Gina Green, PhD. is a prominent researcher in the area of applied behavior analysis (ABA). She received her doctoral degree in Psychology in 1986 from Utah State University. She is currently practicing and currently holds or has held significant positions for many groups, including being the President of ABAI. Most of the research I have read or have read about focuses on young children with autism. Dr. Green has written many articles and performed research in the area of stimulus equivalence and stimulus control. Additionally, Dr. Green is an advocate for advancing behavior analysis certification and development of legislation at the state, national, and international level. In this paper, I will discuss some of Dr. Green’s works and
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Green had two different areas of focus. One area of her focus was on using stimulus control and learners with autism. In this area, I read two informational articles and two experimental study articles. All four were well-written and comprehensive. In her article, Behavior Analytic Instruction for Learners with Autism, Dr. Green writes about how the stimulus control technique of matching to sample (MTS) is a strategy that works well with learners with autism. She says, “...any kind of stimuli that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled can be used in MTS procedures” (p. 75). The article continues by talking about how MTS can be used to establish conditional discriminations and what procedures should be followed when using MTS. In her experiment conducted with Richard Graff, they discuss the advantages of using stimulus control over delayed prompts. Their findings showed that stimulus control procedures allowed learners to acquire the skills at a quick rate with few errors (Graff and Green, “Two Methods for Teaching Simple Visual Discriminations to Learners with Severe …show more content…
Green has impacted the field of ABA through her findings on learners with autism as well as her dedication to providing reasons why behavior analysts should be licensed as a profession all their own. Dr. Green’s work impacts clinical practice because her findings about stimulus control through MTS and as an alternative to delayed prompts showed it to be more effective when teaching learners with autism new behaviors. Additionally, her article about the training of practitioners to evaluate evidence could be of importance in the way that ABA is taught to students in ABA courses. From Dr. Green’s work, I can use her findings of working with learners with autism. As I am currently a general education teacher, but hope to find work in special education. The information from her experiments on stereotypy and conditional discrimination through MTS are ideas I could apply in the classroom. Also in her article about important things to consider when starting intervention, she says that it is important to consider the learner’s weaknesses, strengths, and present levels of functioning (Vets and Green, “Three Important Things to Consider When Starting Intervention for a Child Diagnosed with Autism.”) These are considerations that I believe would also be useful when working with learners with disabilities other than
Green had two different areas of focus. One area of her focus was on using stimulus control and learners with autism. In this area, I read two informational articles and two experimental study articles. All four were well-written and comprehensive. In her article, Behavior Analytic Instruction for Learners with Autism, Dr. Green writes about how the stimulus control technique of matching to sample (MTS) is a strategy that works well with learners with autism. She says, “...any kind of stimuli that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled can be used in MTS procedures” (p. 75). The article continues by talking about how MTS can be used to establish conditional discriminations and what procedures should be followed when using MTS. In her experiment conducted with Richard Graff, they discuss the advantages of using stimulus control over delayed prompts. Their findings showed that stimulus control procedures allowed learners to acquire the skills at a quick rate with few errors (Graff and Green, “Two Methods for Teaching Simple Visual Discriminations to Learners with Severe …show more content…
Green has impacted the field of ABA through her findings on learners with autism as well as her dedication to providing reasons why behavior analysts should be licensed as a profession all their own. Dr. Green’s work impacts clinical practice because her findings about stimulus control through MTS and as an alternative to delayed prompts showed it to be more effective when teaching learners with autism new behaviors. Additionally, her article about the training of practitioners to evaluate evidence could be of importance in the way that ABA is taught to students in ABA courses. From Dr. Green’s work, I can use her findings of working with learners with autism. As I am currently a general education teacher, but hope to find work in special education. The information from her experiments on stereotypy and conditional discrimination through MTS are ideas I could apply in the classroom. Also in her article about important things to consider when starting intervention, she says that it is important to consider the learner’s weaknesses, strengths, and present levels of functioning (Vets and Green, “Three Important Things to Consider When Starting Intervention for a Child Diagnosed with Autism.”) These are considerations that I believe would also be useful when working with learners with disabilities other than