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Keywood, Jeannette Rea; Brill, Michelle F. – Journal of Extension, 2020
Effectively engaging individuals with developmental disabilities is essential to Extension's diversity and inclusion mandate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that over 6 million individuals have developmental disabilities. We in Extension have the potential to include a proportionate number of individuals with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Extension Education, Professional Development, Extension Agents
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Lee, James D.; Meadan, Hedda; Xia, Yan – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
Challenging behavior exhibited by young children with neurodevelopmental disabilities is known to negatively affect their optimal development and families' quality of life. Although some support exists for English-speaking parents of children with autism who live in high-resource countries, it is scarce for others. Such disparity may also be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Young Children, Developmental Disabilities
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Branch, Alison; Hastings, Richard P.; Beverley, Michael; Hughes, J. Carl – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Behaviour support plans (BSPs) are at the core of positive behavioural support for challenging behaviour, but nonadherence to BSPs is common. Generally, nonfluent component knowledge prevents learners achieving fluent application and retention of information, and we hypothesised that this may apply to staff learning BSPs. Method: We…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Staff Development
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Hutchinson, Nancy; Minnes, Patricia; Burbidge, Julie; Dods, Jenn; Pyle, Angela; Dalton, C. J. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
This mixed-methods study reports on the perspectives of 208 teacher candidates on teaching children with developmental disabilities and delays (DD) in inclusive classrooms from Kindergarten to Grade 6. The questionnaire included items on demographics, experience, knowledge, and feelings of competence, advocacy, and sense of efficacy. Open-ended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
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Luiselli, James K.; St. Amand, CarrieAnne; MaGee, Christine; Sperry, James M. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
We describe a training program to teach applied behavior analysis (ABA) knowledge competencies to paraprofessional staff (N = 47) at a habilitation services agency for adults with developmental disabilities. Before and following training, staff completed assessment of knowledge tests for three content areas: basic learning principles,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers, Adults, Behavior Modification
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Allen, David; Tynan, Hannah – Mental Retardation, 2000
The impact of a training program to help staff prevent and effectively manage aggressive behavior was assessed with 109 staff members who worked in services for persons with developmental disabilities. Instruction in distraction, defusion, and nonaggressive physical intervention strategies was provided. The training significantly improved…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Instructional Effectiveness