Expert Perspectives: Teaching Problem Solving to Address Complex Repertoires with Students with Autism

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  • EP.JA Teaching Problem Solving to Address Complex Repertoires with Students with Autism

About

Once children with autism have basic verbal and academic repertoires, behavior analysts must teach more advanced skills, such as verbal categorizations, solving math story problems, answering questions about the past, and answering questions that require researching online content. The analysis and applications of problem solving can greatly help with teaching these complex skills. Skinner defined problem solving as manipulating stimuli to increase the probability of arriving at a solution to a problem. When faced with a problem, such as a math problem or a question about a past event, an individual arrives at a solution by engaging in a few behaviors, such as working out the problem on paper, asking themselves questions, or visualizing. The presenter will provide a conceptual analysis of problem solving and covert behavior and present research on using visual imagining, self-questioning, graphic organizers, and mobile apps to teach intraverbal categorization, recalling past events, equivalence relations, and answering social questions. Teaching problem solving is a useful way to produce less rote responding and promote more generalization.

Continuing Education Information:

This video is intended for use as part of college courses (undergrad or graduate) or for staff and/or supervisee training. At this time, continuing education credit is not offered for viewing this workshop.

Target Audience

Undergraduate and graduate students of behavior analysis and/or anyone interested in this topic!

Learning Objectives:

After viewing this presentation:

  1. Identify a “problem” and “problem solving” from a behavior analytic perspective.
  2. Select correct information on how to use visual imagining and self-questioning as problem solving strategies to teach children with autism to answer intraverbal categorization questions and recall past events.
  3. Select correct information on how to teach children with autism to use mobile apps as a problem solving strategy to answer geography questions.

Presenter/Trainer Information

Presenter Bio at Time of Presentation: Judah Axe received his M.A. and Ph.D. in applied behavior analysis and special education from The Ohio State University. He is currently a Professor of behavior analysis at Simmons University in Boston where he teaches in the on-ground and online Master’s and Ph.D. programs. In addition to authoring the 10th edition of Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers, he has published over 30 articles and book chapters, mostly on teaching verbal behavior and social skills to children with autism. Dr. Axe serves on the editorial boards of several behavior analytic journals, has served in leadership roles in ABA organizations, and received the 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching Verbal Behavior from the Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group (VB SIG) of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI).

Updates to Bio: Since the time of presentation, there have been no bio updates.

Additional Information

Length: 106 minutes | Total Videos: 1