ERIC Number: EJ1342860
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jun
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1744-6295
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Behavior Skills Training for Teaching and Generalizing Self-Instruction Skills for Students with Intellectual Disability
Ethington, Amber T.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Shepley, Sally B.; Bausch, Margaret E.
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, v26 n2 p319-336 Jun 2022
Research demonstrates that combining video modeling and visual activity schedules into video activity schedules has been effective in increasing independence for students with disabilities. However, the instructional procedures used to teach students to acquire the necessary skills to navigate those tools vary among existent research. In this study, a behavior skills training package was investigated within a multiple probe design across participants, to determine if four elementary aged participants with intellectual disability could acquire self-instruction skills to navigate a video activity schedule. Three participants acquired the self-instruction skills using behavior skills training. After learning how to navigate the video activity schedules, the same three participants generalized and maintained the self-instruction skills to perform additional novel behaviors. The results suggest that behavior skills training may be an effective instructional strategy for teaching self-instruction skills and a means to program for generalized behavior change for students with intellectual disability.
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Skill Development, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Elementary School Students, Independent Study, Video Technology, Training, Generalization, Maintenance, Program Effectiveness, Urban Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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