Episode 131 - Prompt Dependence w/ Dr. Catia Cividini-Motta
ABA Inside Track
Robert Parry-Cruwys
4.7 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Extra instructions, color cues, and visual models are par for the course when teaching many new skills. But, what happens when these helpful prompts turn harmful? This week, we're joined by Dr. Catia Cividini-Motta to discuss ways to overcome prompt dependence with learners. And, after all the research is reviewed, we get a knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish to find out which methods are the best (spoiler alert: the results of these match-ups are never that simple).
Articles discussed this episode:
Cividini-Motta, C. & Ahearn, W.H. (2013). Effects of two variations of differential reinforcement on prompt dependency. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013, 640-650. doi: 10.1002/jaba.67
Karsten, A.M. & Carr, J.E. (2009). The effects of differential reinforcement of unprompted responding on the skill acquisition of children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 327-334. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-327
Gorgan, E.M. & Kodak, T. (2019). Comparison of interventions to treat prompt dependence for children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 1049-1063. doi: 10.1002/jaba.638
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruz, and with me as always are my fabulous co-hosts. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey Rob, it's Diana. |
| 0:26.5 | And it's me, Jackie. |
| 0:28.5 | How's everybody doing today? |
| 0:31.0 | Feeling fine. |
| 0:32.3 | Have you ever realized that you might not ever say your names if I didn't cue you to say your |
| 0:37.2 | names on the show. |
| 0:39.0 | Probably not. You might be prompt, dependent. Oh, okay. Which what? Oh my goodness. That's |
| 0:46.3 | going to be our topic for today. But first, before we do that, I've got a couple other things. |
| 0:50.1 | You probably want to know what you're listening to. And that is a podcast in which we discuss |
| 0:53.9 | behavior analysis and behavior analytic research. |
| 0:56.8 | Every week we have a new topic, which hint-hant-hant is prompt dependence this week. |
| 1:01.2 | And sometimes we get very lucky. |
| 1:02.9 | And we have someone who has studied and researched that topic joining us. |
| 1:08.2 | And that's the case today. |
| 1:09.8 | Wouldn't it be great if I just said, and sometimes we get that. But not today. It's just us. And that's the case today. Wouldn't it be great if I just said, and sometimes we |
| 1:11.4 | get that, but not today. It's just us. No, we have a special guest. Special guest, please introduce |
| 1:16.8 | yourselves to everybody. Hi, everyone. I am Katia. Katia Svidini Modd, if you want to know my entire |
| 1:23.4 | name. There will be a test in the end where you have to spell it. Just good. I work at the University |
| 1:29.0 | of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. I teach there. I supervise a practicum for our students and I do |
| 1:37.0 | fun research. What else you want to know? I'm from Brazil, right? So that's pretty much it. And prior to |
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