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Weng, Pei-Lin; Savage, Melissa N.; Bouck, Emily C. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
Video-based instruction is technology-based instruction delivered through video clips in which a human model demonstrates target behaviors (Rayner, Denholm, & Sigafoos, 2009). It can be used to teach a variety of skills, including social communication and behavioral and functional skills (Cihak & Schrader, 2008). Despite the advantages,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology, Handheld Devices
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Collins, Belva C.; Karl, Jennifer; Riggs, Leah; Galloway, Carey C.; Hager, Karen D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2010
Many students identified as having moderate and severe disabilities (MSD) benefit from a curriculum that includes instruction on the functional skills that they will need to successfully transition to adulthood. In particular, this includes students with cognitive disabilities who are most likely to qualify in the 1% who are eligible for the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Individualized Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Miller, Doug – Camping Magazine, 1995
Describes a sequential approach to learning that matches levels and types of activities to the developmental level of a group at any given stage of the learning process. Emphasizes the importance of facilitators encouraging participants to reflect on learning experiences through debriefing, processing, and transfer. Includes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Generalization, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
Rembert, Ron B. – 1984
The Philosophy for Children Program was introduced to a class of deaf fifth graders as an instructional approach for reasoning skills. The program is intended to develop analytic skills required for intellectual functioning (including concept development, generalization, inference making, question formulation, and analogies). The program's major…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Deafness
Billingsley, Felix F.; Haring, Norris G. – 1990
This final report describes activities of the 3-year Generalized InService Training (GIST) Project to develop and field test an inservice training model for educators serving children with moderate, severe, and profound handicaps. Critical elements of the approach are identified, including: (1) training of educators and supervisors to work…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Demonstration Programs
Sousie, Susan P. – 1988
The paper offers a framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate, effective communication instructional programs for persons who are severely developmentally delayed. The use of an ecological approach that incorporates the instruction of communication skills with that of activities of daily living (ADL) is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Belbin, Eunice; And Others – 1981
A project was undertaken to develop an experimental program to help young people acquire a generalized strategy for learning after they leave school. Other objectives of the program were to help teachers improve their understanding and use of various learning strategies, to develop an induction course for those purposes (entitled the "How do…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education