Literacy-based behavioural interventions delivered by peers: a teaching strategy for students with severe disabilities

Using Peer-Mediated Literacy-Based Behavioral Interventions to Increase First Aid Safety Skills in Students With Developmental Disabilities

“…For all three students, the learning gains maintained when the LBBI was removed. This acquisition pattern closely mirrors the learning gains in previous LBBI studies in which rehearsal has been a critical part of the intervention (Brady, Hall, & Bielskus-Barone, 2016;(Hall et al, 2017). Also, this study is only the third examination of LBBIs delivered by peers.…”

“…This was the only step that was not actually rehearsed in real time, and it was the only step that did not reach mastery. This rehearsal protocol differs from previous research where all the steps were rehearsed through simulation (Brady, Hall, & Bielskus-Barone, 2016;Brady, Honsberger, et al, 2016). In this study, once the students read the LBBI and were asked to perform the routine, Derek and Randy either gestured to the sink or verbalized "wash hands" without actually completing the step.…”

Peer-Mediated Literacy-Based Behavioral Interventions: A Job Coaching Strategy for Secondary Students With ASD

“…Prior to intervention, an investigator implemented a peer training protocol used in previous studies to prepare the peer to implement the LBBI consistently (Brady, Hall, & Bielskus-Barone, 2016; Brady, Honsberger, et al, 2016). This included using the LBBI as a training manual to teach the peer coworker to explain each step in the activity to the student workers.…”

“…Each day, the peer coworker delivered the intervention to a student and the peer rehearsed the intervention steps with the investigator prior to the students approaching the truck. No formal data were collected on fidelity of the LBBI delivery by the peer coworker because in previous peer-mediated LBBI research, this protocol was found to be effective in assuring that peers delivered the intervention accurately (Brady, Hall, & Bielskus-Barone, 2016; Brady, Honsberger, et al, 2016).…”

“…Each page of the guide contains instructions and pictures with a personal point of view to deliver an instructional package with a read, point, model, practice , and praise format. These stories and guidebook LBBIs have been used to teach safety skills (Kearney, Brady, Hall, & Honsberger, 2018) and self-care routines (Brady, Hall, & Bielskus-Barone, 2016; Brady, Honsberger, et al, 2016) to children and adults with developmental disabilities. Where many LBBI formats have relied on professionals or parents to deliver the intervention (Kokina & Kern, 2010; Test, Richter, Knight, & Spooner, 2011), the story and guidebook LBBI studies have been increasingly investigating peer-mediated delivery of the instruction (Brady, Honsberger, et al, 2016; Kearney et al, 2018).…”