Behavioral Skills Training With Teachers: Booster Training for Improved Maintenance

Abstract

Behavioral skills training (BST) has been employed within many different populations for the reduction of problem behaviors and acquisition of new skills; however, these changes have not always maintained over time. This study evaluated the effects of a booster training for re-establishing the classroom management proficiencies that teachers had acquired previously, but had declined over a 12-month period. The single-subject experimental results showed the booster training to be effective in re-establishing teacher performance of skills as measured by both analogue role-play and in situ postassessments within the classroom. These findings suggest that a booster training utilizing BST may be an important strategy for maintaining skill performance over time.

KEYWORDS:

• applied behavior analysis
• behavioral skills training
• booster sessions
• booster training
• maintenance
• special education
• teacher training

Notes

SC = Stay Close, UR = Use Reinforcement, P = Pivot, R-UR = Redirect-Use Reinforcement, SE = Set Expectations.