title: Effective instructional procedures for teaching individuals with severe disabilities in motor skills.
abstract: The purpose was to describe effective instructional procedures used to teach motor skills to individuals with severe disabilities. Five effective instructional procedures supported with experimental data in adapted physical education are identified through the review of literature: (a) response shaping, (b) increasing prompt hierarchy, (c) decreasing prompt hierarchy, (d) constant time delay, and (e) progressive time delay. The characteristics, documentations, guidelines, and recommendations for application of these procedures are described.
authors: Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 49008, USA. zhangj@wmich.edu
authors: Jiabei
authors: J
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014040:Token Economy