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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Winiarski, Lauren; Blood, Erika; Chan, Jeffrey M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
A modified pre/posttest control group design was used to measure the effectiveness of video modeling on the maintenance of vocational tasks for six students with autism spectrum disorder and/or developmental disabilities. Each student was assigned two vocational tasks at their employment settings and their independence with each task was measured…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Control Groups, Video Technology
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Kraus, Erika; Karpman, Keri; Nizzi, Rosemary; Valentino, Joe – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of video prompting and picture prompting when used as antecedents for teaching daily living skills to two adolescents with autism. Participants were taught two different skills, and the effects of the instructional conditions were compared and evaluated using an adapted alternating-treatments…
Descriptors: Autism, Prompting, Instructional Materials, Daily Living Skills
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Zurita, Leslie M.; Johnson, Jesse W.; Grider, Katie M.; Grider, Kristin L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This study compared the effectiveness of self-, other-, and subjective-video models on teaching daily living skills to three individuals with developmental disabilities. Results indicated that all conditions were effective in promoting independent correct responding in both instructional and generalization settings and that the effects maintained…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Daily Living Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Van Laarhoven-Myers, Traci – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
This study compared the effectiveness of three different video-based instructional sequences, all used in conjunction with the system of least prompts, for teaching three different daily living skills to three young adults with developmental disabilities. The video-based instructional sequences (i.e., video rehearsal, video rehearsal plus photos,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Daily Living Skills
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Munk, Dennis D.; Zurita, Leslie M.; Lynch, Kathleen; Zurita, Brian; Smith, Thomas; Chandler, Lynette – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2009
Students with disabilities are guaranteed access to assistive technologies (AT) by provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) (2004) and its predecessor, the Technology Related Assistance Act (Tech Act) (1988). Design and development of AT, including devices and software programs, has burgeoned to a point…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Johnson, Jesse W.; Repp, Alan C.; Karsh, Kathryn G.; Lenz, Mark – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Two studies compared the effectiveness of two procedures (multiple examples across trials and within trials) in teaching 10 students (ages 10-20) with moderate disabilities functional word discriminations. The first procedure was superior in acquisition; the latter procedure, however, was better under generalization for most participants.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization