Evaluation of a Training Manual for the Acquisition of Behavioral Assessment Interviewing Skills

Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Fuqua, R. Wayne

doi:10.1901/jaba.1985.18-323

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“…Previous research has shown that when a manual is specifically designed to teach a skill, it may be an effective method for establishing the repertoire. For example, Miltenberger and Fuqua (1985) evaluated the effectiveness of both an instructional manual and behavioral skills training on the acquisition of behavioral interviewing skills and found that both instructional methods were equally successful in teaching the target skills. According to these results, it is possible that the written instructions provided in the VB-MAPP guide and protocol (Sundberg 2008) are sufficient to teach professionals to administer the assessment.…”

Section: Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Programmentioning

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Implementing the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP): Teaching Assessment Techniques

Barnes

Mellor

Rehfeldt

2014

Analysis Verbal Behav

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The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is an assessment tool used with individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other language delays (Sundberg 2008). The milestones assessment section of the VB-MAPP is used to determine an individual's current skill level. The results of the milestones assessment can be used to identify instructional goals and objectives. The current study examined the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) on the administration of the milestones assessment by two educational professionals. The BST intervention resulted in immediate increases in performance for both participants.Keywords Behavioral skills training . Staff training . Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement ProgramThe Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is a five-component program designed to measure verbal behavior, guide individualized instruction needed to address deficits in verbal behavior, and evaluate progress over the course of a treatment program (Sundberg 2008). The assessment is used to evaluate performance on Skinner's (1957) verbal operants across a number of tasks. The milestones assessment is divided into three developmental levels (0-18, 18-30, and 30-48 months), based on the attainment of developmental milestones by typically developing children. The current study focused on levels 1 and 2 of the milestones assessment of the VB-MAPP only. Level 1 of the assessment includes the evaluation of early mand, tact, listener, social, visualperceptual and match-to-sample, independent play, motor imitation, and echoic skills, as well as spontaneous vocal behavior. Level 2 of the assessment includes continued evaluation of expanded level 1 skills (with the exception of spontaneous vocal behavior) as well as an evaluation of listener responding by function, feature, and class, intraverbals, classroom/group routines, and linguistic skills (see Sundberg 2008). Level 3 expands on the skills targeted in level 2 and assesses preacademic behaviors in reading, math, and writing. The VB-MAPP is a tool that can be used in a variety of settings with any number of clinical populations (Sundberg 2008). Many educational settings use the instrument to establish language goals and objectives for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.As with all tools and protocols, the results of the VB-MAPP will only be meaningful if the assessment is conducted by professionals who are skilled in its Analysis Verbal Behav (2014) (Sundberg 2008). That is, administrators must be aware of the functional relationships between verbal behavior and the speaker's environment in order to correctly design the assessment environment and assess the verbal operants. Without an understanding of Skinner's (1957) analysis of verbal behavior, an individual may mistake one operant for another based on formal similarity. Table 1 provides examples of verbal operants in which the response topography, saying "train," is the s...

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Section: Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementing the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP): Teaching Assessment Techniques

Barnes

Mellor

Rehfeldt

2014

Analysis Verbal Behav

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“…It is designed to obtain the informant's (teacher, staff, or parent) report of a partic ular behavior and its related variables (Bergan, 1977;Cone, 1987;O'Leary & Wilson, 1986). A complete interview should contain questions about the topogra phy of the behavior problem, antecedent events, con sequent events, and other information to determine the variables maintaining behavior and to select appropri ate treatment procedures (Iwata, Wong, Reardon, Dorsey, & Lau, 1982b;Miltenberger & Fuqua, 1985;Miltenberger & Veltum, 1988).…”

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Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Lennox

Miltenberger

1989

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

109

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Researchers have recently called for a greater empha sis on the use of functional assessment procedures in the selection of treatment strategies for problem behavior in persons with mental retardation. In applied settings there are several methods available for conducting a functional assessment. This article identifies and de scribes three methods that have been used in applied behavior analysis research: informant assessment (e.g., behavioral interviews, rating scales, and questionnaires), direct observation assessment, and experimental analy sis. Although experimental analysis provides the most conclusive information regarding controlling variables for a behavior problem, less rigorous methods of assess ment also yield important information with which to select and evaluate treatment strategies. This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of each functional assessment method and provides a case example to illustrate the use of the various assessment procedures.DESCRIPTORS: applied behavior analysis, behav ioral assessment, behavior management, excess behav ior, functional analysis, functional assessment, inter viewing, A-B-C assessmentThe treatment of problem behavior in children and adults with mental retardation has received considera ble attention over the last 20 years. There is an abun dance of treatment research available for practitioners to consider when making treatment decisions (e.g.

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“…These findings are not unique; several studies have demonstrated that written materials are less effective than modeling, role playing, and feedback in creating behavior change (Nay, 1975;Quilitch, 1975). There is some evidence, however, suggesting that written protocols can effect significant behavior change (Friman, Finney, Glasscock, Weigel, & Christopherson, 1986;Miltenberger & Fuqua, 1986). Because the use of a training manual offers a potentially costeffective approach to infant-care training, an experimental analysis of the effects of the manual as revised for Experiment 2 or variants thereof with fathers and their newborns during the early postpartum period merits further investigation.…”

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Development and Evaluation of an Infant‐care Training Program With First‐time Fathers

Dachman

Alessi

Vrazo

et al. 1986

J of App Behav Analysis

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We evaluated the effectiveness of a multicomponent package in training infant-care skills to first-time fathers. After developing and socially validating a set of infant-care skills, we assessed the effects of training in a hospital-based program with expectant fathers (Experiment 1) and in a home-based program with fathers having varied degrees of experience with their infants (Experiment 2). In both experiments, a multiple probe design demonstrated that the training package was responsible for producing criterion performance by the expectant and first-time fathers. A 1-month generalization probe in Experiment 1 showed that the effects transferred across training conditions (training doll to human infant) and settings (hospital to home). An increase in the number of infant-stimulation activities performed by fathers was also observed in both experiments.

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Evaluation of a Training Manual for the Acquisition of Behavioral Assessment Interviewing Skills

Cited by 37 publications

References 8 publications

Implementing the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP): Teaching Assessment Techniques

Implementing the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP): Teaching Assessment Techniques

Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Development and Evaluation of an Infant‐care Training Program With First‐time Fathers

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