David A. Wilder, Julie Atwell, & Byron Wine. (2006)
The effects of varying levels of treatment integrity on child compliance
during treatment with a three-step prompting procedure.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
39, 369-373.
The effects of three levels of treatment integrity (100&, 50&, and 0&) on child
compliance were evaluated in the context of the implementation of a three-step
prompting procedure. Two typically developing preschool children participated
in the study. After baseline data on compliance to one of three common demands
were collected, a therapist implemented the three-step prompting procedure at
three different integrity levels. One integrity level was associated with each
demand. The effects of the integrity levels were examined using multielement
designs. The results indicate that compliance varied according to the level of
treatment integrity that was in place.
DESCRIPTORS: noncompliance, preschool children, three-step prompting, treatment integrity