A Review of Asynchronous Trainings for the Implementation of Behavior Analytic Assessments and Interventions

The implementation of DTT procedures is the most commonly targeted skill in the BST literature.

“Although the implementation of DTT procedures is the most commonly targeted skill in the BST literature (59% of articles reviewed by Gerencser et al., 2020, and 34% of articles reviewed by Marano et al., 2020), Leaf et al. (2019) is the only review summarizing the research on training individuals to implement DTT procedures.”

As video models do not require the presence of a trainer, they permit easy distribution of standardized training.

“As video models do not require the presence of a trainer, they permit easy distribution of standardized training (Gerencser et al., 2020;Marano et al., 2020).”

Such training innovations may enhance participants' learning of the material and subsequent performance.

“Such training innovations may enhance participants' learning of the material and subsequent performance (Gerencser et al., 2020;Marano et al., 2020); however, the studies using these interactive media and audio components did not directly evaluate their utility compared with that of traditional training components (e.g., in-person modeling, video modeling without added interactive features; cf.Ge”

This training approach may present an unreasonable time or financial burden for some human service organizations, or some organizations may not have enough well-trained individuals to implement BST.

“As a result, this training approach may present an unreasonable time or financial burden for some human service organizations, or some organizations may not have enough welltrained individuals to implement BST (DiGennaro Reed et al., 2013;Gerencser et al., 2020;Shapiro & Kazemi, 2017).”

BST can be time intensive and resource intensive.

“That is, despite BST representing an evidence-based approach for training various skills (Shapiro & Kazemi, 2017), it can be time intensive (i.e., requires time to present training modules and practice opportunities until the desired mastery criterion is reached) and resource intensive (i.e., requires the presence of a trainer and various training materials).”

It may be possible to train relatively simple DTT steps through video modeling, but more complex steps may require more extensive in vivo training with feedback.

“For instance, it may be possible to train relatively simple DTT steps (e.g., reinforcer delivery) through video modeling, but more complex steps (e.g., error correction) may require more extensive in vivo training with feedback (Gerencser et al., 2020;Marano et al., 2020).”

Stimulus preference assessments comprised 22.7% of articles reviewed in Gerencser et al., 2020, and 18.6% of articles reviewed in Marano et al., 2020.

“like stimulus preference assessments (22.7% of articles reviewed in Gerencser et al., 2020, and 18.6% of articles reviewed in Marano et al., 2020)”

Other areas of research may have discovered advancements in BST components that should be adapted to train all behavior-analytic procedures or skills.

“other areas of research, like stimulus preference assessments (22.7% of articles reviewed in Gerencser et al., 2020, and 18.6% of articles reviewed in Marano et al., 2020), may have discovered advancements in BST components that should be adapted to train all behavior-analytic procedures or skills.”