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An Evaluation of the Generalization and Maintenance of Functional Communication and Self-Control Skills with Preschoolers
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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Rodriguez, Nicole M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
The preschool life skills (PLS) program (Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007; Luczynski & Hanley, 2013) involves teaching social skills as a means of decreasing and preventing problem behavior. However, achieving durable outcomes as children transition across educational settings depend on the generalization and long-term maintenance…
Descriptors: Generalization, Maintenance, Skill Development, Prompting
Increasing Effective Self-Advocacy Skills in Elementary Age Children with Physical Disabilities
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Avant, Mary Jane Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For students with physical and health disabilities, the development of self-advocacy skills is critical to their future success. Characteristics that may inhibit the development of self-advocacy skills in this population include reliance on others for assistance across multiple areas requiring physical abilities, deficits in communication skills,…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Elementary School Students, Physical Disabilities, Student Behavior
Classroom Instruction: Background, Assumptions, and Challenges
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Wolery, Mark; Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Journal of Early Intervention, 2011
In this article, the authors focus on issues of instruction in classrooms. Initially, a brief definitional and historic section is presented. This is followed by a discussion of four assumptions about the current state of affairs: (a) evidence-based practices should be identified and used, (b) children's phase of performance should dictate…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Evaluation, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Use of Positive Behavior Support to Address the Challenging Behavior of Young Children within a Community Early Childhood Program
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Blair, Kwang-Sun Cho; Fox, Lise; Lentini, Rochelle – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2010
This study examined the effects yielded from the implementation of assessment-based behavior support plans on the engagement and problem behavior of three young children with behavioral challenges in a community early childhood program. A concurrent multiple-baseline design across children with generalization probes was used with data collected…
Descriptors: Intervention, Preschool Education, Behavior Modification, Young Children
Instructional Concepts for Occupational Education. Special Interest Paper. An Occasional Publication for Selected Audiences, No. 20.
West, Leonard J. – 1980
Teachers and teacher educators seem to be little aware of some major concepts about instruction that provide important insights into the central requirements for learning. A common misconception is that motivation has to do with wanting or desiring. It is instead attention to stimuli that is influenced by two powerful agents--(1) suspense,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education
An Analysis of Acquisition, Generalization and Maintenance of Systematic Instruction Competencies by Preservice Teachers Using Behavioral Supervision Techniques.
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O'Reilly, Mark F.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Two preservice teachers working with middle school students with severe disabilities participated in this study of the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of skills relating to use of positive consequences and instructional prompts. Results indicated that immediate feedback was more effective than delayed feedback, skills were maintained…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Generalization, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades