The effects of behavioral-observation training on correct implementation of guided compliance and chore compliance in children with developmental disabilities.

摘要

Child noncompliance with caregiver requests is a problem for children with and without disabilities. Caregivers would benefit from learning effective procedures for increasing compliance. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a procedure that involved training three caregivers to observe and score video models, in order to learn to use a least-to-most prompting procedure (LTMPP) to teach their children to complete two chores. In instructions-only training, a trainer gave caregivers written instructions on how to implement the LTMPP. In behavioral-observation training, a trainer taught caregivers to observe and score the behavior of a video model demonstrating a LTMPP. After each form of training, the caregivers practiced using the LTMPP to teach their child to complete chores. Following behavioral-observation training, two of three caregivers increased correct use of the LTMPP and the children in both of these dyads demonstrated increased compliance relative to instruction-only training. For the third dyad, behavioral-observation training alone did not increase caregiver correct use of the LTMPP to mastery. For this dyad, remedial feedback increased caregiver correct use of the LTMPP and child compliance. A systematic demonstration of behavior change across all three caregivers did not occur resulting in a loss of experimental control, demonstrating that behavioral-observation training was effective for some but not all caregivers. Social validity measures indicated that caregivers found the need to increase chore compliance to be acceptable, the procedure to be acceptable, and effective.