Raymond G. Miltenberger, Christopher Flessner, Brian Gatheridge, Brigitte Johnson, Melisa Satterlund, & Kristin Egemo (2004). Evaluation of behavioral skills training to prevent gun play in children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 513-516.

This study evaluated behavioral skills training (BST), in a multiple baseline across subjects design, for teaching firearm safety skills to 6 6- and 7-year-old children. Similar to previous research with 4- and 5-year-olds, half of the children acquired the safety skills following BST and half acquired the skills following BST plus in situ training.

DESCRIPTORS: behavioral skills training, firearm safety, young children