Eileen M. Roscoe & Wayne W. Fisher.
Evaluation of an efficient method for training staff to implement stimulus preference assessments.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008,
41, 249-254.
We used a brief training procedure that incorporated feedback and role-play
practice to train staff members to conduct stimulus preference assessments,
and we used group-comparison methods to evaluate the effects of training.
Staff members were trained to implement the multiple-stimulus-without-replacement
assessment in a single session and the paired-stimulus method in another
single session. In all 16 cases (2 assessments for 8 trainees), correct responding
increased to over 80% accuracy; in 14 of those 16 cases, it increased to
over 90% accuracy. Thus, training produced mastery-level performance in a
single training session in almost all cases.
DESCRIPTORS: feedback, staff training, stimulus preference assessment