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Does Treatment Integrity Matter in Promoting Learning among Children with Developmental Disabilities?
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Odluyurt, Serhat; Tekin-Iftar, Elif; Adalioglu, Iclal – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of simultaneous prompting instruction with high and low treatment integrity on the learning of children with developmental disabilities. Low treatment integrity was defined as not delivering a controlling prompt during 30% of the teaching trials. Three preschool children with autism and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation
An Evaluation and Comparison of Time-Out Procedures with and without Release Contingencies
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Donaldson, Jeanne M.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
A common recommendation for implementing time-out procedures is to include a release contingency such that the individual is not allowed to leave time-out until no problem behavior has occurred for a specific amount of time (e.g, 30 s). We compared a fixed duration time-out procedure to a release contingency time-out procedure with 4 young…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Timeout, Comparative Analysis, Young Children
Effectiveness of Emotion Recognition Training for Young Children with Developmental Delays
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Downs, Andrew; Strand, Paul – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2008
Emotion recognition is a basic skill that is thought to facilitate development of social and emotional competence. There is little research available examining whether therapeutic or instructional interventions can improve the emotion recognition skill of young children with various developmental disabilities. Sixteen preschool children with…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Emotional Intelligence, Nonverbal Communication
The Effects of Picture Icons on Behavior for a Young Student with Autism
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Hines, Elizabeth; Simonsen, Brandi – Beyond Behavior, 2008
Autism is a developmental disability that manifests as impairment in three primary areas: social interaction, communication and imaginative activities, and reactions to environmental stimuli. The appearance of autism spectrum disorder ranges from children who are very low functioning, nonverbal, stimulus seeking, aggressive, antisocial, and…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Increasing the Skills of Children with Developmental Disabilities through Staff Training in Behavioral Teaching Techniques
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Petursdottir, Anna-Lind; Sigurdardottir, Zuilma Gabriela – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Two staff members working in different preschools received training in the form of instructions, modeling, immediate feedback, and social reinforcement of good performance. Effects of training were assessed with a multiple baseline ABCDCDCD design. Correct use of basic behavioral teaching techniques increased from 16-31% to 92-95% and the rate of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reinforcement, Feedback, Generalization
Treatment Effectiveness, Stimulus Generalization, and Acceptability to Parents of Functional Communication Training
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Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Harding, Jay W.; Barretto, Anjali; Rankin, Barbara; Ganzer, Jed – Educational Psychology, 2005
We trained parents to conduct functional analyses (n = 25) and functional communication training (n = 23) in home settings over a four-year period with 25 young children who had developmental and behavioural disorders. For 12 of the children, pre-treatment (baseline) probes and post-treatment stimulus condition probes were conducted to assess…
Descriptors: Stimulus Generalization, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children