Stimulus Equivalence for Students with Developmental Disabilities A Practical Guide to Equivalence-Based Instruction

Stimulus Equivalence for Students with Developmental Disabilities provides a step-by-step program for converting lesson plans into equivalence-based instruction. Using language and tools accessible to both students and practitioners, chapters present the concept of equivalence-based instruction and include clear and concise procedural descriptions, as well as data sheets and PowerPoint slides, with replaceable stimuli, so that special educators and clinicians will be able to immediately implement this procedure to teach any academic skill. Written in engaging prose with an emphasis on practical application, this book is an essential resource for special educators and graduate students studying to become BCBAs and special educators.

1. Introduction to Stimulus Equivalence and Equivalence-Based Instruction2. Definition, History and Brief Overview of Stimulus Equivalence and Equivalence-Based Instruction3. Introduction to Sorting4. Teaching and Testing for Classes5. Teaching Considerations: Multiple-Element Items and Errorless Instruction6. Equivalence and Differential Outcomes7. Equivalence and Verbal Behavior8. Teaching Science Content to Elementary Students via Equivalence-Based Instruction9. Design and Implementation of Equivalence-Based Instruction

Russell W. Maguire is Associate Professor, Behavior Analysis, Simmons University, US. Ronald F. Allen is Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the Doctoral Program for Behavior Analysis at Simmons University, US.