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ERIC Number: EJ842555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
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Teaching Positive Work Behavior with Literacy-Based Behavioral Interventions: An Intervention for Students and Employees with Developmental Disabilities
Bucholz, Jessica L.; Brady, Michael P.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v41 n2 p50-55 Nov-Dec 2008
Preparing people with disabilities for employment is an important task. Many individuals have difficulty learning and performing employment skills without support or guidance. This article describes how literacy-based behavioral interventions (LBBIs), instructional interventions that use print or pictures as an instructional medium, can help teachers, job coaches, and employers who work with individuals with disabilities encourage positive work behaviors. One popular example of an LBBI is a Social Story. Social stories are short individually written stories that describe a situation, skill, or concept to help improve understanding. Historically, educators used Social Stories as a behavior management technique, typically for children with autism. Although literature supports the use of these stories for children with autism, very few studies examine how literacy-based interventions may be useful for individuals with other types of disabilities or how they might be useful as an intervention in vocational or employment settings. (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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