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PEER TUTORING TO PREVENT FIREARM PLAY: ACQUISITION, GENERALIZATION, AND LONG‐TERM MAINTENANCE OF SAFETY SKILLS
Author(s) -
Jostad Candice M.,
Miltenberger Raymond G.,
Kelso Pamela,
Knudson Peter
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-117
Subject(s) - psychology , generalization , medical education , accidental , peer tutor , peer group , developmental psychology , medicine , pedagogy , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , acoustics
Hundreds of accidental injuries and deaths to children occur annually in the United States as a result of firearm play. Behavioral skills training (BST) and in situ training have been found to be effective in teaching children the skills to use if they find a firearm, but training requires substantial time and effort. The current study examined the use of peers as tutors as a potential way to decrease the time and resources needed to teach these safety skills to youngsters. Peer trainers conducted BST and in situ training with other children. Children taught by the peer trainers acquired the safety skills and demonstrated them in naturalistic situations in which the skills were needed. Furthermore, all of the peer trainers acquired and maintained the skills. These results support the use of peer tutoring for teaching safety skills to other children.