Rapport building is one of those terms that we think we know it when we see it and agree should be a part of our client-therapist interactions. But when you think about it for a minute, do we really know how to “rapport”? This week we review some research looking to put a little more specificity into building and measuring effective creation of rapport. Because just being nice will only get you so far.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Shillingsburg, M.A., Hansen, B., & Wright, M. (2019). Rapport building and instructional fading prior to discrete trial instruction: Moving from child-led play to intensive teaching. Behavior Modification, 43, 288-306. doi: 10.1177/0145445517751436

Cariveau, T., Shillingsburg, M.A., Alamoudi, A., Thompson, T., Bartlett, B., Gillespie, S., & Scahill, L. (2020). A structured intervention to increase response allocation to instructional settings for children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Behavioral Education, 29, 699-716. doi: 10.1007/s10864-019-09340-x

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