Parent Implementation of a Visual Activity Schedule Treatment Package" (2016). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 19.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/19
Comments/Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to my graduate advisor, Dr. Kimberly Schulze, for her guidance throughout this project. Special thanks are due to Dr. Eric Rudrud and Dr. Benjamin Witts for their feedback on my thesis proposal. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of my colleague, Helen Taylor, for her assistance with data collection.