title: Evaluation of a self-instructional manual for conducting discrete-trials teaching with children with autism.
abstract: Discrete-trials teaching (DTT) is commonly used to implement applied behavior analysis treatment for children with autism. The authors investigated a revised self-instructional manual for teaching university students to implement a 21-component DTT procedure to teach three tasks to confederates role-playing children with autism. Also, as a motivational contingency, for each DTT session in which a student scored at or above 90% accuracy, they received US$10. After an average of 4.5 hr to master the training manual, students' average DTT performance improved from 52% in baseline to 88% while teaching a confederate. Students averaged 77% DTT performance during subsequent generalization sessions with a child with autism.
authors.affiliation: University of Manitoba and St. Amant Research Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: Carly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thiessen
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fazzio
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnal
authors.forename: Garry L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Keilback
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D015588:Observer Variation; D016544:Patient Simulation; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*