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Boris, Ashley L.; Awadalla, Nardeen; Martin, Toby L.; Martin, Garry L.; Kaminski, Lauren; Miljkovic, Morena – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) is a tool that is used to assess the learning ability of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and children with autism. The ABLA was recently revised and is now referred to as the ABLA-Revised (ABLA-R). A self-instructional manual was prepared to teach individuals how to administer the…
Descriptors: Guides, Academic Ability, Intellectual Disability, Autism
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Thomson, Kendra M.; Martin, Garry L.; Fazzio, Daniela; Salem, Sandra; Young, Kristen; Yu, C. T. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
A widely used method for teaching children with autism is applied behavior analysis (ABA), and a main component of ABA programming is discrete-trials teaching (DTT). Using a modified multiple-baseline design across participants, we assessed the effectiveness of a DTT self-instructional package (Fazzio & Martin, 2007) for teaching four pairs of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Autism, Tutors, Evaluation
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Young, Kristen L.; Boris, Ashley L.; Thomson, Kendra M.; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The purpose of this research was to evaluate a self-instructional package (Fazzio & Martin, 2007) to train parents of children with autism to conduct discrete-trials teaching (DTT). In Study 1, we investigated the effectiveness of a self-instructional manual and a self-instructional video for teaching five parents of children with autism to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Autism, Program Effectiveness
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Fazzio, Daniela; Martin, Garry L.; Arnal, Lindsay; Yu, Dickie C. T. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Although the demand for training individuals to implement discrete-trials teaching (DTT) is high, published studies on strategies to do so are few. We used a modified multiple-baseline design across participants to evaluate a training package for teaching university students to implement a 19-component DTT procedure to teach three tasks to a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Autism, College Students, Children
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Jeanson, Brigitte; Thiessen, Carly; Thomson, Kendra; Vermeulen, Rhiannon; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
We assessed the reliability and validity of the discrete-trials teaching evaluation form (DTTEF), a 21-item checklist for assessing instructors conducting discrete-trials teaching (DTT). In Phase 1, six consultants in an applied behavior analysis program for children with autism rated the 21 components of the DTTEF with a mean of 6.2 on a 7-point…
Descriptors: Consultants, Autism, Parents as Teachers, Validity
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Arnal, Lindsay; Fazzio, Daniela; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T.; Keilback, Lukas; Starke, Mandy – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2007
An essential component of applied behavior analysis programs for teaching children with autism is discrete trials teaching. Experiment 1 investigated the effectiveness of a self-instructional manual for teaching university students to correctly apply discrete-trials teaching to teach three tasks to confederates role-playing children with autism.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Autism, College Students, Training Methods