What is the practice?
- Community-based instruction (CBI) is teaching functional skills that take place in the community where target skills would naturally occur (Brown et al., 1983).
- In the studies used to establish the research base for CBI to teach safety skills, CBI was paired with simulation.
In the studies used to establish the research base for using community-based instruction to teach safety skills, the following skills were taught:
- Answering a cell phone and providing information to get assistance when lost
- Identifying when one becomes lost and using speed dial to call for help
- Using a pay phone
- Pedestrian street crossing
Where has it been implemented?
- School lobby
- School library
- Community (department store, grocery store)
Where is the best place to find out how to do this practice?
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References used to establish this evidence base:
- Collins, B. C., Stinson, D. M., & Land, L. (1993). A comparison of in vivo and simulation prior to in vivo instruction in teaching generalized safety skills. Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 28(2), 128–142. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23878848
- Taber, T. A., Alberto, P. A., Hughes, M., &. Seltzer, A. (2002). A strategy for students with moderate disabilities when lost in the community. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 27(2), 141-152. https://doi.org/10.2511/rpsd.27.2.141
- Taber, T. A., Alberto, P. A., Seltzer, A., & Hughes, M. (2003). Obtaining assistance when lost in the community using cell phones. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 28(3), 105-116. https://doi.org/10.2511/rpsd.28.3.105
