Instruction and practice – Are these enough for effective teaching?

Task analyses and chaining procedures are effective methods that behaviour analysts use for teaching skills to individuals on the autism spectrum. Breaking a skill into its individual components can help alleviate performance anxiety, teach acquisition ensure long-term maintenance. We examined whether, after training session, parents (n=7) were able construct task-analyses. Videos used practice constructing task-analysis 16 skills. At baseline, summary labels describe in videos. After training, all identify approbate numbers of steps each Participants, who had some previous experience with analysis (n=4) more than participants no (n=3). Findings suggest brief event be useful task analysis, albeit effectiveness was narrow.