Great strides have been made in the development of skills and procedures to aid children with developmental disabilities to establish maximum independence and quality of life. Paramount among the treatment methods that have empirical support are treatments based on applied behavior analysis. These methods are often very labor intensive. Thus,…

This study was conducted in conjunction with a randomised controlled trial of the parenting program Stepping Stones Triple P for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The current study concerned examination of the qualitative data arising from the RCT as well as evaluation of the particular parenting strategies that the parents found…

We taught two sets of parents to conduct a functional analysis (FA) under simulated conditions in their homes. Relative to a baseline (pre-training) phase, the accuracy of FA implementation by parents improved when they were given verbal, written, and video performance feedback. When training concluded, parents were able to implement FA accurately…