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. 2006 Spring;39(1):25-34.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.167-04.

A preliminary evaluation of two behavioral skills training procedures for teaching abduction-prevention skills to schoolchildren

Brigitte M Johnson  1 , Raymond G Miltenberger, Peter Knudson, Kristin Egemo-Helm, Pamela Kelso, Candice Jostad, Linda Langley
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A preliminary evaluation of two behavioral skills training procedures for teaching abduction-prevention skills to schoolchildren

Brigitte M Johnson et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2006 Spring.

Abstract

Although child abduction is a low-rate event, it presents a serious threat to the safety of children. The victims of child abduction face the threat of physical and emotional injury, sexual abuse, and death. Previous research has shown that behavioral skills training (BST) is effective in teaching children abduction-prevention skills, although not all children learn the skills. This study compared BST only to BST with an added in situ training component to teach abduction-prevention skills in a small-group format to schoolchildren. Results showed that both programs were effective in teaching abduction-prevention skills. In addition, the scores for the group that received in situ training were significantly higher than scores for the group that received BST alone at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

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Figure 1. Mean behavior scores for BST, in situ training, and control groups at posttest and mean scores for BST and in situ training at 1-week, 1-month, and 3-month in situ assessments.
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