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EVALUATION OF AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR TRAINING STAFF TO IMPLEMENT STIMULUS PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTS
Author(s) -
Roscoe Eileen M.,
Fisher Wayne W.
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.2008.41-249
Subject(s) - stimulus (psychology) , psychology , stimulus control , session (web analytics) , applied psychology , audiology , medical education , cognitive psychology , computer science , medicine , neuroscience , nicotine , world wide web
We used a brief training procedure that incorporated feedback and role‐play practice to train staff members to conduct stimulus preference assessments, and we used group‐comparison methods to evaluate the effects of training. Staff members were trained to implement the multiple‐stimulus‐without‐replacement assessment in a single session and the paired‐stimulus method in another single session. In all 16 cases (2 assessments for 8 trainees), correct responding increased to over 80% accuracy; in 14 of those 16 cases, it increased to over 90% accuracy. Thus, training produced mastery‐level performance in a single training session in almost all cases.