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| Designing Effective Game-Based Instruction: A Tutorial |
| Monday, May 25, 2020 |
| 10:00 AM–10:50 AM |
| Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Room 207A |
| Area: PRA; Domain: Service Delivery |
| PSY/BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Linda LeBlanc, Ph.D. |
| Chair: Susan Wilczynski (Ball State University) |
| Presenting Authors: : LINDA LEBLANC (LeBlanc Behavioral Consulting LLC) |
| Abstract: Naturalistic teaching strategies involve incorporation of natural environments, natural change agents, and naturally occurring stimulus conditions and teaching contexts into instruction. One way to do this is to create instructional programs that are more game-like in design. These game-based programs can help to establish important social repertoires (e.g., taking turns, hiding eyes and waiting, being a good sport) as well as the primary skills that are targeted. This tutorial will review examples of game-based instruction and recommendations for modifying structured teaching to be more game-like and naturalistic. |
| Instruction Level: Advanced |
| Target Audience: Board certified behavior analysts; licensed psychologists; graduate students. |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to: (1) identify two characteristics of naturalistic teaching strategies; (2) describe the skill targeted in the game-based examples provided in the tutorial; (3) complete an activity that guides them through designing a game-based program. |
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| LINDA LEBLANC (LeBlanc Behavioral Consulting LLC) |
 Linda A. LeBlanc, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist is the President of LeBlanc Behavioral Consulting. She is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and is a former Associated Editor of Behavior Analysis in Practice, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and Education and Treatment of Children. She previously served as a professor at Claremont McKenna College, Western Michigan University and Auburn University and as the Executive Director of Trumpet Behavioral Health, leading the creation of large-scale systems for clinical standards, quality assurance, and research. She has over 110 publications in the areas of behavioral treatment of autism, technology-based behavioral interventions, supervision and mentorship, leadership, and systems development in human services. She is the 2016 recipient of the American Psychological Association Nathan H. Azrin Award for Distinguished Contribution in Applied Behavior Analysis. |
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