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Akmanoglu, Nurgul; Batu, Sema – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine effectiveness of simultaneous prompting in teaching pointing to numerals to individuals with autism. Three individuals with autism were taught pointing to numerals, which were orally named by the teacher using simultaneous prompting. A multiple probe design was used across three behaviors and replicated…
Descriptors: Autism, Prompting, Numbers, Teaching Methods
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Stoner, Julia B.; Beck, Ann R.; Bock, Stacey Jones; Hickey, Katherine; Kosuwan, Kullaya; Thompson, James R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2006
"Picture Exchange Communication System" (PECS) training was implemented with 5 nonspeaking adults with mental retardation who were not currently using any type of functional communication system. A modified ABAB, single-subject design was used to assess the effectiveness of PECS in enhancing the functional communication skills of these…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Learning, Nonverbal Communication
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Smith, Michael; Meyers, Andrew – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
It was found that Ss in all conditions showed significant pretest to post-test performance increases on the telephone skills tasks--suggesting that, for skill development tasks with retarded adults, demonstration and verbal summaries may add little to the practice experience and that group delivery of training procedures is cost-effective.…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstrations (Educational), Group Instruction, Institutionalized Persons