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Sentence Combining as a Technique for Increasing Adjective Use in Writing by Students with Autism.
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Rousseau, Marilyn K.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This study examined whether sentence-combining exercises (with reinforcement) would increase the number of descriptive adjectives used in daily writing samples by three adolescents with autism. The sentence-combining exercises increased the number of adjectives used in the students' writing samples, and this increase was maintained in the absence…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Autism, Instructional Effectiveness, Maintenance
Parenting Education for Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: A Review of Outcome Studies.
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Feldman, Maurice A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This review examined parenting education interventions in 20 published studies, involving 190 parents with intellectual disabilities. The most common instructional approach was behavioral. Initial training, follow-up, and social validity results were encouraging, whereas generalization and child outcomes data were weak. Research needs are noted.…
Descriptors: Generalization, Intervention, Maintenance, Mental Retardation
A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Presentation Procedures on Discrimination Learning of Individuals with Severe or Moderate Mental Retardation.
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Karsh, Kathryn G.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Sixteen individuals (ages 7-18) with moderate or severe mental retardation were taught to identify 2 comparative discriminations by a static or dynamic presentation procedure. No differences in percentage of unprompted correct responses were found between the two procedures in training, generalization, or maintenance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness