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A Treatment Package for Increasing Sight Word Recognition for Use in Daily Living Skills.
Browder, Diane M.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1984
To maximize effectiveness of instruction in daily living skills, teachers need procedures that are applicable to small group instruction, that promote generalization, and that can be replicated across skills. Eight moderately mentally retarded adults acquired and generalized daily living skills through a combination of instructions in reading…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Functional Reading, Generalization
An Evaluation of the Pyramid Model of Staff Training in Group Homes for Adults with Severe Handicaps.
Demchak, MaryAnn; Browder, Diane M. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
The pyramid training model was evaluated as a means to teach six supervisors and aides working with profoundly retarded adults the training skills of increasing assistance prompt hierarchy and specific praise in developing clients' daily living skills. Providing training to supervisors resulted in improved training skills for them and subsequently…
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Daily Living Skills, Group Homes
Comparison of Sight Word Training Procedures with Validation of the Most Practical Procedure in Teaching Reading for Daily Living.
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Lalli, Joseph S.; Browder, Diane M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
The effectiveness and efficiency of stimulus fading, stimulus shaping, time delay, and a feedback only procedure were compared in teaching three adults with moderate developmental delays sight words. Results showed no clear advantage for any one procedure. The benefit of conducting a preliminary evaluation of instructional procedures during…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills, Efficiency