A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF TEACHING IMPROVISATION WITH THE PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Two young boys with autism who used the picture exchange communication system were taught to solve problems (improvise) by using descriptors (functions, colors, and shapes) to request desired items for which specific pictures were unavailable. The results of a multiple baseline across descriptors sh...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2006, Vol.39 (1), p.109-115
Main Authors: Marckel, Julie M., Neef, Nancy A., Ferreri, Summer J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Child clinical studies
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Communication
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Communications systems
Creative Activities
Developmental disorders
Generalization, Psychological
Humans
Improvisation
Indexing
Infantile autism
Instructional Effectiveness
Instructional Materials
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Novels
picture exchange communication system
Positive Reinforcement
Preschool Children
Problem Solving
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reinforcement
Resistance (Psychology)
Stimuli
Teaching - methods
Therapists
Visual Perception
Young Children
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Summary:Two young boys with autism who used the picture exchange communication system were taught to solve problems (improvise) by using descriptors (functions, colors, and shapes) to request desired items for which specific pictures were unavailable. The results of a multiple baseline across descriptors showed that training increased the number of improvised requests, and that these skills generalized to novel items, and across settings and listeners in the natural environment.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2006.131-04