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Kate A. Helbig; Stefanie R. Schrieber; Keith C. Radley; James R. Derieux – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2024
Social deficits are often a core area of development for students in special education, thus schools are charged with providing social skills interventions. Although many strategies are available, few schools successfully employ evidence-based interventions for students with autism and related disabilities. A way to address these concerns while…
Descriptors: Social Development, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
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Ethington, Amber T.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Shepley, Sally B.; Bausch, Margaret E. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Research demonstrates that combining video modeling and visual activity schedules into video activity schedules has been effective in increasing independence for students with disabilities. However, the instructional procedures used to teach students to acquire the necessary skills to navigate those tools vary among existent research. In this…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Skill Development, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Reyes, Sofia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study evaluated the implementation of the school-based Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model within multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for elementary school students engaging in high levels of problem behavior. Three students and their classroom teachers in two public schools participated in the team-based PTR process during which they…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Prevention, Instruction, Reinforcement
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Ramirez, Lauren Haas; Hawkins, Renee O.; Collins, Tai A.; Ritter, Chelsea; Haydon, Todd – School Psychology Review, 2019
Group contingencies are an effective way to prevent and address problem behavior; however, the extent to which these effects transfer to settings where the intervention is not implemented (i.e., setting generalization) is unknown. Using a multiple baseline design, this study assessed the setting generalization of the effects of an interdependent…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Group Activities, Contingency Management
Withey, Kristin L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While there is a longstanding call for all students to succeed, students receiving special education services under the label of emotional disturbance (ED) are at an increased risk for minimal school and life outcomes, ranging from poor classroom grades and increased expulsion to high rates of incarceration and drug use. Although there are extant…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Special Education
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Young, K. Richard; Radley, Keith C.; Jenson, William R.; West, Richard P.; Clare, Susan K. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
In 2 studies, we evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of peer-mediated, school-based discrete trial training (DTT) for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the first, 6 typically developing elementary-age students were trained to use DTT procedures to teach target academic skills to 3 students with ASD who had been educated in a…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Elementary School Students, Training
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Mouzakitis, Angela; Codding, Robin S.; Tryon, Georgiana – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2015
Accurate implementation of individualized behavior intervention plans (BIPs) is a critical aspect of evidence-based practice. Research demonstrates that neither training nor consultation is sufficient to improve and maintain high rates of treatment integrity (TI). Therefore, evaluation of ongoing support strategies is needed. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Generalization, Behavior Modification, Metacognition, Student Behavior
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Chou, Wan-Chi; Lee, Gabrielle T.; Feng, Hua – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a behavioral art program in improving social skills for two children with autism in group settings. A multiple probe design across behaviors was used. The results indicated that for both children, the program increased the percentages of spontaneous verbal communications,…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Behavior Modification, Children, Interpersonal Competence
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Bethune, Keri S.; Wood, Charles L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2013
This study used a delayed multiple-baseline across-participants design to analyze the effects of coaching on special education teachers' implementation of function-based interventions with students with severe disabilities. This study also examined the extent to which teachers could generalize function-based interventions to different situations.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior, Coaching (Performance)
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Schneider, Naomi; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Early Intervention, 2009
On-task behaviors are examined for three elementary-aged children who had impaired language and challenging behaviors that compromised their classroom participation and inclusion. A multiple-baseline design across participants was used. Each participant showed improvements in on-task behavior following Social Story[TM] intervention. Participants…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Impairments, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Haley, Janet L.; Heick, Patrick F.; Luiselli, James K. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2010
This study examined the use of an antecedent-based intervention to reduce the vocal stereotypy of a student diagnosed with Autism within the general education classroom. The student displayed frequent nonfunctional speech and disruptive vocal sounds. An antecedent-based intervention, involving the use of qualitatively different cards--to cue the…
Descriptors: Cues, Intervention, Autism, Mainstreaming
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Adams, Michael B.; Womack, Sue A.; Shatzer, Ryan H.; Caldarella, Paul – Education, 2010
If students are to become proficient at using social skills, parents must be involved in teaching and reinforcing these skills at home. Parent involvement is associated with increased student success, especially when it includes a two-way exchange of information between home and school. As the traditional family has changed, new methods of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
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Mancil, G. Richmond; Haydon, Todd; Whitby, Peggy – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Despite evidence from previous studies that support using Social Stories[TM] for problem behaviors, research conducted with more rigorous controls is needed to examine whether or not Social Stories constitute an evidence-based practice.This study employed an ABABCBC single-subject design comparing a Social Story presented in two formats across…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students
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Delano, Monica; Snell, Martha E. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2006
A multiple-probe design across participants was used to evaluate the effects of social stories on the duration of appropriate social engagement and the frequency of 4 social skills in 3 elementary-age students with autism. The social skills were seeking attention, initiating comments, initiating requests, and making contingent responses. Following…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Play, Intervention, Autism
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Bevill-Davis, Alicia; Clees, Tom J.; Gast, David L. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2004
Correspondence training involves modification of nonverbal behavior via changes in verbal behavior. The procedure has a long history of effectiveness with a wide range of learners, but its potential for use with young children with disabilities remains largely unrealized. In an effort to identify the most appropriate applications of correspondence…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Play, Disabilities, Criticism
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