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Publication Date: 2006
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Effects of Training, Prompting, and Self-Monitoring on Staff Behavior in a Classroom for Students with Disabilities
Petscher, Erin Seligson; Bailey, Jon S.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v39 n2 p215-226 Sum 2006
This study extended the limited research on the utility of tactile prompts and examined the effects of a treatment package on implementation of a token economy by instructional assistants in a classroom for students with disabilities. During baseline, we measured how accurately the assistants implemented a classroom token economy based on the routine training they had received through the school system. Baseline was followed by brief in-service training, which resulted in no improvement of token-economy implementation for recently hired instructional assistants. A treatment package of prompting and self-monitoring with accuracy feedback was then introduced as a multiple baseline design across behaviors. The treatment package was successfully faded to a more manageable self-monitoring intervention. Results showed visually significant improvements for all participants during observation sessions. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Prompting, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Program Implementation, Disabilities, Token Economy, Self Control, Staff Development, Staff Role, Teacher Aides, Inservice Education, Feedback, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Tactual Perception
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