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Data-Based Decisions Guidelines for Teachers of Students with Severe Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Jimenez, Bree A.; Mims, Pamela J.; Browder, Diane M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Effective practices in student data collection and implementation of data-based instructional decisions are needed for all educators, but are especially important when students have severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although research in the area of data-based instructional decisions for students with severe disabilities shows…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation
Effects of Sampling Opportunities on Preference Development for Adults with Severe Disabilities.
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Lim, Levan; Browder, Diane M.; Bambara, Linda – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study evaluated effects of providing sampling opportunities on preference development of two adults with severe disabilities. Opportunities for sampling drink items were presented, followed by choice opportunities for selections at the sampling site and a non-sampling site. Participants developed a definite response consistency in selections at…
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making Skills, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Enhancing Choice and Participation for Adults with Severe Disabilities in Community-Based Instruction.
Cooper, Karena J.; Browder, Diane M. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1998
Three adults with severe disabilities received instructional support to make purchases in fast food restaurants. During intervention, participants were prompted to make five distinct choices during the community routine. This prompting resulted not only in increased choice making, but also in collateral increases in the performance of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Preparing Staff To Enhance Active Participation of Adults with Severe Disabilities by Offering Choice and Prompting Performance during a Community Purchasing Activity.
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Cooper, Karena J.; Browder, Diane M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study evaluated effects of a staff training package on the number of choice responses and performance responses made by adults with disabilities in a community purchasing activity. After training, all four staffers generalized offering choices and promoting performance across settings and adults with disabilities and maintained the skills.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Decision Making Skills, Disabilities