Browsing by Author "Ann Kaiser"
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Adams, Jessie Morris (2012-12-07)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individualized interventions for young children with persistent challenging behavior. Three children between the ages of 4 and 5 years participated in the ...
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Reichow, Brian Richard (2008-07-30)Department: Special EducationThe present study examined the effectiveness and efficiency of two instructional arrangements using the progressive time delay (PTD) procedure with 5 young children with autism. An adapted alternating treatment design was ...
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Fisher, Jamie D. (2013-10-21)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which preschool teachers use complex syntax in their verbal interactions with preschool children. Of interest was whether the amount of complex syntax preschool teachers ...
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Quinn, Emily Dayle (2018-11-20)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to examine whether the Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) Telepractice Program was effective for teaching caregivers to implement EMT language support strategies and whether changes in caregiver ...
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Lieberman, Rebecca Graham (2011-08-05)Department: Special EducationIn many western families, young children spend much of their time engaging in object play with adult social partners. Such interactions provide a rich context for early communication development and language learning. ...
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Wright, Courtney Anne (2013-06-11)Department: Special EducationThe effects of a multi-component intervention on the directed communication between preschoolers with Down syndrome and their peers were studied. The intervention included (a) one-on-one training with a therapist using ...
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Meeker, Kathleen Marie Artman (2010-08-02)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a professional development intervention on teachers’ implementation of the Teaching Pyramid model. The Teaching Pyramid is a classroom-wide approach for fostering ...
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Schnitz, Alana Griffin (2016-04-01)Department: Special EducationThe prevalence of young children with challenging behavior is increasing, which has augmented the need for effective interventions to address challenging behavior and teach social skills. Research shows group parent training ...
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Cunningham, Jennifer Elizabeth (2018-10-16)Department: Special EducationMeta-analyses examining professional development efforts to enhance the quality of language instruction in preschool classrooms found that such trainings result in small, non-significant effects on child vocabulary (Cunningham ...
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Barnes, Erica Marie (2013-09-30)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityAccumulating evidence from research indicates that input from teachers, measured at the utterance level, may positively impact children’s language and vocabulary growth. To date, few studies have investigated teachers’ ...
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Nurturing Word Learners: Children’s Opportunities for Vocabulary Learning in Head Start Classrooms Grifenhagen, Jill Freiberg (2012-11-29)Department: Teaching and LearningThis study describes the word-learning opportunities available to children in Head Start classrooms and examines relationships between these opportunities and children’s preschool vocabulary gains. The sample was composed ...
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Ledford, Jennifer Renaee (2012-12-03)Department: Special EducationMore than 30 previously published studies have shown that small group direct instruction is effective and efficient for teaching participants with and without disabilities, although relatively few studies have been conducted ...
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Trent, Jennifer Alacia (2007-04-13)Department: Special EducationSPECIAL EDUCATION SIBLING USE OF RESPONSIVE INTERACTION STRATEGIES ACROSS SETTINGS JENNIFER ALACIA TRENT Dissertation under the direction of Professor Ann P. Kaiser The effects of an intervention designed to facilitate ...
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Hardy, Jessica Kristen (2014-04-27)Department: Special EducationInstruction in early math is the subject of increasing attention in the literature and research. Response to intervention is a framework that can be used to guide how children receive instruction on early math skills. A ...
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McLeod, Jennifer Ragan Henderson (2010-12-04)Department: Special EducationResearch indicates that linguistic input from teachers may affect child vocabulary development in preschool and beyond (Dickinson & Tabors, 2001). Currently, there is little research on the relationship between specific ...
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Barton, Erin Elizabeth (2007-07-31)Department: Special EducationThe effects of training teachers to implement an intervention designed to promote pretense behaviors in children with disabilities were examined using a multiple probe design. Teachers were trained to use a system of least ...
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Roberts, Megan York (2013-10-14)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a parent-implemented language intervention, Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT), improved expressive and receptive language skills in children at risk for persistent ...