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Introducing an Intervention Model for Fostering Affective Involvement with Persons Who Are Congenitally Deafblind
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Martens, Marga A. W.; Janssen, Marleen J.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2014
The article presented here introduces the Intervention Model for Affective Involvement (IMAI), which was designed to train staff members (for example, teachers, caregivers, support workers) to foster affective involvement during interaction and communication with persons who have congenital deaf-blindness. The model is theoretically underpinned,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Affective Behavior, Deaf Blind, Congenital Impairments
An Evaluation of Interactive Computer Training to Teach Instructors to Implement Discrete Trials with Children with Autism
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Pollard, Joy S.; Higbee, Thomas S.; Akers, Jessica S.; Brodhead, Matthew T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Discrete-trial instruction (DTI) is a teaching strategy that is often incorporated into early intensive behavioral interventions for children with autism. Researchers have investigated time- and cost-effective methods to train staff to implement DTI, including self-instruction manuals, video modeling, and interactive computer training (ICT). ICT…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Behavior Modification, Early Intervention, Autism
Strategic Assessment and Development of Interorganizational Influence in the Absence of Hierarchical Authority.
Augustine, Catherine H.; Levy, Dina G.; Benjamin, Roger W.; Bikson, Tora K.; Daley, Glenn A.; Gates, Susan M.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Moini, Joy S. – 2003
In 1998, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) established the DoD Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development. Although achieving its mission requires that the chancellor's office influence the education and professional development providers' behavior, its charter grants it very limited formal authority to exercise such…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Continuing Education