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Lang, Russell; Machalicek, Wendy; O'Reilly, Mark; Sigafoos, Jeff; Rispoli, Mandy; Shogren, Karrie; Regester, April – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Play is widely acknowledged to be an integral part of human development and children with autism often experience substantial delays in the development of play behaviors. This review updates older reviews by covering the last 10 years of research targeting functional and symbolic play in children with autism. The review differs from other reviews…
Descriptors: Play, Intervention, Autism, Child Development
Reynolds, Brady; Dallery, Jesse; Shroff, Palak; Patak, Michele; Leraas, Kristen – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
The present study evaluated a new 30-day Web-based contingency management program for smoking abstinence with 4 daily-smoking adolescents. Participants made 3 daily video recordings of themselves giving breath carbon monoxide (CO) samples at home that were sent electronically to study personnel. Using a reversal design, participants could earn…
Descriptors: Smoking, Contingency Management, Internet, Intervention
Davis, Darrel R.; Bostow, Darrel E.; Heimisson, Gudmundur T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Web-based software was used to deliver and record the effects of programmed instruction that progressively added formal prompts until attempts were successful, programmed instruction with one attempt, and prose tutorials. Error-contingent progressive prompting took significantly longer than programmed instruction and prose. Both forms of…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Prose, Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mechling, Linda C. – Journal of Special Education, 2006
The effects of three classes of reinforcing stimuli were compared across three students with profound intellectual disabilities. A multielement design with no baseline and final "best treatments" phase was used to measure the frequency of single-switch activations by each student across treatments. The three interventions were Treatment A, adapted…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Stimuli, Severe Mental Retardation, Cognitive Mapping
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Abramowitz, Ann J.; O'Leary, Susan G. – School Psychology Review, 1991
Classroom intervention is an essential component of comprehensive treatment for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Several educational interventions are reviewed. Most are based on contingency management, but some deal with modifications of the task or the classroom. Research needs, particularly for adolescents with ADHD, are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Classroom Environment