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Storey, Keith; Knutson, Nancy – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The article describes the pilot testing of a direct observation procedure for observing social interactions of mentally retarded and non-retarded workers in supported work settings. The instrument was found to be capable of assessing such interactions and was readily utilized by practitioners. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods

Weistuch, Lucille; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1991
This article describes the Language Interaction Intervention Program (LIIP) used in preschool classes for handicapped children in central New Jersey. Covered are the LIIP curriculum rationale, the LIIP model, the original evaluation study, and a replication study showing the program was effectively replicated with mothers appropriately changing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Acquisition
Gentry, Barbara – 1983
A code to systematically observe preschool settings in which handicapped children were placed was designed to determine the types of interaction and play behavior that occurs in these settings. The code records the following information: play area the child is in, how many children are in the same area, the play behavior the child is undertaking,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Mainstreaming

Munson, Leslie J.; Odom, Samuel L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1996
Seventeen rating scales to assess parent-infant interactions are reviewed. A table provides identifying information, descriptive information, and psychometric qualities. Discussion includes implications for practice in the assessment of infants with disabilities and directions for future research. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Wetzel, Mary C.; Taylor, M. Jo – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of videotapes of training procedures with 12 developmentally disabled adults in a horticultural day work program found an overall staff emphasis on selectively attending to workers' successful behavior with evidence of both efficiency and effectiveness of this approach. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities, Efficiency, Horticulture
Stillman, Robert; Battle, Christy – 1987
Interactions between teachers and multiply disabled students were videotaped, and procedures were developed to analyze the interactions, in order to assist the teachers in evaluating the relationship between their own and their student's communicative behavior. Coding categories were prepared to identify characteristics of the student's…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Nonverbal Communication
Stillman, Robert; Battle, Christy – 1987
One hundred interactions involving 4,231 communicative acts between classroom personnel and multiply disabled students were videotaped. The resulting data were coded and analyzed, and showed that: (1) conventional communicative forms (e.g., speech, manual signs, conventional nonverbal expressions) were selected to convey information to students…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Communication Skills, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication

Mahoney, Gerald; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1996
This article discusses issues relevant to the clinical assessment of parent-child interaction in the context of early intervention and clinical infant services. Issues discussed include factors contributing to the call for parent-child assessments, reliability and validity of parent-child assessment instruments, and interpretability of data…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Sabar, N.; And Others – 1987
This summary describes the results of a survey that served as a needs assessment, preceding the development of a curriculum for both Arab and Jewish elementary schools in Israel. The curriculum's goals were to educate children to create interethnic contacts on a basis of mutual equality and respect for each other and their cultures. Previous…
Descriptors: Arabs, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes