Reinforcement, Verbal (Latest Articles)

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A comparison of manual guidance and knowledge of results in the learning of a weight-bearing skill.

28 Feb 2008 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with certain neurological or orthopedic conditions often present with asymmetrical weight-bearing in stance. In the treatment of such patients, physical therapists often use manual guidance to promote symmetrical ...
rec_pub_18463553-a-comparison-manual-guidance-knowledge-results-learning-weight.htm

Increasing activity attendance and engagement in individuals with dementia using descriptive prompts.

30 Dec 2007 The effects of providing descriptive prompts to increase activity attendance and engagement in 6 individuals with dementia were evaluated using a reversal design. The results showed that providing descriptive prompts increased activity attendance ...
rec_pub_18595293-increasing-activity-attendance-engagement-individuals-dementia-using.htm

Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking.

30 Dec 2007 A functional analysis indicated that chronic eye poking exhibited by a woman with profound mental retardation persisted in the absence of social contingencies. We initiated a procedure in which a therapist delivered a punisher (mild reprimand) ...
rec_pub_18595290-using-stimulus-correlated-reprimands-suppress-automatically.htm

Object categorisation, object naming, and viewpoint independence in visual remembering: evidence from young children's drawings of a novel object.

30 Dec 2007 A simple object-drawing task confirms a three-way association between object categorisation, viewpoint independence, and longer-term visual remembering. Young children (5- to 7-year-olds) drew a familiar object or a novel object, immediately after ...
rec_pub_18569689-object-categorisation-object-naming-viewpoint-independence-visual.htm

A practical variation of a multiple-schedule procedure: brief schedule-correlated stimuli.

30 Dec 2007 Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been used to minimize children's disruptive requesting for teacher attention (e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, & Heal, 2006). The present study evaluated ...
rec_pub_18468286-a-practical-variation-multiple-schedule-procedure-brief-schedule.htm

A comparison of general and specific instructions to promote task engagement and completion by a young man with Asperger syndrome.

30 Dec 2007 Previous research has suggested that the topography of instructions (general vs. specific) may influence the likelihood that young children comply with instructions. The purpose of the current study was to compare the rates of task completion of a ...
rec_pub_18468284-a-comparison-general-specific-instructions-promote-task-engagement.htm

"Please listen, it's my turn": instructional approaches, curricula and contexts for supporting communication and increasing access to inclusion.

29 Nov 2007 BACKGROUND: Four elementary (primary) school students with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) who used augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aids were selected to take part in an intensive, 4-week summer intervention program. ...
rec_pub_18049971-please-listen-s-turn-instructional-approaches-curricula-contexts.htm

Using memory restructuring strategy to enhance dental behaviour.

30 Oct 2007 AIMS: This study sought to 'restructure' memory of dental treatment to help children develop positive memories and cooperate more fully with the dentist at future visits. DESIGN: The design compared 'usual care' plus an intervention designed to ...
rec_pub_17935597-using-memory-restructuring-strategy-enhance-dental-behaviour.htm

Motivational interviewing: an evidence-based approach to counseling helps patients follow treatment recommendations.

29 Sep 2007 Motivational interviewing is an evidenced-based counseling approach that health care providers can use to help patients adhere to treatment recommendations. It emphasizes using a directive, patient-centered style of interaction to promote behavioral ...
rec_pub_17895731-motivational-interviewing-evidence-based-approach-counseling-helps.htm

Assisting persons with multiple disabilities to move through simple occupational activities with automatic prompting.

22 Sep 2007 The present study assessed the possibility of assisting four persons with multiple disabilities to move through and perform simple occupational activities arranged within a room with the help of automatic prompting. The study involved two multiple ...
rec_pub_17890053-assisting-persons-multiple-disabilities-simple-occupational.htm

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