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Download full textKoegel, Robert L.; And Others – 1988
This manual presents a training methodology for use in changing pivotal behaviors of children with autism or other severe handicaps. Behaviors specifically addressed for their far ranging effects involve motivation and responsivity to multiple cues. Seven instructional points are detailed with both good and poor implementation examples. The manual…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Secondary Education
Lanham, Raymond; And Others – 1980
Health professionals tend to view dying patients with two intertwined attitudes. On one hand the patient possesses an irreversible pathological condition and the doctor is obliged to help that patient embrace death with as much dignity as possible. On the other hand, the patient's imminent death is daily testimony to the limits of the doctor's…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Death, Health Personnel, Interaction
Allen, Rex J.; Allen, Steven W. – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes computer assisted-videodisc systems recently installed in Central Africa and discusses pertinent issues surrounding interactive videodiscs, including system and training developments and a four-part assessment and development procedure which includes cost, stimuli, environmental and fidelity considerations, the development team,…
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Aspen Systems Corp., Rockville, MD. – 1992
This training guide is designed to enhance the skills of Head Start staff in nurturing children by attending to them and interacting with them so they are safe as they grow and develop. Each of the guide's modules details module outcomes, key concepts, and background information. Module 1 addresses tuning in to children, focusing on building the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Family School Relationship, Interaction
Siegel-Causey, Ellin, Ed.; Guess, Doug, Ed. – 1988
The purpose of this manual, the culmination of a graduate project begun at the University of Kansas, is to assist individuals with severe, multiple disabilities and their service providers in learning to utilize nonsymbolic behaviors in an expanded, facilitative manner that leads to more consistent and predictable communication functioning. The…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Skills, Eye Contact, Facial Expressions
Pulice, Pat – 1987
This guide presents methods for promoting integrated development in autistic children, through the use of attachment-based activities. The first section reviews the literature on autism, including its etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and attachment research. The second section describes the Minneapolis Children's Medical Center program, called…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Autism, Child Development
Foxx, R. M.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes the development and use of language training procedures, referred to as cues-pause-point procedures, that rely on behavioral principles and simple and natural teaching procedures and that are exhibited in many normal parent-child or teacher-student verbal interactions. The procedures have been effective in teaching severely…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Cues
