Shawnee Collins, Thomas S. Higbee, & Charles L. Salzberg. (2009)
The effects of video modeling on staff implementation of a problem-solving intervention with adults with developmental disabilities.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
42, 849-854.
We investigated the effects of video modeling on the percentage of correctly
implemented problem-solving steps by staff in a group home for adults with
developmental disabilities, using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design
across participants. The treatment consisted of staff watching a video model
demonstrating the correct implementation of a problem-solving intervention
(i.e., teaching clients to identify problems, possible solutions, and consequences
to each solution, and to choose the best solution). The percentage of correctly
implemented problem-solving steps increased for all participants, and the effect
was maintained over time, generalized to novel problems, and generalized from
role play with a researcher to actual clients.
DESCRIPTORS: problem solving, staff training, video modeling