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Kranak, Michael P.; Alber-Morgan, Shiela R.; Sawyer, Mary R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Using contingent praise is a proactive strategy for increasing on-task behaviors in special education classrooms. Although there is large body of literature supporting the use of praise to decrease challenging behaviors and increase desirable behaviors, a consensus on how much praise is needed has yet to be reached. In an effort to identify…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Special Education, Autism, Elementary School Students
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Gascon, Hubert; Morin, Pierre – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
During the past twenty years, an important body of research has examined the different impacts of deinstitutionalisation on the adaptation and quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities. This empirical study was conducted with 136 persons with intellectual disabilities following the closure of the Hopital Saint-Julien (Quebec,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Foreign Countries