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O'Brien, Matthew J.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Berg, Wendy K.; McComas, Jennifer J.; Wacker, David P. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021
In this article, we provide a case example of how telehealth can be used by care providers in their homes to access empirically validated procedures such as functional communication training. As shown in the case example, complex assessment and intervention procedures were implemented successfully by care providers in their homes while receiving…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Health, Access to Health Care
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Schieltz, Kelly M.; Romani, Patrick W.; Wacker, David P.; Suess, Alyssa N.; Huang, Pei; Berg, Wendy K.; Lindgren, Scott D.; Kopelman, Todd G. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Functional communication training (FCT) is a widely used and effective function-based treatment for problem behavior. The purpose of this article is to present two cases in which FCT was unsuccessful in reducing the occurrence of problem behavior displayed by two young children with an autism spectrum disorder. Both children received the same…
Descriptors: Training, Communication Skills, Behavior Problems, Young Children
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Barretto, Anjali; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay; Lee, John; Berg, Wendy K. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We describe the use of telemedicine by the Biobehavioral Service at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to conduct brief functional analyses for children with developmental and behavioral disorders who live in rural areas of Iowa. Instead of being served at our outpatient facility, participants received initial behavioral assessments in…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Behavior Disorders, Access to Health Care, Longitudinal Studies