Teaching Students to Request the Continuation of Routine Activities by Using Time Delay and Decreasing Physical Assistance in the Context of Chain Interruption.

Gee, Kathleen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ437756

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Teaching Students to Request the Continuation of Routine Activities by Using Time Delay and Decreasing Physical Assistance in the Context of Chain Interruption.

Gee, Kathleen; And Others

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v16 n3 p154-67 Fall 1991

Three students (ages 5-10) with profound intellectual, sensory, and physical disabilities were taught to activate a communication device to request the continuation of activities in which they were involved. The intervention consisted of a consistent response interval and increasing time delay paired with decreasing physical assistance in operating the call device. (DB)

Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Behavior Chaining, Contingency Management, Equipment, Multiple Disabilities, Personal Autonomy, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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