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The Effectiveness of a Constant Time-Delay Procedure to Teach Chained Responses to Adolescents with Mental Retardation.
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Schuster, John W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
The effectiveness of a five-second time-delay procedure to teach three chained food preparation behaviors to four moderately retarded adolescents was evaluated within a multiple probe design across behaviors. The skills maintained over a three-month period and generalized from school to home for subjects completing the generalization probe…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Cooking Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Generalization
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 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