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. 2013 Dec 10;30(1):48-53.
doi: 10.1007/s40616-013-0001-8. eCollection 2014 Jun.

Improving the Conversational Skills of a College Student with Peer-Mediated Behavioral Skills Training

Lauren Beaulieu  1 , Gregory P Hanley  2 , Joana L Santiago  2
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Improving the Conversational Skills of a College Student with Peer-Mediated Behavioral Skills Training

Lauren Beaulieu et al. Anal Verbal Behav. .

Abstract

We used a multiple baseline design across behaviors to evaluate peer-mediated behavioral skills training to improve a complex repertoire of conversational skills of an undergraduate student diagnosed with a learning disability NOS. Following treatment, we observed a decrease in interrupting and content specificity and an increase in questioning. Treatment effects maintained with naïve peers during unstructured conversations and outcomes compared favorably with normative data on the conversational skills of three undergraduates without learning disabilities.

Keywords: Behavioral skills training; Conversational skills; Intraverbals; Mands; Peer mediation.

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Rate of interruptions and duration of listener role (top), rate of questioning (second panel), mean rating of content specificity and duration of high specificity (third panel), duration of speaking (fourth panel), and rate of positive feedback (bottom). The dashed vertical lines on the two bottom panels denote when treatment was implemented with the target behaviors. Normative data are depicted to the right of the participant’s data
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