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Attentional Functioning and Relational Learning.
Soraci, S. A., Jr.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Children with mental retardation are particularly prone to failure on relational tasks such as oddity and match-to-sample, suggesting a differential sensitivity to relational information. This paper reports on several studies in which characteristics of stimulus arrays were enhanced. Results demonstrated the theoretical and practical significance…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning
Research on Self-Monitoring as a Behavior Management Technique in Special Education Classrooms: A Descriptive Review.
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Webber, Jo; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1993
A review of 27 studies found that self-monitoring can be successfully used with special education students to decrease inappropriate classroom behavior and to increase attention to task, positive classroom behaviors, and some social skills. Self-monitoring also appears to increase the likelihood of generalizing learned behaviors to new settings.…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Increasing Early Social-Communicative Skills of Preverbal Preschool Children with Autism through Social Interactive Training.
Hwang, Bogseon; Hughes, Carolyn – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 2000
A social interactive training program that focused on eye contact, joint attention, and motor imitation was implemented during regular classroom activities with three preverbal preschool children with autism. Increases in target behaviors and generalization of eye contact and motor imitation behaviors were observed. Social validation measures by…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Behavior Change, Eye Contact
Rapid Clinical Evaluation of Sensory Integrative Therapy for Self-Injurious Behavior.
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Dura, Jason R.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1988
Sensory integrative therapy as a treatment for self-injurious behavior (SIB) was contrasted with an attention control condition involving a 15-year-old multiply handicapped boy. Lower rates of SIB during but not following treatment sessions were effected. Effects of such therapies are concluded to be highly variable across individuals. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Therapy
Self-Recording in a Classroom for Students with Mild to Moderate Mental Handicaps: Effects on Productivity and On-Task Behavior.
McCarl, Joanne J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Three highly distractible female students, aged 9 through 11, with mild to moderate mental handicaps completed a 5-step training process followed by student self-monitoring with no tangible extrinsic reinforcement for improved performance. Results found increased on-task behavior in all subjects and increased academic productivity in two.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Attention Span, Behavior Change
Relaxation Training: A Promising Approach for Helping Exceptional Learners.
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Margolis, Howard – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1990
This article describes common forms of relaxation training that can be used with at-risk or exceptional students in remedial, special education, or regular settings. In addition to reviewing salient research assessing the effects of relaxation training on reading achievement, attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, self-concept, stress, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Attention Control, Behavior Change