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A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TO SCHOOLING
Author(s) -
Selinske Jane E.,
Greer R. Douglas,
Lodhi Seema
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.24-107
Subject(s) - multiple baseline design , psychology , curriculum , baseline (sea) , medical education , functional analysis , mathematics education , applied psychology , pedagogy , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , psychiatry , geology , gene , intervention (counseling) , oceanography
This study tested the effects of a comprehensive application of behavior analysis to schooling on the total trials taught, correct student trials, and objectives achieved in a small school. The package was implemented in a school for children with multiple disabilities and included a staff training program based on a personalized system of instruction, organizational behavior management procedures for supervisors, regular assessment of teacher behaviors, and teacher assessment of all instructional trials received by the 38 children to a scripted curriculum. The design was a multiple baseline across four groups of teachers and included baseline, training, and full treatment phases over a 2‐year period. The results showed educationally significant increases in trials taught, correct trials, and student objectives achieved as a function of the introduction of the package. A 3rd year of follow‐up data and an analysis of the turnover of staff showed that the effects of the package were maintained and that the package had social validity.