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Hammond, Diana L.; Whatley, Abigail D.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Gast, David L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of video modeling delivered via computer on accurate and independent use of an iPod by three participants with moderate intellectual disabilities. In the context of combined multiple probes across participants and replicated across tasks, three female middle school students learned to…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Moderate Mental Retardation, Middle School Students, Assistive Technology
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Douglas, Karen H.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Langone, John; Bramlett, Virginia Bell – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2011
This study evaluated the effects of a computer-based instructional program to assist three students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities in using pictorial graphic organizers as aids for increasing comprehension of electronic text-based recipes. Student comprehension of recipes was measured by their ability to verbally retell recipe…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Electronic Equipment, Cooking Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation
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Bramlett, Virginia; Ayres, Kevin M.; Douglas, Karen H.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study evaluated the effects of simulation training to teach functional community skills to four students with developmental disabilities in middle school. A multiple probe across participants and multiple probe across behaviors allowed for an evaluation of a functional relation between simulation and skill acquisition. Students learned how to…
Descriptors: Simulation, Developmental Disabilities, Middle School Students, Numbers
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Cihak, David F.; Ayres, Kevin M. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
This study evaluated the differential effects of two different visual schedule strategies. In the context of an alternating treatments design, static-picture schedules were compared to video based activity schedules as supports for three middle school aged students with autism. Students used the visual schedules to transition between activities in…
Descriptors: Autism, Criteria, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Stimuli
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Cihak, David F.; Wright, Rachel; Ayres, Kevin M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of a combined self-monitoring and static self-model prompts procedure on the academic engagement of three students with autism served in general education classrooms. The percentage of intervals engaged academically and the number of teacher prompts was analyzed in the context of a multiple probe…
Descriptors: Intervals, General Education, Autism, Prompting
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Ayres, Kevin M.; Langone, John; Boon, Richard T.; Norman, Audrey – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate use of computers and video technologies to teach students to correctly make purchases in a community grocery store using the dollar plus purchasing strategy. Four middle school students diagnosed with intellectual disabilities participated in this study. A multiple probe across participants research…
Descriptors: Research Design, Purchasing, Mental Retardation, Technology Uses in Education