Response to bullying (RTB): Behavioral skills and in situ training for individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities

Stannis et al. (2019) worked with four adults who have intellectual disability.

The team used Behavioral Skills Training (BST) to teach a four-step script for handling bullying.

When BST alone did not work, they added short in-situ training (IST) and a small prize for one man.

Two adults learned the script after one BST round.

The other two needed the extra IST step; one also needed a gift card to show the skill in real places.

After the full package, all four adults could say the script when a stranger acted like a bully.

Peterson et al. (2021) used the same BST-plus-IST script at work sites. Their adults with IDD kept the skill for two months, showing the package travels from parks to paycheck jobs.

Berube et al. (2021) tried the same two-step plan with preschoolers learning stranger-danger. Most kids passed after BST; the rest needed IST, just like the adults in Stannis.

Sievert et al. (1988) did it first: BST taught adults with mild handicaps to speak up when rights were broken. Stannis swaps legal talk for anti-bullying words, proving the old frame still fits new risks.

You now have a cheap two-step plan that fits adults with ID in day programs or group homes. Run BST first; if data stall, roll straight into IST and add a tiny reward. The same script works for bullying on the bus, at work, or in the park.