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Consideration of Behavior States and Patterns in IEP Development and Daily Planning: A Multiple Case Study Approach Involving Students with Multiple Disabilities
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Mattie, Harold D.; Kozen, Alice A. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
This study established a method for obtaining information about behavior states and patterns as they appeared in Individual Education Programs (IEPs). Also investigated was the extent to which behavior states and behavior state pattern language was included in daily planning for students with the most pervasive multiple disabilities. While…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Behavior Patterns, Interviews
Effects of Ambient Stimuli on Measures of Behavioral State and Microswitch Use in Adults with Profound Multiple Impairments
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Murphy, Kathleen M.; Saunders, Muriel D.; Saunders, Richard R.; Olswang, Lesley B. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The effects of different types and amounts of environmental stimuli (visual and auditory) on microswitch use and behavioral states of three individuals with profound multiple impairments were examined. The individual's switch use and behavioral states were measured under three setting conditions: natural stimuli (typical visual and auditory…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Multiple Disabilities, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli
The Representativeness of Observational Samples of Different Durations.
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Mudford, Oliver C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The representativeness of behavioral observation samples with durations of less than the whole time of interest was investigated with five profoundly mentally retarded physically handicapped adults in an institutional setting. It was found that the session representativeness was a function of the relative duration of the behavioral categories and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons