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Training Quality Job Interviews with Adults with Developmental Disabilities.
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Mozingo, Dennis; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Interview questions most frequently used and corresponding beneficial responses were derived from an empirical analysis of the "hiring community" and were used in developing a job interview skills training package for adults with developmental disabilities. Training resulted in improved responding by all subjects. Improved quality in responding to…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Interviews, Generalization
Discrimination Training: A Comparison of Two Procedures for Presenting Multiple Examples within a Fading and Non-Fading Paradigm.
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Johnson, Jesse W.; Repp, Alan C.; Karsh, Kathryn G.; Lenz, Mark – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Two studies compared the effectiveness of two procedures (multiple examples across trials and within trials) in teaching 10 students (ages 10-20) with moderate disabilities functional word discriminations. The first procedure was superior in acquisition; the latter procedure, however, was better under generalization for most participants.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
Strategies and Tactics for Promoting Generalization and Maintenance of Young Children's Social Behavior.
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Brown, William H.; Odom, Samuel L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This research review concerning intervention to improve young children's social behavior and strategies for promoting generalization and maintenance of young children's social responding focuses on taking advantage of natural communities of reinforcement, training diversely, and incorporating functional mediators. Implications for interventionists…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
The Effects of Simultaneous Prompting on Teaching Receptively Identifying Occupations from Picture Cards.
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Dogan, Osman Senai; Tekin-Iftar, Elif – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study involving three preschoolers with developmental disabilities examined whether or not the use of a simultaneous prompting procedure would result in an increase on the percentage of correct responding of receptively identifying occupations from picture cards. Results found simultaneous prompting was effective. Maintenance and generalization…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Pictorial Stimuli
The Use of Self-Management Procedures by People with Developmental Disabilities: A Brief Review.
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Harchik, Alan E.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This paper reviews the use of self-management procedures such as self-monitoring, self-administering consequences, and self-instructing with students having developmental disabilities. The paper explores definitions of self-management, various self-management procedures, effectiveness in changing behavior, and effectiveness in maintenance and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Definitions, Developmental Disabilities
Transfer of Staff Training from Workshops to Group Homes: A Failure to Generalize across Settings.
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Smith, Tristram; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Thirty-one primary caregivers at group homes for clients with developmental disabilities completed a one-week workshop in behavioral theory and treatment techniques. Trainees showed increased treatment skills, but preworkshop and postworkshop observations indicated no evidence that the workshop had any effect on group home client functioning.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
Current Issues in Staff Training.
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Jahr, Erik – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This paper describes some of the procedures most frequently used in research on staff training and reviews the research in relation to outcomes for clients with developmental disabilities as a function of staff training, maintenance of staff skills, and transfer of staff skills across settings, clients, and programs. Issues in behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization