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. 2004 Winter;37(4):513–516. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-513

Evaluation of behavioral skills training to prevent gun play in children.

Raymond G Miltenberger 1, Christopher Flessner 1, Brian Gatheridge 1, Brigitte Johnson 1, Melisa Satterlund 1, Kristin Egemo 1
PMCID: PMC1284528  PMID: 15669410

Abstract

This study evaluated behavioral skills training (BST), in a multiple baseline across subjects design, for teaching firearm safety skills to 6 6- and 7-year-old children. Similar to previous research with 4- and 5-year-olds, half of the children acquired the safety skills following BST and half acquired the skills following BST plus in situ training.

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