Assessing the Efficacy of Training Parents via Telehealth to Administer Natural Environment Training

<p>Telehealth has recently emerged as a not only a potentially effective means of preparing parents and educators as interventionists for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but for many in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been the only way of safely delivering behaviorally analytic services to clients during this time. Due to these recent changes in Behavior analysis service providing, the transition to Telehealth was considered essential for many clinicians to continue providing services to their clients. With little research supporting the use of telehealth for providing Behavior Analysis services to clients, expansion on literature in this area proved necessary at this time. Results of this study indicate that telehealth services can be used to effectively teach parents to administer Natural Environment Procedures with to their children within their home.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychological Science

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• LaForest, Olivia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Ashley Shayter

• Behavior skills training
• verbal behavior
• video feedback
• procedural fidelity
• Applied Behavior Analysis

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/663

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1705