Behavioral Skills Training to Increase Appropriate Reactions of Adolescent Males in Residential Treatment

Brogan, Kristen M.; Rapp, John T.; Edgemon, Anna Kate; Niedfeld, Amanda M.; Coon, Jodi C.; Thompson, Kelli; Burkhart, Barry R.

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“…The present study also included an error analysis for identifying specific segments of the more complex skill that were particularly difficult for these students. This study also extends the literature on the use of behavior analytic procedures to address behavioral deficits and excesses displayed by adolescents in residential juvenile facilities (e.g., Brogan et al, ; Brogan, Falligant, & Rapp, ; Brogan, Rapp et al, ; Niedfeld et al, ).…”

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Behavioral skills training to increase interview skills of adolescent males in a juvenile residential treatment facility

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J of App Behav Analysis

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Some studies suggest that acquiring employment following release from prison may reduce recidivism; however, few studies have evaluated procedures for teaching job-related skills to adolescents in residential detention facilities. Stocco et al. (2017) used behavioral skills training (BST) to improve interview skills of college students. The current study used a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across participants to evaluate the extent to which BST improved interview skills for 7 adolescents who had been adjudicated for sexual offenses. Results show that BST increased appropriate responses to interview questions for 4 students and BST plus modifications (i.e., stimulus and response prompts) increased correct responding to questions for the other 3. In addition, BST increased appropriate questions, correct posture, and smiling, and decreased fidgeting for all 7 students. We briefly discuss the social implications of teaching interview skills to adjudicated adolescents, as well as the limitations of the findings.

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Behavioral skills training to increase interview skills of adolescent males in a juvenile residential treatment facility

Edgemon

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Brogan

et al. 2020

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…Results for descriptive assessments suggested residents lacked the skill to receive feedback from staff members. To address this gap, Brogan et al ( 2021 ) taught students to engage in an appropriate verbal response (e.g., “Yes/No, ma’am/sir”) when presented with directions or corrective statements from staff members. The intervention included all of the components of behavioral skills training (BST) before a 10-trial session during which ABA team members delivered feedback for correct and incorrect responses.…”

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Improving Juvenile Justice Settings by Decreasing Coercion: One Lab’s Perspectives from Behind the Fence

2022

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In this article, we outline an emerging role for applied behavior analysis in juvenile justice by summarizing recent publications from our lab and discussing our procedures through the lens of coercion proposed by Goltz ( 2020 ). In particular, we focus on individual and group interventions that target a range of behaviors emitted by adolescents in a residential treatment facility. In general, individual interventions involve teaching adolescents to (1) respond appropriately to staff, (2) tolerate nonpreferred environmental conditions, and (3) control problematic sexual arousal. Likewise, group interventions involve low-effort manipulations that decrease disruptive behavior and increase appropriate behavior in settings with numerous adolescents. Thereafter, we describe behavioral interventions for staff working in juvenile justice. These staff-focused interventions aim to increase staff-initiated, positive interactions with students in order to change subsequent student behavior. In addition, we review our recent endeavors to assess and conceptualize other service providers’ behavioral products (i.e., prescription practices) in a juvenile facility. Lastly, we discuss future directions of behavior-analytic intervention with juvenile-justice involved adolescents.

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“…Therefore, this review focuses on the 10 identified intervention research studies aimed at improving the behavior of youth in JCF (see Table 1). Specific to the current systematic review, results of the electronic search resulted in identifying two relevant studies (i.e., Brogan et al, 2017; Edgemon et al, 2020), while the hand search led to the inclusion of another eight studies (i.e., Brogan et al, 2020; Chinnappan et al, 2020; Hamrick et al, 2020; Knight et al, 2019; Lively et al, 2019; McDougale et al, 2019 (two studies in one article); O’Rourke et al, 2020). Overall, included studies came from a small number of research journals, including Behavior Modification ( n = 7), Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis ( n = 1), Criminal Justice and Behavior ( n = 1), and The Journal of Correctional Education ( n = 1)…”

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“…Maintenance data was not collected. Brogan et al (2020) conducted a four-tiered nonconcurrent multiple baseline design coupled with seven A-B designs to evaluate the effects of behavior skills training (BST) on student appropriate response to implementer directives or corrective statements. Researchers reported significant positive effects for all 11 students in terms of mean percentage of appropriate responses across baseline and BST, and statistically significant results from a related-samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.…”

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Interventions addressing incarcerated youth behavior: A review of literature.

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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address this issue in Principle 1, which asserts the importance of ensuring the safety and well-being of youth who are incarcerated. To address the research progress since publication of the Guiding Principles, ProQuest and Ebsco were systematically searched and a hand search was conducted. Ten intervention studies were identified that addressed youth behavior. The studies primarily employed a single subject research design and focused on increasing youth compliance and/or decreasing disruptive behaviors. Reviewed studies provide support for providing clear behavioral expectations and reminders, praise, and reinforcement, as well as cognitive-behavioral interventions. However, methodological limitations, including the lack of treatment integrity in nine of the studies, limit conclusions. Public Policy Relevance StatementThe Guiding Principles for Providing High-Quality Education in Juvenile Justice Secure Care Settings offered a framework for researchers to ensure intervention studies are conducted that focused on the behavioral interventions necessary to ensure a safe and healthy juvenile correctional environment. The current systematic review reveals important research is being conducted on increasing youth compliance and decreasing disruptive behaviors. However, researchers must be provided access to facilities and conduct highquality single subject and group design research in juvenile correctional facilities that also addresses such issues as youth lack of social skills, socially acceptable self-assertion, and ability to cooperate with peers. aaa This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Behavioral Skills Training to Increase Appropriate Reactions of Adolescent Males in Residential Treatment

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

Behavioral skills training to increase interview skills of adolescent males in a juvenile residential treatment facility

Behavioral skills training to increase interview skills of adolescent males in a juvenile residential treatment facility

Improving Juvenile Justice Settings by Decreasing Coercion: One Lab’s Perspectives from Behind the Fence

Interventions addressing incarcerated youth behavior: A review of literature.

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