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Discrete Trial Training to Teach Alternative Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide
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Rabideau, Lindsey K.; Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Brown, Tiara S. – Young Exceptional Children, 2018
The most researched and effective practice for instructing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is applied behavior analysis (ABA; Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968; Reichow, 2012; Smith & Eikeseth, 2011; Virués-Ortega, 2010). ABA is a scientific approach to systematic instruction, data collection, and data analysis based on observable…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods, Behavior Modification
Using Tangible Symbols for Communication Purposes: An Optional Step in Building the Two-Way Communication Process.
Vicker, Beverly – 1996
This report is intended to provide ideas to assist professionals and students in the exploration of tangible symbols for intervention purposes in working with visually capable individuals with disabilities. The first section provides an overview of tangible symbols and discusses the differences between tangible symbols and tangible objects, when…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Strategies
A Functional Curriculum for Teaching Students with Disabilities. Volume II: Nonverbal and Oral Communication. Third Edition.
Valletutti, Peter J.; And Others – 1996
This second of three manuals providing a functional curriculum for students with disabilities focuses on the development of nonverbal and oral communication skills. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the curriculum and offers guidelines for developing instructional plans for the following two units of study. Unit 1 considers the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Curriculum
Teaching Practical Communication Skills. Innovations: AAMR Research to Practice Series, Number 7.
Dyer, Kathleen; Luce, Stephen C. – 1996
This guide presents strategies to teach students with mental retardation to request their preferences, protest non-preferred activities, and clarify misunderstandings. The strategies were field tested with more than 200 children and adults in community, residential, vocational, and educational settings. Suggestions are included for instructing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education