title: Teaching self-protection to young children.
abstract: Self-protective behaviors were taught to three preschool children in order to prevent the opportunity for abduction. An analogue measure of self-protection was developed in which confederate adults approached and verbally attempted to lure each child from the setting, before, during, and after training. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used. During baseline, all the children displayed susceptibility to the lures. Training procedures included modeling, behavior rehearsal, and social reinforcement. Within 1 week after training began, all children displayed appropriate responses to all of the lures both in the training setting and in the community.
authors.affiliation: Western Michigan University.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poche
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swearingen