Direct instruction is considered to be an effective strategy for supporting the development of speech / communication and other forms of discrimination and knowledge acquisition. Some applications such as Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) require a stringent adherence to technical guidelines. While keeping procedural integrity is essential it may result in missing critical clinicians’ subtleties to “hidden students’ precursors” throughout the learning process. DTT and ABA are mistakenly perceived as synonymous by some professionals and parents. Nevertheless, it is suggested that clinicians will base their programs on behavioral philosophy and use their ABA knowledge to implement direct instruction effectively. Discriminations and instructional skills that are beyond the technical protocols will be demonstrated in this presentation. Such skills may be taught as part of ABA preparation courses and supported by advisors and supervisors during in-service. Examples of experiences contributing to the development of fine stimulus control in teaching academic skills will be provided.
Dr. Eitan Eldar is the founder and director of the Applied Behavior Analysis Center (Teaching, Community Services & Research) at the Zinman College in Israel. He has been widely acknowledged by the educational community for his extraordinary efforts to fulfill the goals, values, and mission of disseminating behavior analysis. He has written numerous papers and books, authored the first applied behavior analysis (ABA) textbook in Hebrew and served as the first chairman of the Israeli Association of Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Eldar designed a model for individual full inclusion in general education settings for autistic students that has been adopted by the Ministry of Education countrywide.
Dr. Eldar has organized workshops and conferences on various topics related to the enhancement of services the ABA science can offer to improve the quality of daily living for parents, para-professionals, and educators.
ד”ר איתן אלדר – ניתוח יישומי של התנהגות
