Graduated guidance delivered by parents to teach yoga to children with developmental delays. Issue 1 (24th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gruber, Deborah J.; Poulson, Claire L.
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied behavior analysis. Volume 49:Issue 1(2016:Spring)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2015-09-24
• Subjects: developmental delays -- graduated guidance -- parent training -- physical fitness -- yoga; Psychology, Applied -- Periodicals; Social Behavior -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1002/jaba.260
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8855

Abstract

Abstract : We evaluated the effects of a parent‐implemented intervention to teach yoga poses to 3 children with developmental delays. Graduated guidance, provided by the participants' mothers, was introduced in a multiple baseline design across the participants. With the introduction of intervention, imitation of the response chains increased over baseline for all participants. Generalization to novel and live models occurred for 2 participants. Results are discussed in terms of using behavior‐analytic procedures to teach physical fitness activities to individuals with developmental disabilities.