Effective Error Correction Procedures for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature

Discrete Trail Instruction is an instructional strategy implemented to improve skill acquisition for individuals with developmental disabilities (Smith, 2001). DTI is a multi-component procedure that targets academic, functional, and social skills in which individuals may be deficient in a one-on-one setting (Smith, 2001). A crucial component of DTI is error correction, which is a consequence of emitting an incorrect response (Rodgers & Iwata, 1991). This feedback is important because it increases the likelihood of correct responding during instruction (McGhan et al., 2013). The purpose of this literature review was to analyze different error correction procedures used with individuals with developmental disabilities in the context of direct instruction by identifying twenty effective procedures implemented with different academic skills and evaluating the quality and rigor of each study. Fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria to be included in the review with a total of 77 participants.