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ERIC Number: EJ1351341
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
EISSN: EISSN-1938-3703
Using Synchronous Reinforcement to Increase Mask Wearing in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
McHugh, Catherine L.; Dozier, Claudia L.; Diaz de Villegas, Sara C.; Kanaman, Nicole A.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v55 n4 p1157-1171 Fall 2022
In 2020 the Centers for Disease Control provided the public with recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask in the community. In the current study, experimenters coached group home staff via telehealth to implement synchronous schedules of reinforcement to increase mask wearing for 5 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Results showed the intervention effectively increased mask wearing for all participants for up to 30 min. Additionally, some participants for whom we assessed generalization of mask wearing demonstrated generalization to various community environments. Furthermore, procedural integrity data suggested staff could be coached via telehealth to implement the intervention, and staff surveys suggested the procedures and coaching were socially valid.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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