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Custer, Taylor N.; Stiehl, Christie M.; Lerman, Dorothea C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2021
Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have deficits in conversation skills that can interfere with the development of personal and professional relationships. Further research is needed on efficient interventions for targeting conversation skills in adults with ASD and for evaluating the social validity of the outcomes. In this…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills
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Lerman, Dorothea C.; Luck, Kally M.; Smothermon, Stephanie; Zey, Brittany A.; Custer, Taylor; Smith, Leah D. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2020
Pyramidal training may offer an efficient approach for disseminating behavior analytic teaching practices into public schools serving students with autism. In this study, we evaluated 16 teachers' use of behavioral skills training (BST) while they trained paraprofessionals to use discrete-trial teaching (DTT). All paraprofessionals demonstrated…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Training Methods, Students with Disabilities, Autism