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| Pocket PC and Video Applications in Clinical Settings |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| 12:00 PM–1:20 PM |
| 4A |
| Area: DDA; Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: Katherine Miriam Johnson-Patagoc (Our Lady of Peace) |
| Discussant: James W. Jackson (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) |
| CE Instructor: Katherine Miriam Johnson-Patagoc, M.S. |
| Abstract: Computer and video technology use is increasing in almost every industry world-wide to improve performance and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of services. The utilization of technology in applied behavior analysis is also on the rise (Jackson & Dixon, 2007). The first presentation will illustrate the use of a computerized hand-held device (pocket PC) to collect data during behavioral treatment and assessment sessions in a psychiatric setting. The second presentation will illustrate the utilization of video training to increase staff positive interaction behaviors, as well as increase the productive involvement of participants with developmental disabilities. The final presentation will describe a series of computer programs for handheld and desktop computers that have been developed to advance data collection and service delivery for a school servicing children with Autism. Benefits and challenges of these technology applications will be discussed. |
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| Using a Pocket PC to Collect Data during Behavioral Assessment and Treatment Sessions. |
| JEFFREY E. DILLEN (Our Lady of Peace), Holly L. Bihler (Our Lady of Peace), Katherine Miriam Johnson-Patagoc (Our Lady of Peace), Kimberly Dwyer-Moore (Our Lady of Peace), Janice L. Marley (Our Lady of Peace), Beth A. Duncan (Our Lady of Peace), Erin G. Moreschi (Our Lady of Peace) |
| Abstract: Computer and video technology use is increasing in almost every industry world-wide to improve performance and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of services. The utilization of technology in applied behavior analysis is also on the rise (Jackson & Dixon, 2007). This presentation will illustrate the use of a computerized hand-held device (pocket PC) to collect data during behavioral treatment and assessment sessions. Data collection programs reviewed during the talk will include preference assessment, functional analysis, and functional communication training. Case examples of behavior analysts conducting assessment and treatment sessions with children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and problem behavior will be presented. Examples will include corresponding data collected via pocket PC and video. Benefits and challenges will be discussed. |
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| Competency Based Video Training: Increasing Staff Interaction Skills and Use of Positive Behavioral Programming in Developmental Disabilities. |
| JOHN M. GUERCIO (Missouri Department of Mental Health), Marinda Phillips (Missouri Department of Mental Health), Gary Scheffler (Missouri Department of Mental Health), Bob Bradshaw (Missouri Department of Mental Health), Donna Delia (Missouri Department of Mental Health) |
| Abstract: The use of video-taped training was implemented with groups of new direct service employees working in group living environments in a facility serving adults with co-exiting diagnosis of mental retardation and/or other developmental disabilities. Staff were required to go through a 1-hour training that was developed to focus on their positive interaction skills with the participants that they were working with as well as the implementation of positive, incentive-based programming that was in place for the facility. A post-test was then administered on the key elements of the video. A criterion was set for successful performance on the post-test. The video included role-playing of some of the critical aspects of positive interactions styles, as well as the use of a least restrictive treatment philosophy and stance of advocacy with the participants that they were serving. Data were taken both prior to the introduction of the training and after on a set of staff behaviors addressed in the video. The results showed that staff were able to increase their display of positive interaction behaviors, as well as increase the productive involvement of the participants that they worked with. |
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| Designing Computer Data Collection Tools for Working with Children with Autism. |
| JAMES W. JACKSON (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), Jacquelyn M. MacDonald (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), Mark R. Dixon (Southern Illinois University), Susan Szekely (Illinois Center for Autism) |
| Abstract: From the use of personal computers, personal digital assistants, and cell phones, advances in technology have both paralleled and spurred advances in industry, science, and service delivery. The field of applied behavior analysis is not exempt from such advances (Carr & Burkholder, 1998; Dixon, 2003; Jackson & Dixon, 2007; Kahng & Iwata, 1998; MacLin, Dixon, & Jackson, 2007). The current presentation describes a series of computer programs for both handheld and desktop computers that have been developed to advance data collection and service delivery for a school servicing children with autism. These programs include applications for collecting descriptive functional assessment data, a flexible interval and frequency based application for collecting data on up to 3 individualized behaviors for 1 to 6 children simultaneously for the pocket PC with accompanying software for calculating IOA for desktop computers, applications for conducting multiple types of preference assessments for both pocket PC and desktop PC, and a desktop PC application using PECS cards as stimuli for conducting preference assessments for children trained in Picture Exchange Communication System. The development and employment of these systems will be described and how the data collected with these systems has been employed in treatment decisions will be discussed. |
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