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Quality activities in center-based programs for adults with autism : moving from nonmeaningful to meaningful /

Quality Activities in Center-Based Programs for Adults with Autism: Moving from Nonpurposeful to Meaningful describes what constitutes meaningful versus nonpurposeful activities for adults with autism and other severe disabilities in a classroom or center-based program. Then this step-by-step guide...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Reid, Dennis H. (Autor), Parsons, Marsha B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Elsevier Ltd. : Academic Press, 2016.
Colección:Critical specialties in treating autism and other behavioral challenges.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Quality Activities in Center-Based Programs for Adults with Autism; Copyright Page; Contents; Biography by Dennis H. Reid; Biography by Marsha B. Parsons; Series Foreword: Critical Specialities in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges; Purpose; 1 Historical Challenges and Needed Improvements in Center-Based Services for Adults With Autism; Purpose and Organization of Quality Activities in Center-Based Programs for Adults With Autism; The Role of Behavior Analysts and Other Practitioners Regarding Activities Provided in Center-Based Programs.
  • 2 Current Professional Consensus Regarding Meaningful ActivitiesWorking in Real Jobs for Real Pay; Working in a Supported Job; Individual Job Placement; Work Crews and Enclaves; Sheltered Work; Center-Based Activities; Center-Based Work Activities; Center-Based Nonwork Activities; 3 An Evidence-Based Protocol for Improving the Meaningful Utility of Center-Based Activities; 4 Specifying Criteria for Meaningful Versus Nonmeaningful Activities; Meaningful Guideline 1: A Task That Someone Would Have to Perform for a Person if the Person Could Not Perform the Task Him ...
  • Meaningful Guideline 2: A Task That Once Mastered, a Person Could Be Paid to Perform as Part of a Real JobMeaningful Guideline 3: A Task That Adults Typically Do During Leisure Time; Meaningful Guideline 4: A Task Is Part of an Interpersonal Interaction That an Individual Would Perform Once Mastered At Le ... ; Meaningful Guideline 5: A Task That Would Likely Be Performed By Adults in a Community Setting; 5 Assessing Meaningful Versus Nonmeaningful Task Participation; Monitoring Meaningful Task Involvement; The Monitoring Form for Meaningful and Nonmeaningful Task Involvement.
  • Summarizing Meaningful Task InvolvementEvaluating Results of Monitoring Meaningful Task Involvement; Special Considerations in Monitoring and Evaluating Meaningful Task Involvement; Special Considerations With the Monitoring Process; A Special Consideration With the Evaluation Process: Off-Task Behavior; 6 A Staff Training and Supervision Plan to Increase Meaningful Activities; Laying the Groundwork for a Successful Staff Training and Supervision Plan; Identifying the Lead Change Agent; Enlisting the Support of Agency Executive Staff; Enlisting the Involvement of Front-Line Supervisors.
  • Training and Supervising Staff to Make Changes With Ongoing ActivitiesInitial Training Meeting With Direct Support Staff; Staff Prompting (and Feedback); Follow-Up Staff Meeting; Ongoing Positive and Corrective Feedback; Case Examples of Staff Training and Supervision Programs to Increase Meaningful Activities in Center-Based Programs; Group 1; Group 2; Some Special Considerations When Implementing Plans to Increase Meaningful Activity Participation; 7 Maintaining Meaningful Activity Participation; The Key to Maintaining Staff Provision of Meaningful Activities: Monitoring and Feedback.