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- Title
Greek special educators' behavior analytic skills.
- Authors
Ntinas, Konstantinos M.; Asteriou-Yerofoka, S.; Yiannaros, V.; Koutsouridis, I.; Nanna, A.; Papadimitriou, C.
- Abstract
The present study examined the ability of 52 special teachers in determining the underlying function of challenging behaviors in children with developmental disabilities and in linking the identified function with relevant intervention. Participants were presented with three questionnaire vignettes describing behavior maintained by attention, task avoidance and sensory consequences. They were then asked to identify the likely causes of the behaviors from a table of three possible functions and to link them with relevant intervention from a pool of 11 forms of intervention. The results indicated that teachers can reliably identify the cause of the behavior but they are not yet able to link function with relevant intervention without the provision of adequate support. The implications for teachers' in-service training in the implementation of behavior analytic interventions are briefly discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SPECIAL education teachers; EDUCATION of developmentally disabled children; OPERANT behavior; CONDITIONED response; BEHAVIORAL assessment of children; TEACHER training
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.218