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TEACHING SELF‐PROTECTION TO YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Poche Cheryl,
Brouwer Richard,
Swearingen Michael
Publication year - 1981
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1981.14-169
Subject(s) - psychology , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , reinforcement , baseline (sea) , behavior change , clinical psychology , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , oceanography , geology
Self‐protective behaviors were taught to three preschool children in order to prevent the opportunity for abduction. An analogue measure of self‐protection was developed in which confederate adults approached and verbally attempted to lure each child from the setting, before, during, and after training. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used. During baseline, all the children displayed susceptibility to the lures. Training procedures included modeling, behavior rehearsal, and social reinforcement. Within 1 week after training began, all children displayed appropriate responses to all of the lures both in the training setting and in the community.