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The Fire-Alarm Game: Exit Training Using Negative and Positive Reinforcement under Varied Stimulus Conditions. Short Reports.
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Holburn, C. Steven; Dougher, Michael J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
Techniques for training a severely retarded blind client to exit his living unit during a fire drill used a combination of negative and positive reinforcement. Following a shaping procedure, the client learned to leave his living unit from any internal point through generalization training and subsequent test probes. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Fire Protection, Games, Generalization
A Graduated Guidance Procedure for Teaching Self-Dressing Skills to Multihandicpped Children.
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Sisson, Lori A.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
The effectiveness of a graduated guidance procedure for increasing independence in dressing was examined in a multiple baseline analysis across behaviors with two multihandicapped children (ages nine and five). Results showed both children learned dressing skills with generalization of training to similar garments and maintenance of skills and 18…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Studies, Generalization, Maintenance
Teacher and Researcher Co-Design Self-Management Content for an Inclusive Setting: Research Training, Intervention, and Generalization Effects on Student Performance.
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King-Sears, Margaret E. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
This study with a second-grade child with multiple disabilities in an inclusive setting applied (1) self-management instruction, (2) generalization methodologies (general case programming and multiple exemplars), and (3) a high level of teacher involvement in designing and monitoring the self-management plan. Implications for researchers and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Generalization
A Computer-Supported Communication Approach for a Child with Severe Communication, Visual, and Cognitive Impairments: A Case Study.
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Locke, Peggy A.; Mirenda, Pat – Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), 1988
An augmentative and alternative communication device was designed for a nonspeaking, blind, severely mentally retarded 11-year-old. The device consisted of a computer-supported expanded keyboard that produced synthetic speech output when tactile symbols were activated. Described are the assessment procedures, instructional procedures, and…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Case Studies