DTT is one of the most well-researched strategies in our toolkit - and we might be leaning on it too hard. In this episode, we're making the case that over-relying on discrete trial teaching can actually work against our students when it comes to using skills in the real world. We dig into what the research says about naturalistic instruction, when DTT is absolutely the right call, and how to audit your own practice to make sure you're using the right tool for the job.

Stokes & Baer (1977). An implicit technology of generalization. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Schreibman et al. (2015). Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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