Date of Award
5-2019
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
Justin Leaf
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Abstract
One of the characteristics of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder is the inability to develop the social skills needed to develop meaningful relationships. Several behavior programs have been developed to effectively teach a variety of necessary social skills. One of these programs has been proven to be effective with children with autism is the cool versus not cool procedure. There is a growing body of research that has demonstrated its effectiveness to helping teach appropriate social behaviors to individuals in this population (Au et al., 2016; Leaf et al., 2012; Leaf et al., 2015; Leaf, Leaf et al., 2016). However, there are no studies that evaluate if all of the components of this procedure are necessary to create a behavior change. This researcher conducted a component analysis to determine if teaching the correct behavior only versus teaching both the correct and incorrect behavior was effective in teaching social skills.
Recommended Citation
Yoo, Mary, "Component Analysis of the Cool vs. Not Cool Procedure" (2019). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 61.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/61
