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Direct linkAniko Boros – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A qualitative multiple case-study was conducted to explore the perceptions of special educators on access and application of evidence-based-practices (EBPs) to enhance play skills of students with developmental disabilities in early childhood classrooms. The problem addressed by the study relates to the gap between research and practice. A wide…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Evidence Based Practice, Play
Peer reviewedRobison, Melinda A.; Mann, Tracie B.; Ingvarsson, Einar T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
The Preschool Life Skills program is an intervention package designed to teach functional skills to prevent problem behavior in typically developing children. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the instructional package (renamed "Life Skills") with children with developmental disabilities. The program…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Friendship
Download full textBoyle, Susannah; McNaughton, David; Light, Janice; Babb, Salena; Chapin, Shelley E. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: This study investigated the use of a new software feature, namely, dynamic text with speech output, on the acquisition of single-word reading skills by six children with developmental disabilities during shared e-book reading experiences with six typically developing peers. Method: A single-subject, multiple-probe design across…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Publishing, Young Children, Developmental Disabilities
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, 2016
In 2014-2015, children with delays or disabilities who received services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) showed greater than expected developmental progress. Many children exited the program functioning within age expectations, and most made progress. States' Part C and Part B Preschool programs report data annually on three…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Batu, Sema – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The present study was designed to examine the effectiveness of visual supports on teaching simultaneous prompting procedure to mothers to provide home-based instruction to their children with developmental disabilities. Three preschool-aged children with moderate developmental disabilities and their mothers were the participants. A multiple probe…
Descriptors: Prompting, Visual Aids, Mothers, Home Instruction
Pears, Katherine C.; Kim, Hyoun K.,; Fisher, Philip A.,; Yoerger, Karen – Grantee Submission, 2016
Two hundred and nine children receiving early childhood special education services for developmental disabilities or delays who also had behavioral, social, or attentional difficulties were included in a study of an intervention to increase school readiness, including early literacy skills. Results showed that the intervention had a significant…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays
Odluyurt, Serhat; Batu, E. Sema – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
The general purpose of the present study was to determine the preparatory skills of children with developmental disabilities based on the opinions of teachers and the literature. It was aimed to determine the highest priority and secondary level priority preparatory skills based on the opinions of the pre-school teachers. In order to reach this…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Opinions, Developmental Disabilities, Preschool Education
Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Denning, Christopher B.; Jamison, Kristen Roorbach – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
This study examined the effects of a multicomponent social communication intervention to promote language learning and peer-directed social interactions in preschool children with disabilities. Participants were eight children with developmental disabilities who met the specified criteria for the study. The intervention consisted of three…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence
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
Downs, Andrew; Downs, Robyn Conley; Fossum, Michelle; Rau, Kathryn – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
There is a great need to identify instructional methods that effectively promote positive skill development in young children with developmental disabilities. This 2-year longitudinal study evaluated the practicality and effectiveness of two delivery models of providing Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) to children with developmental disabilities…
Descriptors: Intervals, Preschool Education, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Colozzi, Gail A.; Ward, Louise W.; Crotty, Kerry E. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
This study examined and compared the effectiveness of a simultaneous prompting procedure used in both 1:1 and small group instruction to teach pretend play skills to a group of preschool students, three having a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder and one having a diagnosis of severe developmental disabilities. The study also assessed…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Stimuli, Play, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Downs, Andrew; Downs, Robyn Conley; Johansen, Michael; Fossum, Michelle – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
There is a great need to identify specific instructional methods that effectively promote positive skill development in young children with developmental disabilities. One method that has received strong empirical support with children with autism is Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT); however, the effectiveness of DTT has not been extensively…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Preschool Education, Developmental Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Words and Concepts" is a computer software program that focuses on building oral language skills related to vocabulary, comprehension, word relationships, and other concepts in six units--vocabulary, categorization, word identification by function, word association, concept of same, and concept of different. It can be used by adults and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Learning Disabilities
