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The Effects of Skill Training on Preference for Individuals with Severe to Profound Multiple Disabilities
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Dutt, Anuradha Salil Kumar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Behavioral researchers have investigated procedures for identifying preferred items for individuals with varying levels of developmental disabilities. Some researchers in this area have reported difficulties in identifying preferred items for individuals with severe to profound multiple disabilities (SPMD), in part because the individuals may not…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Toys, Developmental Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
The Effectiveness of Combining Tangible Symbols with the Picture Exchange Communication System to Teach Requesting Skills to Children with Multiple Disabilities Including Visual Impairment
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Ali, Emad – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication program (Frost & Bondy, 2002). Although PECS has been effectively used to teach functional requesting skills for children with autism, mental retardation, visual impairment, and physical disabilities (e.g., Anderson, Moore, & Bourne, 2007; Chambers &…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Visual Impairments, Physical Disabilities
Establishing a Connection between Quality of Life and Pre-Academic Instruction for Students with Profound Multiple Disabilities
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Bobzien, Jonna L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The field of special education has begun to concentrate its efforts on developing objectives and procedural strategies that promote a positive quality of life for students with profound multiple disabilities, while determining which educational strategies are the most appropriate. A multi-element design was used to compare the effects of two…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Educational Practices, Quality of Life