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  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Disability Studies

Background:

  • Most adults with disabilities are unemployed, highlighting a need for effective vocational training.
  • Fluency-based instruction and precision teaching offer potential improvements to current training methods.
  • Precision teaching is established in academic settings but its vocational application is emerging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the effects of precision teaching with frequency building on job skill acquisition in adults with disabilities.
  • To examine how training component skills impacts composite skill performance at a simulated job site.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized precision teaching with frequency building to teach employment skills.
  • Employed a simulated training site to assess component skill acquisition.
  • Evaluated the impact of component skill training on composite skill performance.

Main Results:

  • Frequency building effectively improved vocational component repertoires.
  • Fluency outcomes showed degradation in component performances after initial aims were met.
  • Explicit training of composite skills may be necessary to maximize their effect on related repertoires.

Conclusions:

  • Precision teaching with frequency building shows promise for enhancing vocational component skills.
  • Sustaining performance may require explicit training of composite skills alongside component skills.
  • Further research is needed to optimize fluency-based interventions for vocational settings.