Training therapists and parents how to implement joint attention procedures

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2016

First Committee Member

MacDonald, Rebecca

Second Committee Member

Hanley, Gregory

Third Committee Member

Karsina, Allen

Abstract

"The purpose of this study was to teach therapists and parents how to implement joint attention (JA) procedures across three different tasks to children with autism (CWA). The three JA tasks were pointing to pictures in a book, making a choice between two items and showing an item to an adult. A multiple probe design was used. Participants worked in triads for the duration of the study, which included; the therapist, parent and the child. Therapists and parents were trained using video modeling and feedback procedures. All participants successfully implemented JA instruction during training. One parent demonstrated generalization across tasks. The implications for using video modeling and feedback as a training package to teach JA procedures are discussed."

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