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Maya J. Fallon; Kevin C. Luczynski; Nicole M. Rodriguez; Christine Felty; Javid A. Rahaman – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2025
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder are at high risk of being bullied, but research on teaching children with autism self-protection skills for bullying situations is scant. We taught five children self-protection skills for two types of bullying (threats and unkind remarks) and consecutive bullying occurrences. We first evaluated…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Bullying, Skill Development
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Michael A. Aragon; Nicole M. Rodriguez; Kevin C. Luczynski; Ciobha A. McKeown – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2024
Rodriguez et al. (2022) discovered that teaching four component skills was sufficient to facilitate the emergence of intraverbal tacts across four applications with three participants. Our study replicated and evaluated an extension of this procedure that was directed at facilitating intraverbal tacts when a child learns the component skills but…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Skill Development, Verbal Communication
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Kendra E. Guinness; Edward G. Feil – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2025
Research shows that caregivers of children with autism can be taught a variety of behavioral strategies, but there is little research on teaching caregivers to prioritize rapport building over skill acquisition during play. The current study evaluated the effects of a digital training package on the rapport-building skills of four caregivers of…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Relationship
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Jessica D. Slaton; Morgan Davis; David A. DePetris; Katherine J. Raftery; Salvatore Daniele; Christina M. Caruso – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2024
There are several considerations to address when conducting functional communication training for challenging behavior in a school setting, such as the need for schedule thinning and maintenance across staff and the need to establish a variety of appropriate classroom skills. There are several strategies for conducting schedule thinning following…
Descriptors: Training, Behavior Problems, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Kahng, SungWoo; Butler, Courtney; Kronfli, Faris R.; Zaki-Scarpa, Christeen; Boragi, Brianna; Scott, Joseph – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
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…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Individualized Instruction, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
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Amber R. Paden; Regina A. Carroll – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2025
Previous research has shown that low procedural fidelity can lead to decreased effectiveness and efficiency of skill acquisition during discrete-trial instruction. Previous research has also found that procedural fidelity may be substantially lower when a supervisor is not present to observe the session. Finding a socially acceptable, effective,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Fidelity, Methods