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Bozarth, Jerold D.; Krauft, Conrad C. – 1973
The importance of the counselor's or therapist's characteristics of empathy, warmth, and genuineness in client improvement has been established in a number of studies. This manual was prepared as a means of fostering these qualities. It was prepared by rating segments of interviews taped in psychotherapy sessions and giving examples of the…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Training, Empathy, Guides
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1990
Two adults with severe mental retardation were assessed for correct pointing responses to line drawings of required eating utensils. Following tact intervention, mands for two of three utensils emerged. Results suggest transfer from tact variables to the conditioned establishing operation may be facilitated by cultivating a minimal mand…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Generalization
Peer reviewedSnope, Trudy – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
A program to remediate echolalia in response to questions was administered to a 4-year-old boy enrolled in a preschool class for language-delayed children. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Echolalia, Language Handicaps, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedSpooner, Sue E.; Stone, Shelley C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Frequency measures were based on the first 30 minutes of audiotaped interviews with clients, taken at the end of prepracticum, during practicum, and at least three months after training. Data indicate males make more responses overall than do females. Training of specific skills is affirmed. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Duker, Pieter C.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
This study assessed the differential effectiveness of two types of response delays on correct responding (with communicative gestures) by three individuals with severe mental handicaps to training instructions. Results showed that response delay was effective in increasing the number of correct responses in two of the three individuals. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Patterned Responses, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedEvans, Ian M.; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1988
Investigates the differential generalization of components within and across functional skills in teaching routines to eight severely retarded students. Finds large individual differences and significant main effects due to type of activity, with a tendency for the same components to generalize across routines. (FMW)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation
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Direct linkWallace, Michele D.; Iwata, Brian A.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We examined some conditions under which a response acquired as a tact might facilitate the establishment of a mand. We taught 3 participants with developmental disabilities to tact the items ranked highest and lowest in a preference assessment and subsequently tested to see if the responses occurred as mands. All participants manded for the highly…
Descriptors: Needs, Responses, Developmental Disabilities, Verbal Communication
