The Use of Stimulus Preference Assessments to Determine Procedural Acceptability for Participants

2021 ◽  
pp. 109830072110426
Author(s):  
Rachelle N. Huntington ◽  
Ilene S. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Social Validity ◽  
Preference Assessment ◽  
Paired Stimulus ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Preference Assessments ◽  
Stimulus Preference ◽  
Task Behavior ◽  
Stimulus Preference Assessment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stimulus Preference Assessments

The social validity of behavior intervention is rooted in consumer perception. This information is typically garnered through questionnaires and interviews conducted with relevant consumers such as teachers or caregivers. Often, the participants (i.e., the individuals with disabilities receiving the intervention) play less of a role in the assessment of social validity, despite their primary role in intervention. This study examines a procedure for including participants in the assessment of social validity, namely procedural acceptability. Three participants selected their preferred intervention in a paired stimulus preference assessment. Videos presented the intervention options, and participants’ preferred interventions were implemented. These interventions decreased target behavior(s) and increased on-task behavior for all participants. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for use of this procedure and considerations for including participants in social validity assessments.

Training Staff to Implement a Paired-stimulus Preference Assessment using Video Modeling with Voiceover Instruction

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prisca Deliperi ◽  
Jason C. Vladescu ◽  
Kenneth F. Reeve ◽  
Sharon A. Reeve ◽  
Ruth M. DeBar
Keyword(s):  
Video Modeling ◽  
Preference Assessment ◽  
Paired Stimulus ◽  
Stimulus Preference ◽  
Stimulus Preference Assessment

Guidelines for Conducting Socially Valid Systematic Preference Assessments

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Lohrmann-O'Rourke ◽  
Diane M. Browder ◽  
Fredda Brown
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Preference Assessment ◽  
Preference Assessments ◽  
Symbolic Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
Guiding Questions

Systematic preference assessment is the process of presenting sampling trials and observing the person's response. The response to those items is then interpreted as an indicator of preference. The empirical research on systematic preference assessment has greatly advanced the field's understanding of how to identify the preferences of individuals with nonsymbolic and limited symbolic communication skills. The purpose of this paper is to translate this research into guidelines for planning systematic preference assessments that strive to reduce the risk of missing or misinterpreting the person's preferences, as well as increase the social validity of the process and outcomes. We present four guiding questions for practitioners to plan preference assessments: (a) What will be offered? (b) When and where will sampling opportunities take place? (c) Who will present the sampling options? and (d) How will sampling options be presented?

Comparing Paired-Stimulus Preference Assessments With In-the-Moment Reinforcer Analysis on Skill Acquisition: A Preliminary Investigation

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin B. Leaf ◽  
Ronald Leaf ◽  
Jeremy A. Leaf ◽  
Aditt Alcalay ◽  
Daniel Ravid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Paired Stimulus ◽  
Preference Assessments ◽  
Stimulus Preference ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Stimulus Preference Assessments ◽  
Expressive Labeling

Today, the use of formal preference assessments, including paired-stimulus preference assessments, is widely utilized to help determine which items to use as reinforcers during intervention. A second way to determine potential reinforcers is to analyze multiple dimensions of a stimulus in the moment, a procedure known as in-the-moment reinforcer analysis. Although paired-stimulus preference assessments are widely used, there is no experimental evidence that extensive advance preference assessments actually produce higher rates of learning than in-the-moment reinforcer analysis. The present study compared rates of learning on a simple expressive labeling task when correct responses were reinforced with items selected based on extensive formal paired-preference assessments versus items selected by a teacher using in-the-moment analysis of reinforcer effects. The results indicated no clear difference in skill acquisition, but there were clear differences in terms of efficiency and maintenance.

Stimulus preference assessments and the utility of a moderate category

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis J. Ciccone ◽  
Richard B. Graff ◽  
William H. Ahearn
Keyword(s):  
Preference Assessments ◽  
Stimulus Preference ◽  
Stimulus Preference Assessments
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