Episode 207 - Incidental Teaching

IMPORTANT NOTICE: To earn CEUs for listening, you MUST sign up and listen to this episode on our website to get credit. To listen for the fun of learning? Just push play! Email us at [email protected] for further assistance. Somehow we managed to go 200+ episodes without ever directly discussing one of the oldest ABA procedures, incidental teaching. So, let's make up for lost time by reviewing almost 50 years of articles on incidental teaching. Well, more like one article in almost every decade since Hart and Risley's original findings. We'll discuss how the definition of incidental teaching has changed over time, when incidental teaching may not be your first treatment choice, and how to get your friends to share the best toys. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Hart, B. & Risley, T.R. (1975). Incidental teaching of language in the preschool. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 8, 411-420. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-411 McGee, G.G., Almeida, M.C., Sulzer-Azaroff, B., & Feldman, R.S. (1992). Promoting reciprocal interactions via peer incidental teaching. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 117-126. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1992.25-117 Heal, N.A., Hanley, G.P., & Layer, S.A. (2009). An evaluation of the relative efficacy of and children's preferences for teaching strategies that differ in amount of teacher directedness. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 123-143. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-123 Hsieh, H., Wilder, D.A., & Abellon, O.E. (2011). The effects of training on caregiver implementation of incidental teaching. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 199-203. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-199