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Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Online Safety Responses to Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rollins College
Rollins Scholarship Online
Thesis Projects, Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis and Clinical Science
Spring 5-6-2021
John Zinicola
[Email](jzinicola ‘at’ rollins.edu)
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Recommended Citation Zinicola, John, “Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Online Safety Responses to Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder” (2021). Thesis Projects. 32. https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mabacs_thesis/32
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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
METHOD
- Participant
- Setting and Materials
- Dependent Variables and Data Collection
- Procedure
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
TABLE 1
FIGURE 1
APPENDIX
Abstract
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently play video games. Social deficits underlying the disorder make this population more vulnerable to safety threats online than neurotypical children. Behavioral skills training (BST) has proven to be an effective methodology to teach safety skills to children with ASD to use in response to abduction lures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using BST to teach a youth with ASD safety skills to use in response to lures presented to him as he played an online video game. The results were consistent with the findings of previous studies using BST to teach safety skills. The participant’s safety scores increased during BST and he earned the maximum safety score across consecutive sessions. However, responding did not maintain during posttest assessments. In-situ training (IST) was included during the final posttest assessment and the results suggested that in-situ training could be a promising intervention to increase maintenance.
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), behavioral skills training (BST), in-situ training (IST), online safety, safety skills. video games