Behavioral Skills Training to Improve the Abduction-Prevention Skills of Children with Autism

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dc.contributor.authorLedbetter-Cho, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorLang, Russell
dc.contributor.authorDavenport, Katy
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorLee, Allyson
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Mark F.
dc.contributor.authorWatkins, Laci
dc.contributor.authorFalcomata, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-29T21:11:29Z
dc.date.available2019-07-29T21:11:29Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.description.abstractA concurrent multiple baseline across participants design evaluated the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) on abduction-prevention skills of four children with autism. Across phases, confederates presented four types of abduction lures: (a) simple requests, (b) appeals to authority, (c) assistance requests, and (d) incentives. During baseline, lures resulted in children leaving with confederate strangers. During intervention, BST targeted a three-step response (i.e., refuse, move away, and report) and the abduction-prevention skills of all participants improved. Improvements generalized to novel settings and confederates and were maintained at 4 weeks. There is currently limited research on abduction-prevention pertaining to individuals with ASD. BST can be used to teach abduction-prevention skills to individuals with ASD. BST can be effective at teaching appropriate responses to multiple types of abduction lures. The effects of BST on multiple responses to multiple types of lures can generalize across settings and people and maintain over time.
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in Behavior Analysis in Practice.
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dc.format.extent4 pages
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dc.identifier.citationLedbetter-Cho, K., Lang, R., Davenport, K., Moore, M., Lee, A., O'Reilly, M., Watkins, L., & Falcomata, T. (2016). Behavioral Skills Training to Improve the Abduction-Prevention Skills of Children with Autism. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 9(3), pp. 266–270.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-016-0128-x
dc.identifier.issn2196-8934
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8409
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.holder© 2016 Association for Behavior Analysis International
dc.sourceBehavioral Analysis in Practice, 2016, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 266-270.
dc.subjectintervention
dc.subjectsafety skills
dc.subjectabduction
dc.subjectkidnapping
dc.subjectautism
dc.titleBehavioral Skills Training to Improve the Abduction-Prevention Skills of Children with Autism
dc.typeArticle

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