title: Evaluation of an efficient method for training staff to implement stimulus preference assessments.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Marcus Institute.
authors.forename: Eileen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Roscoe
authors.forename: Wayne W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009042:Motivation; D012381:Role Playing; D014040:Token Economy