Faculty Articles
Training Interactional Behaviors to Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Replication and Extension
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
ISSN
0021-8855
Publication Date
Spring 1991
Abstract
This study was a replication and extension of research by Foxx, McMorrow, Bittle, and Ness (1986) that assessed generalization effects of a social skills training program on the interactional behavior of adults with developmental disabilities. Target skills were a verbal action or reaction in six skill areas that specifically addressed the participants' skill deficits. In the present study, we trained 5 adult residents of a group home across these six skill areas using the “Sorry” game format and the scoring criteria described by Foxx et al. We extended the results of Foxx et al. by (a) using pretreatment assessment procedures to identify participants' specific skill deficits, (b) training all residents in the natural environment, (c) training participant—participant interactions, (d) training participants to respond to four of the six skill areas through the use of a role-play procedure, and (e) omitting rewards, criterion levels, and self-monitoring. Additionally, the trainer in the present study modeled correct responses only as an error correction procedure during training. Similar to those of Foxx et al., our results indicated that all participants increased their use of the trained interactional behaviors during the generalization assessments in the presence of other trained peers.
DOI
10.1901/jaba.1991.24-167
Volume
24
Issue
1
First Page
167
Last Page
174
NSUWorks Citation
Lalli, J. S.,
Pinter, E.,
Mace, F. C.,
Murphy, D. M.
(1991). Training Interactional Behaviors to Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Replication and Extension. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(1), 167-174.
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