The effects of videomodeling on teacher implementation of incidental teaching
autism spectrum disorder, incidental teaching, teachers, videomodeling
Intervention based on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) are characterized by being intensive and demanding trained professionals for their application. For this reason, there is currently an increase in studies that have taught the application of teaching procedures based on ABA for teachers, parents and professionals who work with people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One of these procedures is incidental teaching, which can be applied during the child's routine in different contexts. In incidental teaching, teachers, parents and professionals arrange the environment in such a way that the child feels motivated to initiate an interaction. The purpose of the current work was to verify the effectiveness of videomodeling to train teachers to implement incidental teaching. Three studies will be conducted. The first study, which was concluded, consisted of conducting a systematic review of the literature on training the implementation of incidental teaching based on PRISMA recommendations. We conducted searches in PycoInfo, Pubmed, Web of Science, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) e Periódicos Capes databases with the term “incidental teaching”. Thirty one studies met inclusion criteria. Most participants were teachers, followed by parents and paraprofessionals of chidren with ASD. The nonconcurrent multiple baseline design accross participants was the most used experimental design and Behavioral Skills Training (BST) was the most commonly implemented training procedure. Most studies taught the implementation of incidental teaching in the context of mand training. The second study, which is in progress, consisted of producting and validating a video to teach the implementation of the incidental teaching. Initially, a task analysis was conducted to identify the steps necessary to a correct implementation of the incidental teaching. The task analysis resulted in 25 steps, and was followed by the production of a video which describes those steps and exhibit a full episode of incidental teaching. The first version of the video will be analyzed by the professors of the qualifying examination to validate its content. The third study will be conducted after the validation of the video and will consist of its presentation to teachers to train them to implement the incidental teaching. Results will contribute to the literature on training teachers of children with ASD to implement procedures based on ABA.