Enhancing Job-Site Training of Supported Workers with Autism: A Reemphasis on Simulation

Autor/inn/en	Lattimore, L. Perry; Parsons, Marsha B.; Reid, Dennis H.
Titel	Enhancing Job-Site Training of Supported Workers with Autism: A Reemphasis on Simulation
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39 (2006) 1, S.91-102 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
DOI	10.1901/jaba.2006.154-04
Schlagwörter	Autism; Supported Employment; Job Skills; Job Training; Simulation; Training Methods; Comparative Analysis; On the Job Training; Severe Disabilities; Mental Retardation; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Arbeitsförderungsmaßnahme; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Training-on-the-Job; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Geistige Behinderung
Abstract	Currently recommended practice in supported work emphasizes training job skills to workers with severe disabilities while on the job. Early behavioral research indicated that skills needed in natural environments could also be trained in simulated settings. We compared job-site plus simulation training for teaching job skills to supported workers with autism to provision of training exclusively on the job. Job-site training occurred in a small publishing company during the regular work routine, and simulation training occurred in an adult education site for people with severe disabilities. Two pairs of workers received training on two job skills; one skill was trained at the job site and the other was trained using job-site plus simulation training. Results indicated that for 3 of the 4 comparisons, job-site plus simulation training resulted in a higher level of skill or more rapid skill acquisition than did job-site-only training. Results suggested that job-site training, the assumed best practice for teaching vocational skills, is likely to be more effective if supplemented with simulation training. Directions for future research include expanding applications of behavioral technologies to other aspects of the current support paradigm. (Contains 2 figures.) (Author).
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