How Have Concurrent Operant Assessments Been Used to Inform Intervention. matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in classrooms, school meetings, data review, and staff consultation.
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Join Free →Concurrent operant assessments (COAs) have potential to inform the development and refinement of function-based interventions in educational settings. This is because they allow a real-time evaluation of student preferences among two or more simultaneously available conditions. Prior literature reviews have broadly evaluated the preference assessment literature (e.g., stimulus-based preference assessments). However, none have focused specifically on COAs. Therefore, we conducted a review where we synthesized the literature on COAs used to inform some aspect of interventions for school-aged participants (i.e., grades K–12 or 5–18 years old). We sought to understand how these assessments have been used to inform different reinforcement and instructional dimensions of intervention and with whom and where they have been implemented. In the first half of this presentation, we will review outcomes from our systematic review of the COA literature and identify important next steps for research. In the second half of the presentation, we will present a series of hypothetical COA designs that inform preference related to dimensions of instruction and reinforcement, with opportunities for attendees to share their experiences and feedback.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 0.5 | General |
Gabby Crowell is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kansas. Her area of specialization includes individualized assessments and interventions for students who engage in severe and persistent interfering behaviors.
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