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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
Confusion and Failure in Facilitating Generalized Social Responding in the School Setting: Sometimes 2 + 2 = 5.
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Scott, Terrance M.; Nelson, C. Michael – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Analyzes the generalization failures of social-skills instruction, outlines some critical differences between instruction in social- and academic-skills areas, and suggests the depth of analysis, instruction, and facilitation that will be required to achieve generalization of social skills. The modification of environments to support behavior is…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Teaching Test-Taking Skills to Behaviorally Disordered Students.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Marsing, Lois – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
Seventeen behaviorally disordered adolescents received training in specific test-taking skills relevant to content area and teacher-made tests. The experimental subjects scored significantly and substantially higher on a posttest of test-taking skills than did untrained matched controls. Deficits on test-taking skills may contribute to observed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Junior High Schools
A Structured Instructional System for Developing the School Survival Skills of Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders.
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Foley, Regina M.; Epstein, Michael H. – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
This study examined the effectiveness of an instructional system (a modified version of the School Survival Skills Curriculum) in developing and improving the school survival skills of students with behavioral disorders. Using a pretest-posttest group design, subjects demonstrated improvement in overall use of school survival skills but no…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills
The Case for Interaction Skills Training in the Context of Tutoring as a Preventive Mental Health Intervention in Schools.
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Strayhorn, Joseph M., Jr.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
This article suggests that, because a hostile environment is associated with the development of mental and behavioral disorders, a restructuring of the schools to incorporate ongoing nurturing and academic training of younger students by older students would develop important psychological skills and thereby prevent mental and behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Facilitating Communication as a Basis for Intervention for Students with Severe Behavioral Disorders.
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Bauer, Anne M.; Sapona, Regina H. – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
Current approaches to instruction of students with autism and severe behavioral disorders are reviewed, specifically the behavioral framework and the community adaptation framework. In contrast to such approaches, which overemphasize teacher control over student behavior, a facilitative approach to enhancing students' communicative competence is…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behaviorism, Communication Skills