Evaluation of behavioral skills training to prevent gun play in children.

نویسندگان

  • Raymond G Miltenberger
  • Christopher Flessner
  • Brian Gatheridge
  • Brigitte Johnson
  • Melisa Satterlund
  • Kristin Egemo
چکیده

This study evaluated behavioral skills training (BST), in a multiple baseline across subjects design, for teaching firearm safety skills to 6 6- and 7-year-old children. Similar to previous research with 4- and 5-year-olds, half of the children acquired the safety skills following BST and half acquired the skills following BST plus in situ training.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of applied behavior analysis

دوره 37 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004