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Reducing and Eliminating Restraint of People with Developmental Disabilities and Severe Behavior Disorders: An Overview of Recent Research
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Williams, Don E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This paper provides a brief overview of the most recent research (1999-2009) on restraint reduction and elimination efforts in the literature and also examines the characteristics of restraint along with the risks and benefits. Some earlier papers were included in this review because of their importance to the topic. The results of this literature…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Educational Research, Literature Reviews
Effects of Embedded Instruction Versus Discrete-Trial Training on Self-Injury, Correct Responding, and Mood in a Child with Autism
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Sigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Ma, Chia Hui; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Cannella, Helen; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Embedded instruction and discrete-trial training are both recommended for teaching children with autism, but there is little research available comparing the two. The present study compared embedded instruction with discrete-trial training for a 12-year-old boy with autism. Method: An initial functional analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Autism, Self Destructive Behavior, Teaching Methods
A Comparative Study of the Effects of a Developmentally Based Instructional Model on Young Children with Autism and Young Children with Other Disorders of Behavior and Development.
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Rogers, Sally J.; DiLalla, David L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
This study, which applied an instructional model based on Piaget's theory of cognitive development, pragmatics theory of language development, and Mahler's theory of development of interpersonal relationships, found that 49 preschool children with autism did not make less progress than a comparison group of 27 children with other…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Cognitive Development
The Special Child: Strategies for Treatment and Management. Understanding and Guiding to Reach Individual Potential.
Ellis, Mickie – 1990
The manual is intended to provide preschool educators who work with exceptional children with both theoretical background and practical guidance in teaching children with attentional deficit disorders, oppositional disorders, conduct disorders, autism, developmental learning disorders, childhood depression, borderline personality disorders, and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Child Development
Issues and Research in Special Education. Volume 2.
Gaylord-Ross, Robert, Ed. – 1992
This compilation presents five papers on issues and research in special education. "Qualitative Research in Special Education: An Evaluative Review" (Charles A. Peck and Gail C. Furman) explicates some of the epistemological assumptions underlying qualitative research methods, reviews examples of qualitative research, evaluates the contributions…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Coping, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
"Crack Kids" in School: What To Do, How To Do It. Pervasively Developmentally Delayed (PDD).
Odom-Winn, Danni; Dunagan, Dianne E. – 1991
This book addresses the educational needs of children who are pervasively developmentally delayed (PDD), especially those exposed to drugs prenatally and those with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, autism, hyperactivity, Aspberger Syndrome, other heath impairments, attention deficit disorder, and childhood aphasia. The first chapter recommends the use of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Aphasia, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders