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Comparing Pictures and Videos for Teaching Action Labels to Children with Communication Delays
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Schebell, Shannon; Shepley, Collin; Mataras, Theologia; Wunderlich, Kara – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2018
Children with communication delays often display difficulties labeling stimuli in their environment, particularly related to actions. Research supports direct instruction with video and picture stimuli for increasing children's action labeling repertoires; however, no studies have compared which type of stimuli results in more efficient,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Communication Problems, Communication Disorders
Effects of Training and Coaching with Performance Feedback on Teachers' Use of "Pyramid Model" Practices
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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Hardy, Jessica K.; Schnitz, Alana G.; Adams, Jessie Morris; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Training and coaching with performance feedback has been effective for supporting teachers to use evidence-based instructional practices. However, coaching with performance feedback has primarily been used to support teachers to use discrete skills, and there has been little evidence of maintenance and generalization. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Best Practices
Randomized, Controlled Trial of the LEAP Model of Early Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Strain, Phillip S.; Bovey, Edward H. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
A clustered randomized design was used in which 28 inclusive preschool classrooms were randomly assigned to receive 2 years of training and coaching to fidelity in the LEAP (Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents) preschool model, and 28 inclusive classes were assigned to receive intervention manuals only.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Autism, Young Children
Social and Behavioral Characteristics of Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment
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Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Justice, Laura M.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Grant, Staci L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2007
This study examined the social and behavioral characteristics of children with specific language impairment (SLI) as compared with a group of children with typically developing language skills (TL). The participants were 45 children (17 girls and 28 boys) with SLI and 53 children (27 girls and 26 boys) with TL. Maternal ratings of participants'…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Language Impairments, Child Behavior, Language Skills
Comparative Single-Subject Research: Description of Designs and Discussion of Problems.
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Holcombe, Ariane; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
This article describes four single-subject research designs comparing two or more interventions with young disabled children--the multitreatment design, alternating treatments design, adapted alternating treatments design, and parallel treatments design. Problems in using these designs include multitreatment interference, nonreversibility of some…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Transition to Parenthood for Parents of Technology-Assisted Infants.
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Odom, Samuel L.; Chandler, Lynette – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
The article examines the transition to parenthood that occurs for parents of full-term healthy infants and the similarities and differences in the experiences of parents of technology-assisted infants. Implications for early intervention practice for technology-assisted infants and their families are then discussed. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Chronic Illness, Comparative Analysis