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Effective Mathematics Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
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Bowman, Jessica A.; McDonnell, John; Ryan, Joanna H.; Fudge-Coleman, Olivia – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Educational programs for students with moderate and severe disabilities (MSD) have undergone drastic changes since the mandate for access to the general curriculum was provided by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Since then, educators have struggled to find methods to use to promote optimal learning, including in the area of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Severity (of Disability), Moderate Intellectual Disability, Severe Intellectual Disability
Evaluating Supported eText to Teach Science to High School Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Knight, Victoria F.; Creech-Galloway, Carey E.; Karl, Jennifer M.; Collins, Belva C. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Preliminary research shows promise for the use of supported electronic text (eText) combined with explicit instruction in facilitating comprehension for students with intellectual disability. Researchers used a multiple probe across participants design to evaluate effects of supported eText including explicit instruction on measures of vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Moderate Intellectual Disability, High School Students
The Picture Plus Discussion Intervention: Text Access for High School Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Shurr, Jordan; Taber-Doughty, Teresa – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Students with moderate intellectual disability often experience limited access to age-appropriate texts due to limitations in reading skills, access to instruction and supports, and educator beliefs. Use of text read alouds is an emerging tool for increasing such access; however, supports are often still required for access to age-appropriate…
Descriptors: High School Students, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Pictorial Stimuli
The Use of Response Prompting and Frames for Teaching Sentence Writing to Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Pennington, Robert; Flick, Allison; Smith-Wehr, Kendra – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
In the current study, we examined the effects of response prompting strategies (i.e., constant time delay, system of least prompts) and frames on sentence writing for three participants, ages 7 to 12, with moderate intellectual disability. We used a concurrent multiple probe across behaviors design to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention…
Descriptors: Prompting, Teaching Methods, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Time
Using Video Models to Teach Students with Disabilities to Play the Wii
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Sherrow, Lauren A.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Knight, Victoria F. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2016
This study investigated effects of video modeling (VM) when teaching recreation and leisure skills to three high school students with moderate intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. Results, evaluated via a multiple probe across participants design, indicated that VM was effective for teaching all students to play the Wii.…
Descriptors: Models, High School Students, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Evaluation of Generalized Performance across Materials When Using Video Technology by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Mechling, Linda C.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Foster, Ashley L.; Bryant, Kathryn J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of four high school-aged students with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disability to generalize performance of skills when using materials different from those presented through video models. An adapted alternating treatments design was used to evaluate student…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students, Generalization