Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Social Behavior of Individuals with Autism

Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Zerger, Heather M.; Novotny, Marissa A.; Livingston, Cynthia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62995-7_19

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“…BST has been used to teach skills to children and adults in a number of areas such as social skills, safety skills, and skills staff need to work effectively with clients. (e.g., Miltenberger et al, 2017;.…”

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Applied behavior analysis.

Miltenberger¹,

Valbuena²,

Sanchez³

2021

Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Overview and Approaches (Vol. 1).

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T he term applied behavior analysis (ABA) was introduced by Baer et al. (1968) to describe the application of basic behavioral principles to understand and improve behavior. In their article, Baer et al. outlined a set of characteristics of ABA, which include (a) a focus on behavior that is socially significant, (b) clear demonstration of a functional relationship between behavior and its environment, (c) procedures that are clearly identified and described, (d) direct relation to the basic principles of behavior, (e) focus on socially meaningful behavior, and (f) enduring behavior change. Although ABA comprises a set of assessment and intervention procedures focusing on manipulation of environmental events to change behavior, ABA procedures are based on a set of basic behavioral principles that are also the foundation for the behavioral components of most of the other cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) procedures.ABA focuses on observable, measurable, and objectively defined behavior that may occur in excess or not frequently enough (behavioral deficit). Behavioral assessment is used to identify functional relationships between these behaviors and relevant stimuli to design interventions that help people modify their behavior. One important feature of ABA is the reliance on frequent data analysis to accurately assess changes in behavior and modify interventions as needed. Finally, ABA emphasizes a thorough understanding of recent environmental events to understand the causes of behavior. ABA has been used successfully to help individuals in all walks of life, including children and adults

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Section: Behavioral Skills Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied behavior analysis.

Miltenberger¹,

Valbuena²,

Sanchez³

2021

Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Overview and Approaches (Vol. 1).

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“…BST has been evaluated as the best practice for effectively training ABA clinicians across skills and populations (Clayton & Headley, 2019; Kirkpatrick et al, 2019; Labrot et al., 2020; Miltenberger et al., 2017). Key elements to BST include modeling, the demonstration of how a skill is performed; practice, the trainee performing the skill they previously watched in the demonstration; and performance feedback in which the trainee is provided a descriptive feedback on the skill on which they were trained (Miltenberger, 2008).…”

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Training behavior technicians to become behavior artists through the teaching interaction procedure

Bukszpan,

Anderson,

Moon

et al. 2023

Behavioral Interventions

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In his 1985 lecture, Richard Foxx outlined several traits that distinguished behavior technicians from behavioral artists. He argued that these distinguishing factors made the difference in whether a behavior change proved successful or not. These features have added to the growing body of work around compassionate care in behavior analysis. This study demonstrates that Foxx's skills of behavioral artistry can be taught to a selection of three behavior technicians, demonstrating that technicians are able to learn the topographical behaviors of behavioral artistry through the teaching interaction procedure. A multiple baseline design across three participants was used. Data from this study demonstrates that all three participants showed improvement in their ability to engage in three components identified as part of Foxx's behavioral artistry.

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“…Behavioral skills training (BST; Miltenberger et al, 2017) is an individualized approach to teaching, which includes instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. BST can be used to successfully teach job interview skills such as asking and answering questions.…”

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An individualized approach to teaching adults with autism to successfully navigate job interviews via remote instruction

Kahng

Butler

Kronfli

et al. 2023

J of App Behav Analysis

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Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience challenges securing employment, which may partially explain overall underemployment or unemployment in this population. One of the first steps to obtaining employment is participating in a job interview. However, social communication deficits may interfere with an individual with ASD's participation in a job interview. The current study evaluated the use of behavioral skills training delivered via remote instruction to teach interview skills to seven adults with ASD. Results showed overall improvement during interviews as well as posttraining tests with a career development expert. These data suggest that an individualized approach to teaching may be an effective strategy to help adults with ASD successfully navigate job interviews.

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Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Social Behavior of Individuals with Autism

Cited by 8 publications

References 64 publications

Applied behavior analysis.

Applied behavior analysis.

Training behavior technicians to become behavior artists through the teaching interaction procedure

An individualized approach to teaching adults with autism to successfully navigate job interviews via remote instruction

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