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INCREASING IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN MAINSTREAM PRESCHOOLS: DIRECT AND GENERALIZED EFFECTS OF NONDIRECTIVE CONSULTATION
Author(s) -
Peck Charles A.,
Killen Christina C.,
Baumgart Diane
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1989.22-197
Subject(s) - psychology , mainstream , special education , mainstreaming , inclusion (mineral) , mathematics education , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , theology
Two studies evaluated a consultation strategy for increasing teachers' implementation of instruction related to specific Individualized Education Plan objectives for handicapped children mainstreamed into regular preschool programs. In the first study, teachers viewed videotaped sequences of regular classroom routines and were asked to generate ideas for embedding IEP‐related instruction into those routines. All teachers demonstrated increases in instructional behaviors in targeted routines, and 2 of the 3 teachers increased instruction in additional settings that had not been the focus of the consultation. Children demonstrated concomitant increases in IEP‐targeted behaviors. In follow‐up questionnaires and interviews, teachers reported increased confidence in their ability to implement specialized instruction. These findings were replicated in a second study in which the videotaping was replaced by teacher interview, and in which the consultation was carried out by a previously untrained special education teacher.