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Sigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Ma, Chia Hui; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Cannella, Helen; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Embedded instruction and discrete-trial training are both recommended for teaching children with autism, but there is little research available comparing the two. The present study compared embedded instruction with discrete-trial training for a 12-year-old boy with autism. Method: An initial functional analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Autism, Self Destructive Behavior, Teaching Methods
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Rogers, Sally J.; DiLalla, David L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
This study, which applied an instructional model based on Piaget's theory of cognitive development, pragmatics theory of language development, and Mahler's theory of development of interpersonal relationships, found that 49 preschool children with autism did not make less progress than a comparison group of 27 children with other…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – JAI Press, 2004
Secondary education of students with learning and behavioral disabilities is an issue of great importance. Unlike elementary schools, secondary schools require substantially more independent functioning, assume the effective use of student planning and study skills, and often lack the classes in basic skills needed by some learners. Further, new…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders