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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
Barczak, Mary A.; Cannella-Malone, Helen I. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Access to employment opportunities is associated with increased quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; however, many adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities struggle to find employment. One reason they may have difficulty achieving employment is an inability to work independently.…
Descriptors: Self Management, Job Skills, Intervention, Intellectual Disability
Fligger, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Research suggests that high school aged individuals with developmental disabilities are at a higher likelihood of lacking the prosocial behaviors necessary for successful transition into post high school life and a work environment. Decreased vocational success often leads to increased likelihood of mental health issues for individuals with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Pretests Posttests, Video Technology, Vocational Education
Oh-Young, Conrad; Filler, John; Kucskar, Maryssa; Buchter, Jennifer; O'Hara, Kathleen; Gelfer, Jeff – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2018
The ability to engage in positive social interactions is an important goal for young children with developmental disabilities (DDs). Peer-mediated intervention (PMI), one category of interventions often employed with those who show social skill deficits, involves use of typical peers who live model appropriate behaviors. A second frequent category…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology)
Hartzell, Rebecca; Liaupsin, Carl; Gann, Candace; Clem, Sarah – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This study examined the effectiveness, generalization, and maintenance of a multi-element intervention consisting of brief direct instruction social skill lessons, a prompting procedure, and a fading procedure to promote social engagement in an integrated lunchroom and playground setting for three elementary age students with developmental…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Generalization, Maintenance, Program Effectiveness

Brown, William H.; Odom, Samuel L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This research review concerning intervention to improve young children's social behavior and strategies for promoting generalization and maintenance of young children's social responding focuses on taking advantage of natural communities of reinforcement, training diversely, and incorporating functional mediators. Implications for interventionists…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence

Lalli, Joseph S.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Five adults with developmental disabilities were trained on six interactional skill areas using the "Sorry" game format. The study involved natural environment training, role playing, and modeling of correct responses only as an error correction procedure during training. All participants increased their use of trained behaviors during…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness

Page, Andrew C. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This paper presents a conceptual framework, based on training in self-regulation, for the normalization of sexual behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. Four features of such an approach include acquiring appropriate sexual behaviors, generalizing skills, discriminating appropriate contexts, and evaluating one's actions. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization

Roeyers, Herbert – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
Forty-eight children (ages 5 to 13) with autism or related pervasive developmental disability were paired with normally developing peers for informal play periods. Compared to a control group, the experimental children demonstrated improved social behavior which sometimes generalized to interactions with other children and the larger school…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
Goldstein, Howard; Thiemann, Kathy – 2000
This study investigated the effects of a visually mediated intervention (i.e., social stories, written social phrases, pictures of social skills, and videotaped feedback) on the social communication of five elementary students with pervasive developmental disorders. Five triads, each with one subject and two typically developing peers were formed.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Generalization

Romer, Lyle T.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Four adults with moderate/severe disabilities were taught to request objects by using the manual signs "want" or "please" plus an object label sign, within the context of familiar activities in which needed objects were missing. All participants acquired a generic requesting response, and three acquired an explicit requesting…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization