Program Structure

Community-Based Instruction

• Withdrawing Money from an ATM
  Cihak, D. F., Alberto, P. A., Kessler, K., & Taber, T. A. (2004). An investigation of instructional scheduling arrangements for community based instruction. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 67-88.
  Lesson Plan 43_67_82
• Cashing Checks and Using an ATM
  McDonnell, J. J., & Ferguson, B. (1989). An comparison of time delay and decreasing prompt hierarchy strategies in teaching banking skills to students with moderate handicaps. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 22, 85-91.
  Lesson Plan LessonPlanMcDonnellFergusonbanking
• Collating Photocopies
  Cihak, D. F., Alberto, P. A., Kessler, K., & Taber, T. A. (2004). An investigation of instructional scheduling arrangements for community based instruction. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 67-88.
  Lesson Plan 77_83
• Purchasing Skills Across Community Settings
  Haring, T. G., Kennedy, C. H., Adams, M. J., & Pitts-Conway, V. (1987). Teaching generalization of purchasing skills across community settings to autistic youth using videotape modeling. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20, 89-96.
  Lesson Plan 48_84
• Purchasing Using the Counting-On Strategy
  Cihak, D. F., & Grim, J. (2008). Teaching students with autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disabilities to use counting-on strategies to enhance independent purchasing skills. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2, 716-727.
  Lesson Plan LessonPlanCihakandGrim2008nextdollar
• Purchasing Items Using the Next Dollar Strategy
  Colyer, S. P., & Collins, B. C. (1996). Using natural cues within prompt levels to teach the next dollar strategy to students with disabilities. The Journal of Special Education, 30, 305-318.
  Lesson Plan LessonPlanColyerCollinsnextdollar
• Laundry Skills
  Taylor, P., Collins, B. C., Schuster, J. W., & Kleinert, H. (2002). Teaching laundry skills to high school students with disabilities: Generalization of targeted skills and nontargeted Information. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 37, 172-183.
  Lesson Plan 56_85
• Laundromat Skills
  McDonnell, J., & McFarland, S. (1988). A comparison of forward and concurrent chaining strategies in teaching laundromat skills to students with severe handicaps. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 9, 177-194.
  Lesson Plan McDonnellandMcFarland1988laundromat