THE EFFECTS OF PARENT-IMPLEMENTED PECS TRAINING ON IMPROVISATION OF MANDS BY CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

The present study examined the extent to which mothers were able to train their children, 2 boys with autism, to exchange novel pictures to request items using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). Generalization probes assessing each child's ability to mand for untrained items were...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2009, Vol.42 (3), p.671-677
Main Authors: Chaabane, Delia B. Ben, Alber-Morgan, Sheila R., DeBar, Ruth M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Association Learning - physiology
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Autistic Disorder - rehabilitation
Automatic Data Processing
Behavior Problems
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Behavior
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Color
Communication
Communication Skills
Communications systems
Creative Activities
Data collection
Developmental disorders
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Food Preferences
Generalization
Generalization (Psychology)
Grade 1
Humans
Improvisation
Indexing
Infantile autism
Integrity
Interviews
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Observation
parent training
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Pictorial Stimuli
picture exchange communication system
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Research Design
Social Behavior
Special education
Stimuli
Teaching
Teaching - methods
Young Children
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Summary:The present study examined the extent to which mothers were able to train their children, 2 boys with autism, to exchange novel pictures to request items using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). Generalization probes assessing each child's ability to mand for untrained items were conducted throughout conditions. Using a multiple baseline design, results demonstrated that both children improvised by using alternative symbols when the corresponding symbol was unavailable across all symbol categories (colors, shapes, and functions) and that parents can teach their children to use novel pictorial response forms.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-671