Evaluating a Web‐Based Training to Teach Behavior Analysis Students to Implement Behavioral Skills Training

ABSTRACT Researchers have found that behavioral skills training (BST) is often effective for teaching safety skills to children and adults with and without developmental disabilities. Nonetheless, BST often requires substantial time from trained behavior analysts to implement with fidelity. Trainee‐implemented BST may allow many children to access high‐quality safety skills training while not requiring the presence of a behavior analyst. A web‐based module may be a cost‐effective and easily accessible option for parents, teachers, or Registered Behavior Technicians to teach children these safety skills. The researchers used a nonconcurrent multiple baseline across participants design to evaluate the effectiveness of a web‐based training to teach behavior analysis students to implement BST to teach medication safety skills to children with developmental disabilities. The web‐based training increased treatment fidelity of one student up to at least 90% fidelity across three consecutive sessions, while two other participants required feedback to reach mastery criterion.