Title
An Internal and Critical Review of the PEAK Relational Training System for Children with Autism and Related Intellectual Disabilities: 2014–2017
Abstract
The PEAK Relational Training System was designed as an assessment instrument and treatment protocol for addressing language and cognitive deficits in children with autism. PEAK contains four comprehensive training modules: Direct Training and Generalization emphasize a contingency-based framework of language development, and Equivalence and Transformation emphasize an approach to language development consistent with Relational Frame Theory. The present paper provides a comprehensive and critical review of peer-reviewed publications based on the entirety PEAK system through April, 2017. We describe both psychometric and outcome research, and indicate both positive features and limitations of this body of work. Finally, we note several research and practice questions that remain to be answered with the PEAK curriculum as well as other many other autism assessment and treatment protocols that are rooted within the framework of applied behavior analysis.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0119-4
Keywords
ABA Therapy, Autism, EIBI, Language Training, PEAK, Relational Frame Theory
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Dixon, Mark R., Jordan Belisle, Autumn McKeel, Seth Whiting, Ryan Speelman, Jacob H. Daar, and Kyle Rowsey. "An internal and critical review of the PEAK relational training system for children with autism and related intellectual disabilities: 2014–2017." The Behavior Analyst 40, no. 2 (2017): 493-521.
Journal Title
Behavior Analyst
