Abstracts

Child noncompliance is one of the most frequent complaints expressed by parents who are referred or who seek treatment for behavior problems. Teachers and parents of children with a developmental diagnosis have been successfully trained to use the high-probability (high-p) instruction sequence to increase their childs compliance with instructions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a high-p sequence with typically developing children to increase compliance with instructions. Parents of typically developing children used the sequence at their home. Three families were recruited by distributing flyers at Bright Horizons Child Care Center in Dublin, California. Parents reported having issues with managing their childs noncompliance. In addition, their child had no current developmental diagnosis. Training included two stages: basic instruction and modeling, and practice with a trainer. The testing phase involved the parent implementing the high-p sequence with their child and with limited feedback. All parents learned to use the sequence with 80% or more treatment integrity across two consecutive practice sessions with a trainer. Integrity levels remained high when parents implemented the sequence with their children. Compliance to low-p instructions increased for 2 out of the 3 children when the low-p instruction was preceded with a high-p sequenceAdvisors/Committee Members: Hesse, Bruce (advisor).