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EFFECTS OF IMMEDIATE PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PLANS
Author(s) -
Codding Robin S.,
Feinberg Adam B.,
Dunn Erin K.,
Pace Gary M.
Publication year - 2005
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.2005.98-04
Subject(s) - antecedent (behavioral psychology) , psychology , psychological intervention , rating scale , multiple baseline design , applied psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry
Research has focused on increasing the treatment integrity of school‐based interventions by utilizing performance feedback. The purpose of this study was to extend this literature by increasing special education teachers' treatment integrity for implementing antecedent and consequence procedures in an ongoing behavior support plan. A multiple baseline across teacher‐student dyads (for two classrooms) design was used to evaluate the effects of performance feedback on the percentage of antecedent and consequence components implemented correctly during 1‐hr observation sessions. Performance feedback was provided every other week for 8 to 22 weeks after a stable or decreasing trend in the percentage of antecedent or consequence components implemented correctly. Results suggested that performance feedback increased the treatment integrity of antecedent components for 4 of 5 teachers and consequence components for all 5 teachers. These results were maintained following feedback for all teachers across antecedent and consequence components. Teachers rated performance feedback favorably with respect to the purpose, procedures, and outcome, as indicated by a social validity rating measure.