title: Descriptive analysis and comparison of strategic incremental rehearsal to "Business as Usual" sight-word instruction for an adult nonreader with intellectual disability.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Strategic Incremental Rehearsal (SIR) is an effective method for teaching sight-word acquisition, but has neither been evaluated for use in adults with an intellectual disability, nor directly compared to the ongoing instruction in the natural environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental analysis of sight word acquisition via an alternating treatment design was conducted with a 23-year-old woman with Down syndrome. SIR was compared to the current reading instruction (CRI) in a classroom for young adults with intellectual disabilities. CRI procedures included non-contingent praise, receptive touch prompts ("touch the word bat"), echoic prompts ("say bat"), textual prompts ("read the word"), and pre-determined introduction of new words. SIR procedures included textual prompts on flash cards, contingent praise, corrective feedback, and mastery-based introduction of new words.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicated that SIR was associated with more rapid acquisition of sight words than CRI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Directions for future research could include systematic comparisons to other procedures, and evaluations of procedural permutations of SIR.
authors: a Educational Psychology and Leadership , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas , USA.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Richman
authors: a Educational Psychology and Leadership , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas , USA.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Grubb
authors: a Educational Psychology and Leadership , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas , USA.
authors: Samuel
authors: S
authors: Thompson
mesh_terms: D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Intellectual disability; reading instruction; sight words; strategic incremental rehearsal