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50 Years of ERIC
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Akmanoglu, Nurgul; Yanardag, Mehmet; Batu, E. Sema – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Teaching play skills is important for children with autism. The purpose of the present study was to compare effectiveness and efficiency of providing video modeling and graduated guidance together and video modeling alone for teaching role playing skills to children with autism. The study was conducted with four students. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Prompting, Teaching Methods
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Batu, Sema – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The present study was designed to examine the effectiveness of visual supports on teaching simultaneous prompting procedure to mothers to provide home-based instruction to their children with developmental disabilities. Three preschool-aged children with moderate developmental disabilities and their mothers were the participants. A multiple probe…
Descriptors: Prompting, Visual Aids, Mothers, Home Instruction
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Hanline, Mary Francis; Correa-Torres, Silvia M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the social experiences of preschoolers with severe disabilities in an inclusive early education setting. Teachers, paraprofessionals, and peers were interviewed, and the children and adults were observed in daily routines of the preschool. Findings showed that social experiences with adults were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Severe Disabilities, Student Behavior, Social Experience
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Leaf, Justin B.; Oppenheim-Leaf, Misty L.; Dotson, Wesley H.; Johnson, Valerie A.; Courtemanche, Andrea B.; Sheldon, Jan B.; Sherman, James A. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Discrete trial teaching is a systematic form of instruction found to be effective for children diagnosed with autism. Three areas of discrete trial teaching warranting more research are the effectiveness and efficiency of various prompting procedures, the effectiveness of implementing teaching in a group instructional format, and the ability of…
Descriptors: Autism, Prompting, Program Effectiveness, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Travers, Jason C.; Higgins, Kyle; Pierce, Tom; Boone, Randall; Miller, Susan; Tandy, Richard – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Children with autism are at-risk for poor literacy outcomes and have the right to learn literacy skills. Despite this, students with autism often may be perceived as not ready for literacy instruction. This study focused on teaching alphabet skills to young children with autism. Two instructional conditions were compared, traditional teacher-led…
Descriptors: Autism, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Preschool Children
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Cuhadar, Selmin; Diken, Ibrahim H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the influences of instruction performed through activity schedules on engaging-in the schedule skill and fulfilling the activity skills of pre-school children with autism; along with investigating the influence of schedule observation and instruction on children's engagement in activities. Participants were three male…
Descriptors: Autism, Instructional Effectiveness, Recreational Activities, Teaching Methods
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Ganz, Jennifer B.; Flores, Margaret M.; Lashley, Erin E. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have difficulties with verbal language. Many interventions to remediate such deficits require numerous materials and significant teacher time. This study sought to determine if a simple multi-component intervention that incorporated noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) and verbal modeling would result in…
Descriptors: Autism, Intervention, Reinforcement, Models
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Dogoe, Maud S.; Banda, Devender R.; Lock, Robin H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study examined the acquisition and generalization of requesting behaviors learned through PECS with three children with autism. A single-subject multiple baseline across participants design was used to determine the effects of PECS. Results indicated that all three participants acquired PECS skills for requesting and generalized the skills…
Descriptors: Autism, Generalization, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Needs Students
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Bonggat, Penelope Wong; Hall, Laura J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study addresses the call for increased research on common public school practices and progress monitoring by public school teachers. An alternating treatment design was implemented by a preschool teacher to evaluate the effect of sensory-integration based activities compared with an attention control on the on task behavior of three…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Attention Control