Faculty Articles
Applied Behavior Analysis: Beyond Discrete Trial Teaching
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Psychology in The Schools
ISSN
0033-3085
Publication Date
1-2007
Abstract
We discuss the problem of autism-specific special education programs representing themselves as Applied Behavior Analysis(ABA) programs when the only ABA intervention employed is Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT), and often for limited portions of the school day. Although DTT has many advantages to recommend its use, it is not well suited to teach the full range of cognitive, social, academic, leisure, and functional living skills children with autism and related disorders need to develop and generalize to varied natural environments. DTT also does not address the treatment of behaviors that can interfere with instruction and the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of skills many children with autism bring to instructional situations. We describe a comprehensive program of ABA services for children with autism and briefly discuss the various interventions and their applications and combinations to achieve broad improvement in many different skill areas. In our view, “true” ABA programs are comprised of multiple assessment and intervention methods used individually and dynamically to achieve the best results.
DOI
10.1002/pits.20208
Volume
44
Issue
1
First Page
91
Last Page
99
NSUWorks Citation
Steege, M. W.,
Mace, F. C.,
Perry, L.,
Longenecker, H.
(2007). Applied Behavior Analysis: Beyond Discrete Trial Teaching. Psychology in The Schools, 44(1), 91-99.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/584
