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Sheehey, Patricia H.; Wells, Jenny C. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
Response interruption and redirection, commonly referred to as RIR, is an evidence-based intervention that has been demonstrated to quickly reduce moderate to high levels of vocal stereotypy in children with autism spectrum disorder. The RIR intervention is a simple, three-step procedure that can be embedded in classroom instruction with minimal…
Descriptors: Repetition, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Intervention
McLaughlin, Annie; Fleury, Veronica P. – Young Exceptional Children, 2020
Many teachers and parents of young children with disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are familiar with young children who engage in repetitive and restrictive behaviors such as flapping, spinning, and rocking. This type of restrictive and repetitive behavior, or stereotypy, can be common, over time it can become problematic…
Descriptors: Young Children, Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Johnson, Cynthia R., Ed.; Butter, Eric M., Ed.; Scahill, Lawrence, Ed. – APA Books, 2019
Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be challenging, particularly for parents who do not have easy access to psychological treatment. This book presents parent training as a unique approach that is accessible and one of the most promising methods for promoting long-term behavioral improvements in children with ASD. Backed by…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Education, Behavior Modification
Relating Stress of Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities to Family-School Partnerships
Burke, Meghan M.; Hodapp, Robert M. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Although mothers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience high levels of stress and schools constitute an important resource, the relation remains unknown between maternal stress and educational services. Responding to a national, web-based survey, 965 mothers of students with disabilities completed a 163-item…
Descriptors: Mothers, Stress Variables, Developmental Disabilities, Children
Singh, Ajay, Ed.; Yeh, Chia Jung, Ed.; Blanchard, Sheresa, Ed.; Anunciação, Luis, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Rehabilitation professionals working with students with disabilities and the families of those students face unique challenges in providing inclusive services to special education student populations. There needs to be a focus on adaptive teaching methods that provide quality experience for students with varying disabilities to promote student…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Special Education, Teaching Methods
Barton, Erin E.; Harn, Beth – Corwin, 2012
Every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed with autism. Are you ready to meet this growing educational challenge? This authoritative guide for practitioners--early interventionists, teachers, school counselors and psychologists--provides practical strategies for addressing the unique needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Autism, Young Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hamad, Charles D.; Serna, Richard W.; Morrison, Leslie; Fleming, Richard – Infants and Young Children, 2010
Early behavioral intervention (BI), based on the methods of applied behavior analysis, has the strongest and most consistent scientific support as a means of teaching skills to young children with autism spectrum disorder and reducing their restricted and maladaptive behavior. Although individual applied behavior analysis (ABA)-based treatment…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, User Satisfaction (Information), Autism, Young Children
Kidd, Theresa; Kaczmarek, Elizabeth – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
The number of families choosing to home educate their children with disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), has increased in Australia in recent years, however our knowledge about parent's experience of implementing such programmes is limited. This qualitative study was designed to explore mothers' perspectives of home educating a…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mothers, Autism, Foreign Countries
Dalrymple, Nancy – 1992
This booklet is designed to help people understand and interact better with people with autism, through descriptions and suggestions for dealing with 33 autistic behaviors. First, the booklet provides a simple list, or index, of the 33 behaviors. Then, for each behavior, the typical "common response" (but not helpful) response is given, along with…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Individual Characteristics

Charlop, Marjorie H.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
Three experiments assessed the efficacy of various reinforcers to increase correct task responding in a total of 10 autistic children, aged 6-9. Of the reinforcers used (stereotypy, delayed echolalia, perseverative behavior, and food), task performance was highest with opportunities to engage in aberrant behaviors, and lowest with edible…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Echolalia

Smith, Donald E. P. – Behavioral Disorders, 1981
Consistent, unemotional use of timeout, without ancillary punishers, is shown to result in typical extinction curves (rather than the steeper gradient of punishment curves) for both autistic and mentally impaired children with widely different abrasive behaviors. Dangers of punishment and the therapeutic value of reduced environmental stimulation…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Environmental Influences

Koegel, Robert L.; Koegel, Lynn Kern – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The study assessed whether 4 students (ages 9-13) with severe autistic disabilities could learn to use a self-management treatment package to reduce stereotypic behavior. Use of the procedures greatly reduced levels of stereotypic behavior. Improvement also occurred for extended periods of time in new settings without the presence of a treatment…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems

Williams, Karen – Focus on Autistic Behavior, 1995
Characteristics of Asperger syndrome are described, and behavioral and academic strategies are offered for addressing these symptoms in the classroom. Suggestions pertain to: insistence on sameness, impairments in social interactions, restricted range of interests, poor concentration, poor motor coordination, academic difficulties, and emotional…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques

Dyer, Kathleen; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
This study found consistently reduced levels of problem behaviors with three students (ages 5-11) with severe autism and/or mental retardation when the students were given opportunities, during a session, to make choices among instructional tasks and reinforcers. Choice-making opportunities did not impact the rate of correct responding on…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Intervention
Jones, Melissa M. – 1998
This booklet explains a system for prevention of and intervention with behavior problems in individuals with mental retardation and autism. The underlying premise is that all behaviors are an effort at communication and that by deciphering the communicative intent or function, one can guide an individual to a more acceptable mode of communication.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems