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Comparison of Staff Training Strategies to Promote Generalized Teaching Skills.
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Ducharme, Joseph M.; Feldman, Maurice A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
Two studies compared the effectiveness of different strategies for promoting generalization of staff skills in teaching self-care routines to clients with developmental disabilities. Results indicated that general case training was more effective at promoting generalized training effects than provision of written instructions, single case…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Caregivers, Case Studies
Effects of Extinction Alone and Extinction Plus Functional Communication Training on Covariation of Problem Behaviors.
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Shukla, Smita; Albin, Richard W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
A study of a man (age 19) with severe developmental disabilities evaluated the effects of implementing extinction for some problem behaviors of a functional response class, with and without reinforcement of an alternative communication response. Results found that using extinction and functional communication training reduced all topographies of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Communication Skills
Using Assessment-Based Curricular Intervention to Improve the Classroom Behavior of a Student with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges.
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Kern, Lee; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
A case study of an elementary school child with emotional and behavioral problems illustrates a process of descriptive assessment, functional assessment, and assessment-based intervention. The descriptive information generated hypotheses about variables maintaining the problem behavior which were then tested in the classroom environment.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Change Strategies