Increasing procedural integrity with graduated guidance through video modeling

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2015

First Committee Member

MacDonald, Rebecca

Second Committee Member

Karsina, Allen

Third Committee Member

Thompson, Rachel

Abstract

"The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness of video modeling as a teaching training tool to improve procedural integrity of graduated guidance. Additionally, the effectiveness of a prescribed graduated guidance procedure was assessed. The implementation of the video modeling training procedure was assessed with a non-concurrent multiple baseline design. Participants were three direct care teachers and three teenaged students diagnosed with autism. Narrated video models of the lead experimenter and a confederate were used to train the teachers to implement a graduated guidance procedure with their students for three house-hold chores. Results showed that the video models were an effective training tool and that increases in procedural integrity generalized to untrained tasks. Furthermore, the students learned the tasks with the prescribed graduated guidance procedure. The importance of using effective training methods for both teachers and students are discussed."

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