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An Evaluation of the Generalization and Maintenance of Functional Communication and Self-Control Skills with Preschoolers
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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Rodriguez, Nicole M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
The preschool life skills (PLS) program (Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007; Luczynski & Hanley, 2013) involves teaching social skills as a means of decreasing and preventing problem behavior. However, achieving durable outcomes as children transition across educational settings depend on the generalization and long-term maintenance…
Descriptors: Generalization, Maintenance, Skill Development, Prompting
An Evaluation of Progressively Increasing Intertrial Intervals on the Acquisition and Generalization of Three Social Skills
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Francisco, Monica T.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We evaluated the effects of different intertrial intervals (ITIs; time between programmed learning opportunities) on the acquisition and generalization of 2 preschoolers' social skills. Independent and generalized skills were observed only when the daily ITI was gradually increased from short to progressively longer intervals. (Contains 1 figure…
Descriptors: Generalization, Intervals, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children
Increasing Accurate Preference Assessment Implementation through Pyramidal Training
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Pence, Sacha T.; St. Peter, Claire C.; Tetreault, Allison S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Preference assessments directly evaluate items that may serve as reinforcers, and their implementation is an important skill for individuals who work with children. This study examined the effectiveness of pyramidal training on teachers' implementation of preference assessments. During Experiment 1, 3 special education teachers taught 6 trainees…
Descriptors: Trainees, Preschool Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Experiments
Using Multiple-Exemplar Training to Teach a Generalized Repertoire of Sharing to Children with Autism
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Denise Marzullo-Kerth; Sharon A. Reeve; Kenneth F. Reeve; Dawn B. Townsend – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
The current study examined the utility of multiple-exemplar training to teach children with autism to share. Stimuli from 3 of 4 categories were trained using a treatment package of video modeling, prompting, and reinforcement. Offers to share increased for all 3 children following the introduction of treatment, with evidence of skill maintenance.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Autism, Generalization, Teaching Methods
Further Evaluation of Emerging Speech in Children with Developmental Disabilities: Training Verbal Behavior
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Kelley, M. E.; Shillingsburg, M.A.; Castro, M. J.; Addison, L. R.; LaRue, R. H., Jr. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The conceptual basis for many effective language-training programs are based on Skinner's (1957) analysis of verbal behavior. Skinner described several elementary verbal operants including mands, tacts, intraverbals, and echoics. According to Skinner, responses that are the same topography may actually be functionally independent. Previous…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Verbal Stimuli, Generalization, Autism
An Example of Discovery Research Involving the Transfer of Stimulus Control
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Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
The initial purpose of the present study was to replicate procedures for teaching preschool children to recruit attention at appropriate times by having an experimenter signal the availability and unavailability of attention (i.e., arrange a multiple schedule involving reinforcement and extinction; Tiger & Hanley, 2004). Following the development…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Reinforcement, Preschool Children, Behavior Modification