Effectiveness and Efficiency of Constant-Time Delay and Most-to-least Prompt Procedures in Teaching Daily Living Skills to Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Aykut Ç.

KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI, cilt.12, sa.1, ss.353-373, 2012 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.353-373
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study is aimed at comparing the effectiveness and efficiency of constant-time delay and most-to-least prompt procedures in teaching daily living skills to children with mental retardation. Adapted alternating treatment design was used. The outcome shows that both procedures were equally effective in teaching the daily living skills. However, the most-to-least prompt procedure is more efficient than a constant-time delay procedure in terms of total training time, number of trials and training errors. Both strategies are found to have similar effectiveness in maintenance and generalization for daily living skills.