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Use of Visual Supports to Increase Task Independence in Students with Severe Disabilities in Inclusive Educational Settings
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Annamarie Cohen; MaryAnn Demchak – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
The present study sought to determine if systematically teaching the use of visual supports to three students identified as having moderate to severe disabilities resulted in improved task completion and independence in general education settings. For each participant, a visual support system delineated a multi-step task, which prior to the…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, General Education, Developmental Disabilities
Using an Individual Work System to Increase Independence for Students with Autism in a Special Education Classroom in China
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Hu, Xiaoyi; Lee, Gabrielle T.; Liu, Yanhong; Wu, Manman – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an individual work system on student task engagement, prompts needed for task completion, and the accuracy in task completion for three students with ASD in a special education classroom in China. Three students with ASD (two girls and one boy, ages 8-9) participated in this study. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Autism
Effects of Self-Monitoring and Recruiting Teacher Attention on Pre-Vocational Skills
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Rouse, Christina A.; Everhart-Sherwood, Julie M.; Alber-Morgan, Sheila R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This study examined the effects of teaching self-monitoring and recruiting teacher attention on the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of pre-vocational tasks by two sixth grade boys with moderate to severe intellectual disability. While completing pre-vocational tasks (e.g., sorting hangers by size, weighing amounts in ounces), the…
Descriptors: Self Management, Attention, Prevocational Education, Check Lists
Function-Based Intervention to Support the Inclusion of Students with Autism
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Reeves, Linda M.; Umbreit, John; Ferro, Jolenea B.; Liaupsin, Carl J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Seven-year-old triplets with autism displayed off-task behavior that threatened their continued placement in a general education first-grade classroom. A descriptive Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) was conducted for each student. Data from structured interviews and direct observations were used to identify the functions of their off-task…
Descriptors: Intervention, Inclusion, Autism, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Using Shared Stories and Individual Response Modes to Promote Comprehension and Engagement in Literacy for Students with Multiple, Severe Disabilities
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Browder, Diane M.; Lee, Angela; Mims, Pam – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the effects of scripted task analytic lessons with systematic prompting on engagement and comprehension of students with a multiple, severe disability using a multiple probe single case design. Three teachers followed the scripts to include a target student in a story based lesson to increase comprehension and engagement.…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Literacy, Task Analysis