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| Using Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Peer Models: Effects on Interactive Play for Students With Moderate to Severe Disabilities |
| Monday, May 25, 2020 |
| 4:30 PM–4:50 PM |
| Virtual |
| Area: EDC |
| Chair: Alyssa Marie Covey (Worthington City Schools) |
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| Using Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Peer Models: Effects on Interactive Play for Students With Moderate to Severe Disabilities |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| ALYSSA MARIE COVEY (Worthington City Schools), Tangchen Li (The Ohio State University), Sheila Alber-Morgan (The Ohio State University) |
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| Abstract: This study examined the effects of using Behavioral Skills Training (BST) to train peer models to engage in interactive play with elementary students with moderate to severe disabilities in a special education classroom. Two separate multiple-baseline across participants designs were used to evaluate the effectiveness of BST on the peer models’ implementation of the procedural steps and the target students’ percent of intervals engaged in interactive play. Findings indicated that BST was functionally related to peer models’ accurate implementation of procedures and the target students’ percentage of intervals engaged in interactive play. Additionally, three out of the four target students maintained increased engagement in interactive play for up to 13 weeks. Both the target students and the peer models were able to generalize their skills to novel activities and play partners. |
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