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Yaw, Jared; Skinner, Christopher H.; Orsega, Michael C.; Parkhurst, John; Booher, Joshua; Chambers, Karen – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2012
The authors used a multiple-baseline-across-behaviors (i.e., word lists) design to evaluate a computer-based flashcard intervention on automatic sight-word reading in a 4th-grade student with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Immediately after the intervention was applied to each of three lists of sight words, the student made rapid…
Descriptors: Intervention, Beginning Reading, Sight Vocabulary, Word Lists
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Beecher, Larissa; Childre, Amy – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study evaluated the impact of a comprehensive reading program enhanced with sign language on the literacy and language skills of three elementary school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Students received individual and small group comprehensive reading instruction for approximately 55 minutes per session. Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading, Sign Language
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Hopewell, Kim; McLaughlin, T. F.; Derby, K. Mark – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2011
Introduction: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of reading racetracks and direct instruction flashcards with two students with behavior disorders. A token economy with a response cost component was also implemented to increase on-task behavior during data collection. Method: The participants were two eight-year-old males.…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Intervention, Word Lists, Sight Vocabulary