title: Preference assessment training via self-instruction: A replication and extension.
abstract: We examined the effects of a self-instructional and feedback package on participants' implementation of a paired-stimulus preference assessment. Specifically, in Experiment 1, we used a multiple baseline design across participants to replicate and extend the results of Graff and Karsten (2012) by evaluating the effectiveness of their self-instructional manual. A majority of the participants (i.e., 5 of 7 undergraduate students and 4 of 5 in-home behavior technicians) achieved mastery with the self-instructional package. The remaining participants met the mastery criterion after brief modeling and feedback sessions. In Experiment 2, we identified the most effective component of the feedback condition from Experiment 1 when a self-instructional package was not sufficient. Brief feedback sessions in which participants received a list of the targeted responses plus information regarding accuracy of emitted responses was sufficient for 5 of 6 participants to achieve mastery.
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northridge.
authors.forename: Marnie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northridge.
authors.forename: Ellie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kazemi
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northridge.
authors.forename: Meline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pogosjana
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northridge.
authors.forename: Denice
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northridge.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education*; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: feeback; self-instruction; staff training; stimulus preference assessment