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Assessing Skill Strengths in Individuals with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities: Practical Considerations for Behavior Analysts
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Devender R. Banda; Stephanie L. Hart – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The BCBA Task List (5th and 6th Edition) requires behavior analysts are familiar with multiple assessment methods, including tools to assess the function of problem behaviors and assess skill strengths and deficits. Although several studies exist on the assessment of functions using indirect functional assessments, descriptive functional…
Descriptors: Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Problems, Capital (Sociology), Student Characteristics
Quality Review of Social-Communication Interventions for Adolescents and Adults with ASD: Maintenance, Generalization, and Social Validity
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Wattanawongwan, Sanikan; Ganz, J. B.; Pierson, Lauren M.; Hong, Ee Rea; Yllades, Valeria; Dunn, Claudia; Foster, Margaret – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This quality review is an analysis of the methodological quality of social communication intervention research identifying which social communication interventions for this population could be considered evidence-based practices (EBPs). The purpose of the quality review was to apply the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) guidelines to the literature…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Measuring the Support Needs of People with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder with the Supports Intensity Scale -- Adult Version
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Thompson, James R.; Anderson, Mark H.; Shogren, Karrie A. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The Supports Intensity Scale--Adult Version (SIS-A) was designed to measure the intensity of support needed by adults with intellectual disability (ID). The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of the SIS-A to measure the support needs of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Using data from 19 jurisdictions in North…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Test Validity, Autism
Evaluating the Performance of Teachers of Students with Significant Disabilities: Development and Use of the TRAIT-SD
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Westling, David L.; Cooper-Duffy, Karena; Fisher, Larry B.; Kennedy, Sofie – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Currently most special education teachers, including those who teach students with significant disabilities, are evaluated using observation systems designed for general educators. Because the roles and effective teaching practices of special educators differ from general educators, we propose that a more appropriate observation tool is necessary,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Test Construction