Open AccessThe Importance of Mediator Training in Applied Behavior Analysis
Author(s) -
Dimitra Chaldi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
review of european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-7181
pISSN - 1918-7173
DOI - 10.5539/res.v14n1p22
Subject(s) - checklist , trainer , mediator , fidelity , psychology , intervention (counseling) , mand , autism spectrum disorder , applied psychology , training (meteorology) , medical education , psychotherapist , autism , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , telecommunications , physics , meteorology , programming language
The mediator training is an important procedure of the applied behavior analysis. By providing an appropriate training to the mediator, the trainer can enhance the likelihood that the trainee will implement the intervention plan accurately. The purpose of this study was to operate mediator training to an instructor therapist to implement mand training to a 5-year old girl with autism spectrum disorder. Through this study we had to follow all the necessary steps of the mediator training and to collect data, through the behavior fidelity checklist and the staff satisfaction survey. The results demonstrated that the mediator implemented the steps accurately and she was also satisfied from the overall training that she received. Moreover, the interobserver agreement for the treatment fidelity, between the comparison of trainers and trainee’s checklist, demonstrated exact agreement of the implementation of the intervention.