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Training Adults with Moderate and Severe Mental Retardation in a Vocational Skill Using a Simultaneous Prompting Procedure.
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Maciag, Karen G.; Schuster, John W.; Collins, Belva C.; Cooper, Justin T. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Ten adults with moderate and severe mental retardation were taught to construct shipping boxes using a dyadic instructional format in which each member of the dyad received instruction on one half of the task analysis on an alternative basis. Four of the five dyads learned to construct shipping boxes. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Instructional Effectiveness, Prompting, Severe Mental Retardation
Using Simultaneous Prompting To Teach a Chained Vocational Task to Young Adults with Severe Intellectual Disabilities.
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Fetko, Kathleen S.; Schuster, John W.; Harley, Debra A.; Collins, Belva C. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
The effectiveness of simultaneous prompting, an instructional procedure which involves presenting the task direction and immediately providing the controlling prompt, was evaluated with four young adults with severe intellectual disabilities. Daily probe sessions assessed acquisition of the target behavior. Results indicated the procedure was…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Prompting
Teaching Vocational Skills with a Faded Auditory Prompting System.
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Mitchell, Rebecca J.; Schuster, John W.; Collins, Belva C.; Gassaway, Linda J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Three students (ages 14-16) with mild mental retardation were taught to use an auditory prompting system to complete the vocational tasks of cleaning a bathroom in a classroom setting. Students acquired the skills and generalized them to a novel setting. There were mixed results concerning maintenance of the skills. (Contains 10 references.)…
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Job Skills, Maintenance
Teaching Table Cleaning Skills to Secondary Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities: Facilitating Observational Learning during Instructional Downtime.
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Smith, Ronald L.; Collins, Belva C.; Schuster, John W.; Kleinert, Harold – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Four secondary students with moderate/severe mental retardation were taught table cleaning skills using a system of least prompts (SLP) procedure and multiple exemplars. In addition, students were encouraged to acquire nontargeted behaviors through observational learning during instructional downtime. Results indicate the SLP strategy was…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Daily Living Skills, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness