From leading authorities, this state-of-the-art manual presents the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), the first comprehensive, empirically tested intervention specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers with autism. Supported by the principles of developmental psychology and applied behavior analysis, ESDM's intensive teaching interventions…

The paper considers definitional and methodological issues related to an expansion of ecobehavioral analysis, which incorporates an ecological perspective into behavior analysis of environment-behavior relationships. Guidelines are offered for defining a wider range of units of behavior and a continuum of behavior-environment relationships. (CL)

The paper reviews research in early education, early intervention, applied behavior analysis and parent/child interaction to illustrate how methods and findings might suggest a model for ecobehavioral research in child development. An ongoing program of research is described to demonstrate application of the model. (Author/CL)

This article on the use of applied behavior analysis with students who have autism focuses on selected recently developed stimulus control techniques. These include new methods for teaching conditional discrimination (matching) skills, stimulus equivalence procedures, prompt and prompt-fading techniques, and incidental teaching procedures.…

This article on the use of applied behavior analysis with students who have autism focuses on discrete trial training (DTT) to develop new forms of behavior, new discriminations, advanced skills, and manage disruptive behavior. Cautions include the need to combine the method with other interventions, provide intensive DTT during early phases of…

This book is about understanding people's behavior and changing that behavior using a discipline called "social marketing." It is based on the idea that all marketing is an exchange: if you want people to change their behavior, you have to offer them something, be it security, information, an image, or a feeling of belonging. The book…

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of several common methodologies for teaching writing. Suggests that the techniques of behavior analysis offer the best hope for developing instructional methodologies that will provide the best results for both writing students and teachers. Reports on a pilot study that supports this suggestion. (MM)

The paper reviews research which views the inappropriate behavior of children with autism from a pragmatics perspective and suggests a classroom-based tool for analyzing behaviors and planning interventions. The pragmatics premise is that all behavior reflects the individual's attempts to interact and communicate. The pragmatics perspective, then,…

This paper, on the potential contributions of performance science to education, defines performance and performance science, distinguishes between behavior and performance, presents tactics for presenting instruction, presents tactics for designing training, and outlines how to decide which accomplishments are valuable enough to include in a…

A diagram is used to aid discussion of how several of the frequently used multivariate statistical techniques are interrelated. All of those discussed can be regarded as special cases of canonical correlation. (Author)

This paper discusses guidelines for devising a hierarchy when fading response prompts in training individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing guidelines are seen as poorly defined, inconsistent, and lacking both theoretical and experimental support. An alternative theoretical account is proposed which suggests that prompts in a hierarchy…

This paper describes a project of Communidad Los Horcones (Mexico), dealing with alternatives to contrived or artificial reinforcement. The paper proposes the use of natural reinforcement, which can be individualized and received without the mediation of another person and which contributes to making the natural consequences of behavior…

The Behavioral Morale Checklist (BMC) for assessing and improving teacher moral is described and reprinted. A criterion-referenced instrument, the BMC, defines morale in terms of behavior observable by administrators and includes recommended adjustments for principals to improve morale. (MJL)

Until recently, little attention has been given to the addictive potential of the Internet. If left unchecked or unnoticed, this addiction can silently run rampant in schools, universities, offices, libraries, and homes. This book teaches how to guard against Internet overuse. It describes how, by drawing from the same criteria used to diagnosis…

Four educational models are presented; then the implications of these models for discipline are explored and explicated. The aim is to promote a greater awareness of the theoretical assumptions which motivate different attitudes toward discipline, thereby creating a more solid basis both for understanding and for intelligent action. (Author/KC)