Using Technology to Expand and Enhance Applied Behavioral Analysis Programs for Children with Autism in Military Families
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are disorders that affect as many 1 in 91 children. Without intensive treatment, the longterm outcomes for children with an ASD remain bleak and are associated with a high divorce rate among parents. Interventions based on applied behavior analysis are well documented, but unfortunately these services are often not available to military-dependent children because of lack of appropriately training individuals. This project will demonstrate how webbased technologies can increase the availability of this effective treatment. A large part of the first year of the award involved creating e-learning materials for parent-training and tutor-training curricula in Experiments 1 and 2. In designing the curricula, the first part involved creating 20, 60- to 90-minute multimedia modules on general content areas in applied behavior analysis. We have completed the didactic content, slide-by-slide narration, post-module quiz, and video exemplars of the target skills (when relevant). The second part involved creating 10, 60- to 90-minute scripted role-plays, in which a parent (Experiment 1) or tutor (Experiment 2) practices the target skills with an adult friend while receiving feedback from an expert at UNMC. Now that we have finished creating and editing the multimedia modules and scripted role-plays, we are currently recruiting military families and eligible tutors for the first cohort of participants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA574792
Entities
People
- Cathleen C. Piazza
- Henry S. Roane
- Kevin C. Luczynski
- Michael E. Kelley
- Wayne W Fisher
Organizations
- University of Nebraska Omaha