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Training behavioural therapists in presession pairing skills to evaluate the impact on children’s life skill acquisition rates
International Journal of Developmental Disabilities ( IF 2.170 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 , DOI: 10.1080/20473869.2020.1827209
Laura Gormley 1 , Heidi Penrose 1 , Maeve Bracken 1 , Brittany Barron 1
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Presession pairing is a well-documented behaviour analytic practice that supports the development of a positive instructional environment and is associated with reduced rates of challenging behaviour among children with developmental disabilities. However, there is limited research evaluating the impact of presession pairing on children’s skill acquisition rates. Therefore, in the current study, four behavioural therapists were systematically trained in an established presession pairing protocol and using a multiple baseline across participants design, the impact of this training on life skill acquisition rates among a group of four children with Autism Spectrum Disorder was evaluated. A robust improvement rate difference was calculated for each child and a robust omnibus improvement rate difference showed that the impact of training therapists in the presession pairing protocol had a very small effect on the children’s life skill acquisition rates. These findings were discussed in the context of the importance of reporting null findings and designing replication studies that provide an understanding of why an effect was not demonstrated, in order to develop and refine clinical practice.



中文翻译:

培训行为治疗师的会前配对技能,以评估对儿童生活技能获取率的影响

课前配对是一种有据可查的行为分析实践,它支持积极的教学环境的发展,并与发育障碍儿童的挑战性行为率降低有关。然而,评估会前配对对儿童技能习得率的影响的研究有限。因此,在当前的研究中,四名行为治疗师在既定的会前配对协议中接受了系统培训,并使用跨参与者设计的多基线,评估了这种培训对四名患有自闭症谱系障碍儿童的生活技能获取率的影响. 为每个孩子计算了稳健的改善率差异,稳健的综合改善率差异表明,在会前配对协议中培训治疗师的影响对儿童生活技能获得率的影响非常小。这些发现是在报告无效结果和设计重复研究的重要性的背景下讨论的,这些研究提供了为什么没有证明效果的理解,以便开发和改进临床实践。

更新日期:2020-12-23
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