NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Weng, Pei-Lin; Savage, Melissa N.; Bouck, Emily C. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
Video-based instruction is technology-based instruction delivered through video clips in which a human model demonstrates target behaviors (Rayner, Denholm, & Sigafoos, 2009). It can be used to teach a variety of skills, including social communication and behavioral and functional skills (Cihak & Schrader, 2008). Despite the advantages,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology, Handheld Devices
Whalen, Christina, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Generalization is the key to effective autism intervention--when children can apply new skills across settings, they'll make broad, long-term improvements in behavior and social communication. The first how-to guide to generalization is finally here! Practical and reader-friendly, this is the book that helps professionals take today's most popular…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Parent Education, Generalization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gibson, David – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1991
Recent experimental research is synthesized to identify distinctive biobehavioral characteristics of Down's Syndrome persons across their lifespan. It is argued that educational and other intervention programs have not demonstrated strong gains having significant durability or generalization. Recommended is an interactionist function-structure…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Development
Gradous, B. Deane – 1991
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a transfer-of-training model and a method for applying it. A literature review investigated the theory and practice of transfer of training. In the first phase of the research, a transfer-of-training model was developed using the principles of general systems theory, the various steps of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Educational Research, Generalization
Billingsley, Felix F.; Haring, Norris G. – 1990
This final report describes activities of the 3-year Generalized InService Training (GIST) Project to develop and field test an inservice training model for educators serving children with moderate, severe, and profound handicaps. Critical elements of the approach are identified, including: (1) training of educators and supervisors to work…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Demonstration Programs
Sousie, Susan P. – 1988
The paper offers a framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate, effective communication instructional programs for persons who are severely developmentally delayed. The use of an ecological approach that incorporates the instruction of communication skills with that of activities of daily living (ADL) is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education