Abstract: Planned Activities Training for mothers of children with developmental disabilities: Community generalization and follow-up.

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Huynen, Kim B; Lutzker, R; Bigelow, M; Touchette, E;

et al.

Planned Activities Training for mothers of children with developmental

disabilities: Community generalization and follow-up.

Behavior Modification. Vol 20(4), Oct 1996, 406-427.

Abstract

Planned Activities Training (PAT) teaches mothers to plan and structure

activities to prevent challenging child behaviors. PAT was evaluated with 4

mothers of children with developmental disabilities, including autism, Down

Syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). PAT was used

independent of any other behavior management techniques to examine its

impact on mother and child behaviors, which were examined in addition to

fidelity data on the implementation of PAT techniques. PAT produced marked

improvements in mother and child behavior in 3 generalization settings. In

most cases, mothers' use of PAT procedures more than doubled. Three

mothers' appropriate behavior increased from 25% to 40%. Improvements in

child behavior ranged from 20% to more than 50%. Intervention gains were

maintained at 1, 3, and 6 mo. Results suggest that PAT is a useful

technique for promoting durable generalization of mother-child skills.

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