ERIC Number: EJ1387477
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Publication Date: 2023-Jun
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Effects of Spoken and Written Rules in a Multiple-Schedule Arrangement in Special Education Classes
Kraljic, Elizabeth A.; Sidener, Tina M.; Reeve, Sharon A.; Reeve, Kenneth F.; Mastrogiacomo, Lori Bechner; Callahan, Ashley
Education and Treatment of Children, v46 n2 p135-144 Jun 2023
Studies employing multiple-schedule arrangements to bring social approaches (e.g., requesting attention, raising hand) under stimulus control have commonly used correlated contrived, continuous stimuli with at least one condition (e.g., displaying a green stimulus when attention is available and a red stimulus when it is not). Although imposing these correlates may have advantages for teaching, it may be impractical or stigmatizing to use them indefinitely in a learner's natural environment. The purpose of the current study was to extend previous research by using rules as naturalistic schedule correlates in a multiple-schedule arrangement. We evaluated the effects of multiple schedules with spoken rules (naturalistic, noncontinuous correlates) and a written rule (contrived, continuous correlate) on social approaches in three classrooms with adolescents with a variety of special education classifications. Social approaches decreased quickly during independent work periods and remained below criterion for all participants, with a novel teacher, when the written rule was removed, and during maintenance probes. Social validity assessments with the participants and special education teachers indicated high acceptability.
Descriptors: Special Education, Standards, Adolescents, Written Language, Speech Communication, School Schedules, Special Education Teachers, Social Behavior
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