Rachel S. F. Tarbox, Michele D. Wallace, Becky Penrod, & Jonathan Tarbox. (2007)
Effects of three-step prompting on compliance with caregiver requests.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
40, 703-706.
Three-step prompting is a procedure commonly used in behavioral assessments
and interventions; however, little research has evaluated the effects of this procedure
on increasing children’s compliance with caregiver requests. In this study,
caregivers of children who demonstrated low levels of compliance were trained
to use three-step prompting when presenting task requests to their children.
Results indicated that training caregivers to implement this procedure decreased
the frequency of caregiver-delivered prompts and increased compliance by the
children.
DESCRIPTORS: caregiver training, compliance, prompting