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Direct linkJenny Ferguson; Katerina Dounavi; Emma A. Craig – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
There is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of telehealth to provide parent training in behaviour analytic interventions and researchers have begun to focus on international demonstrations of this model. The current study assessed the efficacy of a training package focused on naturalistic teaching strategies designed to upskill parents…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Health Services, Coaching (Performance), Autism Spectrum Disorders
Michael L. Tomak – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Mands are a vital skill for the development of a child's communicative repertoire and are typically a major focus of early intensive behavior interventions (EIBI). Naturalistic teaching is more efficient than Discrete-Trial Training (DTT) for teaching mands (Jennet, Harris, & Delmolino, 2008); and therefore, the present study used crucial…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Valentino, Amber L.; Fu, Sherrene Brice; Padover, Jessica L. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2019
Mands for information (MFIs) play an important role in language development and are important for successfully acquiring new information from one's environment. Yet many individuals with autism do not acquire mands for information without direct teaching. Research has demonstrated effective procedures for teaching all "wh" forms, except…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Autism, Teaching Methods, Language Acquisition
Centone, Kayla; Dilks, Abigail; Tincani, Matt – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Manding for preferred items and activities is a critical skill for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, little research has evaluated procedures to teach children with ASD to mand with their peers. This study evaluated the effects of a teaching package involving least-to-most prompting to increase peer-directed vocal…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
Swerdan, Matthew G.; Rosales, Rocío – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
An adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the efficacy of echoic and textual prompts to teach three students with autism (ages 8-15) to ask questions related to two pre-selected topics of conversation. Participants were first required to answer questions related to the topics to determine whether accurate responses were within…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Oleson, Chelsey R.; Baker, Jonathan C. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2014
Millions of Americans are diagnosed with dementia, and that number is only expected to rise. The diagnosis of dementia comes with impairments, especially in language. Furthermore, dementia-related functional declines appear to be moderated by environmental variables (Alzheimer's Association, "Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Communication Skills, Older Adults, Dementia
Download full textNam, Sang S.; Hwang, Young S. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2016
A literature review was conducted to describe important concepts involved in functional analysis of verbal behavior as well as to evaluate empirical research findings on acquisition of picture exchange-based vs. signed mands to suggest instructional implications for teachers and therapists to teach functional communication skills to children with…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Pictorial Stimuli, Sign Language
Peer reviewedSewell, Helen Ross – American Annals of the Deaf, 1971
Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1971). (CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
Bricker, William A.; Bricker, David D. – Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Imitation
Schaeffer, Leonard; Schaeffer, Joan – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Remedial Reading
Haring, Norris G. – 1975
An annotated bibliography which presents approximately 300 references from 1951 to 1973 on the education of severely/profoundly handicapped persons. Citations are grouped alphabetically by author's name within the following categories: characteristics and treatment, gross motor development, sensory and motor development, physical therapy for the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
