Teaching women with intellectual disabilities to identify and report inappropriate staff-to-resident interactions.

Lawer et al. (2009) worked with two women who had mild intellectual disability.

The team used behavioral skills training to teach the women what to do when staff act inappropriately.

Sessions happened in the group home and included instruction, modeling, practice, and feedback.

Both women learned to walk away and report the incident to a supervisor.

They still used the skill two and four weeks later.

They also used it with new staff they had never met before.

Lancioni et al. (2009) ran a similar BST package for four women with moderate ID.

Their focus was broader sexual safety, yet the same teach-model-practice steps worked.

Conant et al. (1984) used BST to teach menstrual care to five women with ID.

That study showed BST can handle sensitive self-care skills and keep them for five months.

O'Reilly et al. (2004) compared two BST styles for social skills and saw only small gains.

The difference: R et al. taught one clear rule set, while F et al. taught wide social nuance.

You can give adults with ID a short BST script and they will protect themselves from abuse.

Teach the rule, rehearse it, and check it in new places.

Add this to your intake plan for every new resident.