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Evaluating small‐scale simulation for training firearm safety skills
Author(s) -
Maxfield Trevor C.,
Miltenberger Raymond G.,
Novotny Marissa A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.535
Subject(s) - psychology , simulation training , scale (ratio) , training (meteorology) , applied psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , medical education , simulation , medical emergency , engineering , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology
There is limited research using small‐scale simulation in applied behavior analysis. We used small‐scale simulation to train firearm safety skills to 3‐ to 5‐year‐old children and assessed whether the skills generalized to the natural environment through in situ assessment. Three participants completed the training, and all participants learned the safety skills from simulation training. Two of the participants acquired the safety skills after the first simulation training, and the third participant required one booster training before demonstrating the safety skills in the natural environment.