Preferred Name
Emma Oliver
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
ORCID
https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1909-9456
Date of Graduation
5-12-2022
Semester of Graduation
Spring
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities
Second Advisor
Joshua Pulos
Third Advisor
Laura Desportes
Abstract
Pictorial stimulus preference assessments are a valuable resource for practitioners to determine stimuli that may function as reinforcers to aid in possible behavior change plans or skill acquisition objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of electronic pictorial stimulus preference assessments (EP-MSWO) compared to a tangible stimulus preference assessment (T-MSWO) for children. This study includes two participants, aged 2 and 9, and involved in in-home behavioral services. Participants reached level two of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) prior to the study being implemented. Participants were exposed to a pre-matching skills assessment prior to the start of this study. Then, an EP-MSWO and T-MSWO assessment, both with contingent access to selected stimuli. A reinforcer assessment was conducted to confirm the findings of the EP-MSWO and T-MSWO.
