Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
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National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
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Building Independence Through Self-Prompting with Technology

  • Dana R. Reinecke, Ph.D., BCBA-D (Author) Long Island University Post image/svg+xml
    Dana Reinecke is a doctoral level Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and a New York State Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA). Dana is an Assistant Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Special Education and Literacy at Long Island University Post. She is also co-owner of SupervisorABA, an online platform for BACB supervision curriculum, forms, and hours tracking. Dana provides training and consultation to school districts, private schools, agencies, and families for individuals with disabilities. She has presented original research and workshops on the treatment of autism and applications of ABA at regional, national, and international conferences. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, written chapters in published books, and co-edited books on ABA and autism. Current areas of research include use of technology to support students with and without disabilities, self-management training of college students with disabilities, and online teaching strategies for effective college and graduate education. Dana is actively involved in the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis (NYSABA), and is currently serving as President (2017-2018).
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.386
Abstract
Self-management is an effective, well-researched set of strategies for increasing, decreasing, and maintaining one’s own behavior. Self-management strategies have been shown to be effective in supporting students with disabilities, with the ultimate outcome of greater independence. Self-prompting, an important step in self-management, has become even easier to learn and implement with currently-available technology. This paper discusses the benefits of self-prompting and how technology may be used to teach and improve self-prompting repertoires, and offers several suggestions for applications to facilitate self-prompting.
Keywords
Autism, Cues, Daily Living Skills, Down Syndrome, Educational Technology, Intellectual Disability
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Reinecke, D. R. (2019). Building Independence Through Self-Prompting with Technology. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 14(1), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.386

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