Deborah J Konkle-Parker, Judith A Erlen, Patricia M Dubbert, Warran May
Pilot testing of an HIV medication adherence intervention in a public clinic in the Deep South
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
everincreasing prevalence children diagnosed autism spectrum disorder asd paralleled public educational settings including general education classrooms challenges socialbehavioral functioning including limited selfmanagement behavior inhibition lead offtask disruptive behaviors interfere acquisition academic social skills without effective efficient interventions opportunities participate inclusive settings likely reduced selfmonitoring sm intervention strong evidence increasing prosocial behaviors decreasing challenging behaviors students asd educational settings although cuing mechanisms eg timers stopwatch tracking materials eg paper pencil cumbersome obtrusive iconnect sm application allows customizable prompts recording data monitoring purpose study evaluate utilizing abab design functional relationship implementation iconnect sm intervention increases ontask behavior concurrent decreases disruptive behavior elementary student asd general education classroom results indicate immediate increase ontask behavior well decrease disruptive behaviors introduction iconnect implications practice future research discussed