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A Concurrent Criterion-Related Validity Study Of The Academic Performance Rating Scale With The Behavior Rating Profile-Second Edition, Valerie S. Vida
A Concurrent Criterion-Related Validity Study Of The Academic Performance Rating Scale With The Behavior Rating Profile-Second Edition, Valerie S. Vida
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The Academic Performance Rating Scale (APRS ) (DuPaul, Perriello, & Rapport , 1991 ) was recently developed to identify children's academic performance and abilities in classroom settings. It was initially found to be a highly reliable scale, but a general behavior rating scale was not used as a criterion in establishing criterion-related validity. The Behavior Rating Profile (BRP-2) (Brown & Hammill , 1990) is a behavior rating scale used to assess the personal and social adjustment of elementary and secondary school students. Subjects for this study were private school students enrolled in grade levels first through fifth. Teachers completed both …
Spontaneous Communication With The Autistic Child: A Single Subject Design, Amy Norris
Spontaneous Communication With The Autistic Child: A Single Subject Design, Amy Norris
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Many studies have researched time delay procedures and generalization but there is little existing literature as to using the computer as a communication device with autistic children. The purpose of this study was to show how time delay procedures could increase spontaneous communication in a autistic child on a computer. The subject for this study is an eleven year old autistic male. His speech has been labeled dysparxic, and he has Tourette's Syndrome. A multiple probe design was used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics and point-by-point method (number of immediate responses divided by number of immediate responses plus modeled …