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Brodhead, Matthew T.; Higbee, Thomas S.; Pollard, Joy S.; Akers, Jessica S.; Gerencser, Kristina R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Linked activity schedules were used to establish appropriate game play in children with autism during a game of hide-and-seek. All 6 participants demonstrated acquisition of appropriate play skills in the presence of the activity schedules and maintained responding during subsequent phases. When the schedules were removed, responding decreased to…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Activities, Play, Games
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Meier, Aimee E.; Fryling, Mitch J.; Wallace, Michele D. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Studies have evaluated a range of interventions to treat food selectivity in children with autism and related developmental disabilities. The high-probability instructional sequence is one intervention with variable results in this area. We evaluated the effectiveness of a high-probability sequence using 3 presentations of a preferred food on…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Autism, Developmental Disabilities
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Bruce, Susan; Campbell, Cailen; Sullivan, Meghan – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2009
Means-end behavior occurs when the child can carry out a sequence of steps, including the removal of a physical obstacle, to achieve a goal. The development of means-end knowledge occurs in three stages: transitional, intentional, and comprehensive. Comprehensive means-end is achieved when the child can generate solutions without demonstration of…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Correlation, Children, Child Development
Fedler, Fred – Scholastic Editor, 1980
Describes several experiments, many designed to discover the public's response to unusual situations, conducted by college students in a public affairs reporting class. (TJ)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Higher Education
Bateman, Barbara – 1976
The evidence presented in this paper suggests that deficits in selective skills are primary factors in learning disabilities, and that aptitude/treatment interaction models may be useful in devising teaching methods for the reading instruction of learning disabled children. After reviewing various approaches to teaching reading to learning…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Decoding (Reading)
Givner, Abraham; Graubard, Paul S. – 1974
The book is intended to be used as a handbook by teachers, to enable them to become acquainted with the general principles and latest techniques which have proved effective in changing children's behavior. Topics include reinforcement systems, the token economy, evaluation, and curriculum. (CS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research