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Using A Naturalistic Time Delay To Initiate A Request For Preferred Objects From Same Aged Peers, Brian A. Newton
Using A Naturalistic Time Delay To Initiate A Request For Preferred Objects From Same Aged Peers, Brian A. Newton
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
The purpose of this study was to provide training to peer tutors in order to teach students with severe intellectual disability to initiate communication to obtain preferred objects. A multiple probe (days) across students was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the peer implementing a naturalistic time delay to teach the communication skill. Two of the four students were able to initiate communications with the peer tutors to use objects they preferred. One student showed increasing in responding prior to the implementation of the intervention. The results showed that the peers were able to maintain the instructional procedures to teach …
Teaching Peer Tutors To Use A Simultaneous Prompting Procedure To Teach Sales Tax Computation To Secondary Students With Mild And Moderate Disabilities, Sarah Whitfield
Teaching Peer Tutors To Use A Simultaneous Prompting Procedure To Teach Sales Tax Computation To Secondary Students With Mild And Moderate Disabilities, Sarah Whitfield
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
The purpose of the study was to provide training to peer tutors to teach students with mild and moderate disabilities sales tax computation using a simultaneous prompting procedure with fidelity. Non-target information presented during training sessions and generalization to natural environment settings was assessed. A multiple probe (days) across participants design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on the dependent variables. The results showed peer tutors could use the simultaneous prompting procedure with fidelity to teach sales tax computation and students with disabilities could acquire sales tax computation. The students acquired the non-target information presented and generalization …
Effect Of Simultaneous Prompting Delivered By Peers In The General Education Setting, Whitney S. Barnes
Effect Of Simultaneous Prompting Delivered By Peers In The General Education Setting, Whitney S. Barnes
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
The purpose of this research study was to provide training for peer tutors to use simultaneous prompting to increase the percentage of correct responses of sight words by students with moderate to severe disabilities. The study included four students with moderate to severe disabilities in an elementary school setting. A multiple probe (days) design across behaviors replicated across students was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the simultaneous prompting procedure used by peer tutors to teach students with moderate to severe disabilities in the general education setting. The results indicated the peers were able to reliably implement the procedures, but …