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Overview of Research on Social Interaction: A Historical and Personal Perspective.
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Shores, Richard E. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
The article presents a historical overview of social interaction research focusing on handicapped children which was conducted at George Peabody College (Vanderbilt University). Topics discussed include defining reciprocal interaction, refining the definition of social interaction, research on generalization, and social integration with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Communication
Middle School Students with Serious Emotional Disturbances Serve as Social Skills Trainers and Reinforcers for Peers with SED.
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Blake, Concepcion; Wang, Weiqi; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Gardner, Ralph – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
In two studies, 18 middle school boys with serious emotional disturbances (SED) were taught to use a social skills curriculum to teach more positive peer interactions to peers with SED. Results indicate the desired effects of the peer-based social skills instruction, with some evidence of behavior maintenance and transfer. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Nonhandicapped Peers as Multiple Exemplars: A Generalization Tactic for Promoting Autistic Students' Social Skills.
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Gunter, Philip; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
With two autistic boys as subjects, a teacher prompt and praise procedure was applied sequentially across dyads composed of a subject and a nonhandicapped peer (n=8, aged 11-12). Following social interaction training with several nonhandicapped peers, one subject showed across-peer and across-setting generalization, while the second subject did…
Descriptors: Autism, Generalization, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence
Entrapment Effects and the Generalization and Maintenance of Social Skills Training for Elementary School Students with Behavioral Disorders.
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McConnell, Scott R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
The concept of entrapment, viewed as a conceptual framework for social interaction skills training, is a behavioral process whereby newly acquired social responses come under the control of naturally occurring reinforcers, usually the social behavior of peers. Selection of target behaviors and intervention procedures to promote entrapment are…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Generalization
Social Interaction Research for Adolescents with Severe Handicaps.
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Gaylord-Ross, Robert; Haring, Thomas – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
Research on social interaction of severely disabled adolescents is reviewed. A conceptual model for research and instruction is based on the reciprocal exchange of responses between two interactants. Among topics addressed are peer initiation strategies, teaching disabled students to initiate, the environmental context, social scripts, and school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Social Skills Interventions and Children with Behavior Problems: A Review.
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Zaragoza, Nina; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
This review of 27 studies examining social skills interventions (such as modeling, role playing, goal setting, and verbal self-instruction) and their effects on students with behavior problems found a number of interventions to be successful. The interventions yielded changes in self, teacher, and parent perceptions, though peer perceptions were…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education