TY - JOUR

T1 - Evaluating the efficacy of Online Verbal Behaviour Training to ABA-Practitioners working with autistic individuals

AU - Koldas, Meral

AU - Filiz, Mehmet

AU - Storey, Catherine

AU - Booth, Nichola

PY - 2023/1/3

Y1 - 2023/1/3

N2 - During the COVID-19 pandemic, online training platforms have become more popular as a training delivery method. Given the importance of the Verbal Behaviour (VB) approach in teaching communication skills to autistic individuals, the current research was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a bespoke online VB training platform for practitioners. A quasi-experimental design was utilised to compare the effectiveness of the training platform with an experimental group (n = 20) who accessed the online VB platform and a control group (n = 20) who received hard copies of the training materials. Linear multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the online learning platform was significantly more effective in increasing practitioner knowledge of VB in comparison to receiving hard copies of the teaching materials.

AB - During the COVID-19 pandemic, online training platforms have become more popular as a training delivery method. Given the importance of the Verbal Behaviour (VB) approach in teaching communication skills to autistic individuals, the current research was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a bespoke online VB training platform for practitioners. A quasi-experimental design was utilised to compare the effectiveness of the training platform with an experimental group (n = 20) who accessed the online VB platform and a control group (n = 20) who received hard copies of the training materials. Linear multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the online learning platform was significantly more effective in increasing practitioner knowledge of VB in comparison to receiving hard copies of the teaching materials.

U2 - 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.102126

DO - 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.102126

M3 - Article

VL - 117

JO - International Journal of Educational Research

JF - International Journal of Educational Research

SN - 0883-0355

M1 - 102126

ER -