Training Special Education Teachers to Select and Implement Appropriate Procedural Variations of Functional Communication Training

Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination†

“…We ultimately focused the content of this training on function-based interventions for challenging behavior based on extensive input from teachers (Luck et al, 2022) and incorporated remote-learning options that covered other topics of interest (e.g., designing and implementing token economies; teaching behavior chains). During the COVID-19 pandemic, we transformed the training into a completely virtual program; the trainer met with groups of teachers via live videoconferencing and used the break-out room feature to arrange remote role plays.…”