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Michelle L. Simmons; Robin H. Lock; Janna Brendle; Laurie A. Sharp – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
Behavior-specific praise has been deemed an effective, evidence-based positive behavioral intervention and support practice for use among high school students with severe intellectual disabilities. However, teachers are not adequately trained to use such practices with fidelity. One way to address this shortcoming is by implementing a performance…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, High School Students, Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
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Williamson, Dolores; Spies, Tracy; Higgins, Kyle; Sparks, Shannon – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2022
This study measured the effect of an evidence-based science curriculum delivered in both English and Spanish using the preview-view-review (PVR) strategy, on the science vocabulary and content knowledge acquired by students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities who were learning English. The intervention was compared to the same…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Science Instruction, English Language Learners
Mona Nasir-Tucktuck; Joshua N. Baker; Cori More; K. Ryan Wennerlind; Stephanie M. Devine – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
This study used a single-subject alternating treatment design across students to compare mass discrete trials and distributed mass trials distributed in a shared story reading on the acquisition of functional skills for students with Autism. The results of this study examined a functional relationship between the interventions on the acquisition…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Autism, Story Reading