Increasing attending and compliance to on-screen instruction during telehealth sessions

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2021

First Committee Member

Roscoe, Eileen

Second Committee Member

Bourret, Jason

Third Committee Member

Thompson, Rachel

Abstract

"Virtual service provision, also called telehealth, can be an effective way to provide behavior analytic treatment, especially to those clients who cannot access in-person services. However, a major challenge of conducting telehealth is that caregivers serve as therapists and coaching caregiver behavior can be difficult. The current study attempted to reduce the challenges of coaching caregivers by systematically teaching potential precursor responses (sitting, orienting, and attending) to facilitate increases in compliance with on-screen instructions delivered by the experimenter. Prompting and reinforcement was effective to teach orienting and attending. However, acquisition of precursors did not increase compliance; prompting and reinforcement of compliance was necessary and only slightly improved performance in compliance."

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