Autism Ch. 9

Question 1

What DTT involves

Answer 1

a.Breaking complex skills down into subskills and teaching them through repeated practice; each unit of instruction is called a trial.

Question 2

The defining feature of DTT

Answer 2

The behavior of the participant ends the trial.

Question 3

Why are they called discrete?

Answer 3

Because every trial has a definite beginning and end

Question 4

What makes DTT different then other teaching methods

Answer 4

What makes it different from other teaching methods is the high degree of structure that is inherent in the procedure.

Question 5

Massed trials

Answer 5

involve presenting the same antecedent stimulus across a number of trials wherein correct responses and successive approximations are reinforced.

Question 6

How are new targets introduced

Answer 6

a. With massed trials

Question 7

Three advantages of DTT

Answer 7

a. Allows for a high number of teaching trials to take place during each teaching session.
b. Teachers can be train to use DTT fairly straightforwardly.
c. Relatively easy to collect data on a child’s responses

Question 8

4 disadvantages of DTT

Answer 8

a. May lead to rote responding
b. DTT is very different from the natural environment (no prompting, or continuous reinforcement)
c. May also inhibit the teacher’s ability to interact naturally with the child.
d. When teachers are teaching other verbal operants besides manding problem behavior could be increased