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Elimination of Position-Biased Responding in Individuals with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
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Bourret, Jason C.; Iwata, Brian A.; Harper, Jill M.; North, Stephen T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Five individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities participated in paired-stimulus preference assessments during repeated baseline probes. All subjects initially showed a pronounced bias by typically selecting the stimulus placed in either the left or right position. Biased responding for 3 subjects was eliminated when training…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Reinforcement, Mental Retardation
Teaching the Handicapped to Eat in Public Places: Acquisition, Generalization and Maintenance of Restaurant Skills.
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And Others; van den Pol, Richard A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1981
The study examined classroom-based instruction in restauranting skills for three male retarded students (17 to 22 years old). Ss were taught each of four skill components in sequential order: locating, ordering, paying, and eating, and exiting. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Dining Facilities, Mental Retardation, Training Methods
The Effectiveness of a Constant Time-Delay Procedure to Teach Chained Responses to Adolescents with Mental Retardation.
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Schuster, John W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
The effectiveness of a five-second time-delay procedure to teach three chained food preparation behaviors to four moderately retarded adolescents was evaluated within a multiple probe design across behaviors. The skills maintained over a three-month period and generalized from school to home for subjects completing the generalization probe…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Cooking Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Generalization