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Pivotal Response Treatment Robert and Lynn Koegel Stanford University School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Treatment o Prior to ABA, professionals were primarily trained in psychoanalytic treatment o Blamed parents especially mothers n


  1. Pivotal Response Treatment Robert and Lynn Koegel Stanford University School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Treatment o Prior to ABA, professionals were primarily trained in psychoanalytic treatment o Blamed parents – especially mothers n Refrigerator mothers n Mentally ill mothers Resulted in severe emotionally and financially costly results for both parents and children ABA evolution of DTT o Through ABA new variables were identified. o Choice, Interspersal, Natural Reiforcers, Reinforcing Attempts. o Resulted in dramatic improvements in gains, efficiency, and generalization. Stanford University 1

  2. What is Pivotal Response Treatment? Basic Assumptions o Treatment in the Natural Environment McGee, Krantz, McClannahan (1985); Koegel, O ’ Dell, & Koegel (1987); Miranda-Linne & Melin (1992) o Family Involvement Koegel, Bimbela, & Schreibman (1996); Koegel & Koegel (2006) o Treatment of Pivotal Areas Koegel & Koegel (2006) Pivotal Areas o Motivation o Multiple Cues o Initiations o Self-Management o Empathy (in progress) Empirical Evidence: Simpson (2005) Stanford University 2

  3. Motivation o Core Motivational Variables of PRT o Experimental evidence and discovery of variables Child choice (Koegel, Dyer, & Bell, 1987) n Direct (Natural) Reinforcement (Koegel & Williams, n 1980; Williams, Koegel, & Egel, 1981) Interspersal of Maintenance & Acquisition Trials n (Dunlap, 1984) Task Variation (Dunlap & Koegel, 1980) n Reinforcing Attempts (Koegel, O ’ Dell, & Dunlap, n 1988) Overall Motivational Package (Koegel, O ’ Dell, & n Koegel, 1987; Koegel, Koegel, & Surratt, 1992; Koegel & Koegel, 2006) Discrete Trial Training Compared to PRT Discrete Trial Training Pivotal Response Treatment Structured ABA vs. PRT o Results: (Koegel, O ’ Dell, & Koegel, 1987) n Increase in immediate and deferred imitations n Increase in spontaneous utterances n Generalization of imitative and spontaneous utterances Stanford University 3

  4. PRT: Communication o Child Choice o Maintenance Tasks o Task Variation o Natural Reinforcers o Reinforce Attempts Baseline Intervention Inclusion in Family Routines and Parent Education o Reduce Stress (Koegel, Bimbela, & Schreibman, 1996) Dinner Music Acknowledgments o Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation o Kelly Family Foundation o National Institute of Mental Health o Department of Developmental Services o Proposition 10 (Child and Family Commission) o Graduate Students o Families who participate in our research Stanford University 4

  5. Interactive Website Koegelautism.com Thank you! Stanford University 5

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