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Training Adults with Moderate and Severe Mental Retardation in a Vocational Skill Using a Simultaneous Prompting Procedure.
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Maciag, Karen G.; Schuster, John W.; Collins, Belva C.; Cooper, Justin T. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Ten adults with moderate and severe mental retardation were taught to construct shipping boxes using a dyadic instructional format in which each member of the dyad received instruction on one half of the task analysis on an alternative basis. Four of the five dyads learned to construct shipping boxes. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Instructional Effectiveness, Prompting, Severe Mental Retardation
Using Simultaneous Prompting To Teach a Chained Vocational Task to Young Adults with Severe Intellectual Disabilities.
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Fetko, Kathleen S.; Schuster, John W.; Harley, Debra A.; Collins, Belva C. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
The effectiveness of simultaneous prompting, an instructional procedure which involves presenting the task direction and immediately providing the controlling prompt, was evaluated with four young adults with severe intellectual disabilities. Daily probe sessions assessed acquisition of the target behavior. Results indicated the procedure was…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Prompting
Teaching Vocational Skills with a Faded Auditory Prompting System.
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Mitchell, Rebecca J.; Schuster, John W.; Collins, Belva C.; Gassaway, Linda J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Three students (ages 14-16) with mild mental retardation were taught to use an auditory prompting system to complete the vocational tasks of cleaning a bathroom in a classroom setting. Students acquired the skills and generalized them to a novel setting. There were mixed results concerning maintenance of the skills. (Contains 10 references.)…
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Job Skills, Maintenance
Teaching Community Skills to Students with Moderate Disabilities: Comparing Combined Techniques of Classroom Simulation, Videotape Modeling, and Community-Based Instruction.
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Branham, Rachel S.; Collins, Belva C.; Schuster, John W.; Kleinert, Harold – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
This study used a constant time-delay procedure to teach three secondary students with moderate mental disabilities the community skills of mailing a letter, cashing a check, and crossing a street. Instruction involved community-based instruction plus either classroom simulation, videotape modeling, or both. The most efficient methodology was the…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Daily Living Skills, Efficiency, Instructional Effectiveness
Just Say "No!" and Walk Away: Teaching Students with Mental Disabilities To Resist Peer Pressure.
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Collins, Belva C.; Hall, Meada; Rankin, Stephanie Wheatley; Branson, Terri A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Describes a systematic program conducted at a rural secondary school to teach students with moderate mental retardation ways to resist peer pressure. Peers without disabilities were used to identify common situations of peer pressure and to serve as confederates in setting up situations where students with mental retardation learned to "just say…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Counseling Techniques, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship
Teaching Table Cleaning Skills to Secondary Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities: Facilitating Observational Learning during Instructional Downtime.
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Smith, Ronald L.; Collins, Belva C.; Schuster, John W.; Kleinert, Harold – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Four secondary students with moderate/severe mental retardation were taught table cleaning skills using a system of least prompts (SLP) procedure and multiple exemplars. In addition, students were encouraged to acquire nontargeted behaviors through observational learning during instructional downtime. Results indicate the SLP strategy was…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Daily Living Skills, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Student-2-Student Learning in Inclusive Classrooms.
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Collins, Belva C.; Hendricks, Tracy Bushman; Fetko, Kathleen; Land, Lou-Ann – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
This article describes how a program to involve peers without disabilities in the delivery of incidental information to students with disabilities was implemented in elementary and secondary classrooms. Guidelines are presented for peer presentation of nontargeted information, along with examples ways in which students with disabilities have…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Incidental Learning, Inclusive Schools