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Foxx, R. M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Three mentally handicapped students (aged 13, 36, and 40) with maladaptive speech received training to answer questions with verbal labels. The results of their cues-pause-point training showed that the students replaced their maladaptive speech with correct labels (answers) to questions in the training setting and three generalization settings.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Echolalia, Generalization
Drash, Philip W.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
The relative effectiveness of three procedures for increasing vocal response to prompt in 15 preschool children with Down Syndrome was compared. Light-dimming and visual screening, when combined with positive reinforcement, were both found to be significantly more effective than positive reinforcement alone. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Infants, Instructional Effectiveness, Positive Reinforcement

Hughes, Carolyn; Rusch, Frank R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
Two individuals with severe mental retardation, participants in a supported employment program, were taught to use self-instruction in combination with multiple exemplar training to solve work-related problems. Use of the combined strategy resulted in generalization of self-instruction statements and correct responses to untrained problem…
Descriptors: Adults, Generalization, Job Skills, Learning Strategies

Laski, Karen E.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Parents of four nonverbal and four echolalic autistic children, aged five-nine, were trained to increase their children's speech by using the Natural Language Paradigm. Following training, parents increased the frequency with which they required their children to speak, and children increased the frequency of their verbalizations in three…
Descriptors: Autism, Echolalia, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Communication