Date of Award:
12-2026
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Audrey N. Hoffmann
Committee
Audrey N. Hoffmann
Committee
Thomas Higbee
Committee
Kimberly Snow
Abstract
Many schools use a three-tiered system to meet the needs of individual students. General education teachers are often not given the training to provide the supports they are expected to provide. Evidence shows that when interventions meet the need the student is trying to communicate, these interventions are more effective. This research looked at the effects of training that involved modeling, practice, and feedback, also known as Behavior Skills Training (BST), on general education teachers’ ability to collect data on students’ behavior. It also looked at how teaching educators to collect data influenced their belief in their ability to handle challenging behaviors in the classroom. Three elementary general education teachers were trained to collect behavior data using videos simulating a classroom environment. The results show that using modeling, practice, and feedback was an effective way to train general education teachers to take behavior data and that it increased their belief in their ability to respond to challenging behaviors in the classroom.
Recommended Citation
Larsen, McKenna, "Training General Educators to Collect Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence Data Using Behavioral Skills Training" (2026). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 947.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/947
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