| Few studies have conducted a component analysis of behavioral skills training (BST) and none have evaluated the independent effects of all components of BST. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to conduct a component analysis of behavioral skills training (BST) in the context of training teachers to conduct functional analyses. An alternating-treatments design was used to evaluate the components of BST. Prior to baseline, teachers reviewed written instructions of the functional analysis conditions. Following baseline, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback training occurred independently during the first training phase and in combination during subsequent phases. Rehearsal was ineffective at improving teachers' performance. Feedback was effective at improving the performance of all teachers. Modeling was less effective than feedback, such that improvements only occurred for some teachers and some functional analysis responses. Thus, feedback and to a lesser extent modeling are the effective and perhaps necessary components of BST. |
