Implementing Stay-Play-Talk With Children Who Use AAC

Withdrawal and multitreatment single subject research designs were used to evaluate the effectiveness of stay-play-talk (SPT) interventions on social behaviors of preschool-aged peers to children with disabilities. Each group included at least one socially competent peer and one child with Down synd...

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Published in:Topics in early childhood special education 2019-02, Vol.38 (4), p.220-233
Main Authors: Severini, Katherine E., Ledford, Jennifer R., Barton, Erin E., Osborne, Kirsten C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Children with disabilities
Disabilities
Down Syndrome
Fidelity
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Competence
Interrater Reliability
Intervention
Outcomes of Treatment
Peer Relationship
Peer Teaching
Peers
Preschool Children
Proximity
Reinforcement
Social Behavior
Social skills
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Summary:Withdrawal and multitreatment single subject research designs were used to evaluate the effectiveness of stay-play-talk (SPT) interventions on social behaviors of preschool-aged peers to children with disabilities. Each group included at least one socially competent peer and one child with Down syndrome who used an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device as a primary mode of communication. Peers were trained to use SPT strategies during free play sessions, and a modified reinforcement system and modified peer arrangement were introduced for one group. For one group, results indicate a functional relation between the original SPT intervention and increased stay and play behaviors. For the other group, results indicate a functional relation between SPT with modified arrangement and increased stay and play behaviors. Future research is needed to determine effectiveness of SPT interventions for children with disabilities who have more sophisticated functional play skills, as well as utility of creating peer dyads compared with peer triads.
ISSN:0271-1214
1538-4845
DOI:10.1177/0271121418776091