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Kastner, Kendall M.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Gifford, Margaret R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2023
As a treatment for escape-maintained problem behavior, differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) is typically initiated by reinforcing compliance on a dense reinforcement schedule. This work schedule is then progressively thinned such that the individual is required to complete more work, up to some socially acceptable terminal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reinforcement, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems
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Cochran, Lisa; Welham, Alice; Oliver, Chris; Arshad, Adam; Moss, Joanna F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Age-related behavioural change in Cornelia de Lange syndrome is poorly understood. We report a 7 year follow-up study of adaptive behaviour, autism spectrum disorder symptomatology, language skills and behavioural characteristics in 30 individuals with Cornelia de Lange syndrome, compared with 18 individuals with Cri du Chat syndrome. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Followup Studies, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kirk, Hannah; Gray, Kylie; Ellis, Kirsten; Taffe, John; Cornish, Kim – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience significant difficulties in attention, learning, executive functions, and behavioral regulation. Emerging evidence suggests that computerized cognitive training may remediate these impairments. In a double blind controlled trial, 76 children with IDD (4-11 years) were…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Training, Academic Achievement, Executive Function
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Reichle, Joe – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
This commentary includes a brief discussion of issues raised by the articles and systematic review contained in this special issue addressing technology applications for persons with severe developmental disabilities. Topical areas include a discussion of: (1) a need to compare "high tech" with "low tech" applications, (2) procedural fidelity, (3)…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Behavior Disorders
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Rapp, John T.; Swanson, Greg; Dornbusch, Kaitlin – Behavior Modification, 2007
Conditional rates of problem behavior for weeks that followed medication decreases and no medication changes were compared for 12 individuals who exhibited severe problem behavior (e.g., self-injury, aggression). The results indicate that conditional rates of problem behavior were higher following medication decreases than following no changes in…
Descriptors: Sleep, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Comparative Analysis
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Cress, Cynthia J.; Arens, Kelli B.; Zajicek, Alicia K. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Children with developmental disabilities are slower to develop skills at intentional and symbolic communication than typically developing children, and may rely on atypical patterns of preintentional behaviors to support more complex communication development. The present study compared complex gaze engagement behaviors elicited by 25…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Psychomotor Skills, Behavior Change, Play
Kogan, Kate L.; Tyler, Nancy B. – 1978
This study tests the effectiveness of 2 approaches to parenting instruction for parents of preschool developmentally delayed children aged 3 through 5. Sixty parent/child pairs were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (1) individual parenting instruction only, (2) individual plus group instruction, and (3) comparison group with no instruction.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities