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Review of Recent Research Using Constant Time Delay to Teach Chained Tasks to Persons with Developmental Disabilities
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Dogoe, Maud; Banda, Devender R. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
We reviewed twelve studies that used the constant time delay (CTD) procedure to teach chained tasks to individuals with developmental disabilities from years 1996-2006. Variables analyzed include types of tasks that have been taught with the procedure, how effective CTD has been in teaching participants, and whether researchers have investigated…
Descriptors: Food Service, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
Strategies and Tactics for Promoting Generalization and Maintenance of Young Children's Social Behavior.
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Brown, William H.; Odom, Samuel L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This research review concerning intervention to improve young children's social behavior and strategies for promoting generalization and maintenance of young children's social responding focuses on taking advantage of natural communities of reinforcement, training diversely, and incorporating functional mediators. Implications for interventionists…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
Effects of a Pragmatic Teaching Strategy for Requesting Information by Communication Board Users.
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Angelo, Dianne H.; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
The study found that a pragmatic teaching strategy based on milieu teaching and time-delay procedures was effective in teaching four nonspeaking, developmentally delayed children (ages five and six) using manual communication boards to initiate requests for information (i.e., who, what, and where) (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
Training Interactional Behaviors of Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Replication and Extension.
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Lalli, Joseph S.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Five adults with developmental disabilities were trained on six interactional skill areas using the "Sorry" game format. The study involved natural environment training, role playing, and modeling of correct responses only as an error correction procedure during training. All participants increased their use of trained behaviors during…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Transfer of Staff Training from Workshops to Group Homes: A Failure to Generalize across Settings.
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Smith, Tristram; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Thirty-one primary caregivers at group homes for clients with developmental disabilities completed a one-week workshop in behavioral theory and treatment techniques. Trainees showed increased treatment skills, but preworkshop and postworkshop observations indicated no evidence that the workshop had any effect on group home client functioning.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
Teaching Self-Management to Elementary Students with Developmental Disabilities.
King-Sears, Margaret E.; Carpenter, Stephanie L. – Innovations: American Association on Mental Retardation, Research to Practice Series, 1997
This booklet was developed to help in the design and implementation of self-management systems for elementary-classroom students with developmental disabilities. Self-management components addressed in the booklet are self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement. Chapters provide: (1) the definitions and rationale for teaching…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Disabilities
Teaching Ecologically-Based Communication Skills to Persons Who Are Developmentally Delayed.
Sousie, Susan P. – 1988
The paper offers a framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate, effective communication instructional programs for persons who are severely developmentally delayed. The use of an ecological approach that incorporates the instruction of communication skills with that of activities of daily living (ADL) is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education