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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Carreon, Adam; Bonneau, Wendy; Lagerhausen, Ashli – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The purpose of this study was to compare mobile technologies with universally-designed prompting systems to improve the independent vocational performance of four adolescents with ASD and/or ID in school-based employment settings. Specific aims were to (1) compare the effectiveness of universally-designed prompting systems presented on iPads and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Handheld Devices
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Conderman, Greg – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2011
Current legal mandates require that students with disabilities in K-12 settings have access to assistive technology (AT) devices and services. Therefore, educational teams serving students with Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) must consider various ATs and identify services to support their implementation in educational settings.…
Descriptors: Expertise, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Special Education Teachers
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Van Laarhoven-Myers, Traci E.; Van Laarhoven, Toni R.; Smith, Thomas J.; Johnson, Heather; Olson, Justin – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2016
Despite the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA) mandates for student involvement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, several researchers have demonstrated limited student participation. One method for encouraging self-advocacy and active IEP participation is to teach students to communicate their hopes, dreams,…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Self Advocacy, Student Participation, Technology Uses in Education
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Chan, Jeffrey Michael; Lambdin, Lindsay; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Johnson, Jesse W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The current study used a video prompting plus least-to-most prompting treatment package to teach a 35-year-old Caucasian man with Down Syndrome three leisure skills. Each leisure skill was task analyzed and the researchers created brief videos depicting the completion of individual steps. Using a multiple probe across behaviors design, the video…
Descriptors: Leisure Education, Adult Education, Video Technology, Prompting
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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; Van Laarhoven-Myers, Traci; Zurita, Leslie M. – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2007
This study evaluated the effectiveness of using a pocket PC to teach two adolescents with mild and moderate cognitive impairments vocational tasks in competitive, community-based settings. Participants were taught three different tasks in their respective work sites through video rehearsal and video feedback strategies. Video files were presented…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Adolescents
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Johnson, Jesse W.; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Repp, Alan C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study tested whether four students with mental retardation would substitute task-related behaviors for stereotypic behaviors when opportunity for active responding did or did not match level of motoric responding in a free-operant baseline. Students did substitute behaviors, with stereotypic behaviors occurring 1.5-14 times as much in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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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