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A Systematic Review of Acquisition and Mastery of Skills Taught Using the Picture Exchange Communication System
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Heather J. Forbes; Jason C. Travers; Jenee Vickers Johnson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular augmentative and alternative communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities that includes six, sequential phases of instruction. We systematically reviewed published and unpublished single-case PECS studies for details about the percentage of participants…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli, Program Effectiveness
Using the ImPAACT Program with Preschoolers with Down Syndrome: A Hybrid Service-Delivery Model
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Timpe, Erika M.; Kent-Walsh, Jennifer; Binger, Cathy; Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie; Harrington, Nancy; Schwartz, Jamie B. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Three parents of preschool-aged children with Down syndrome using mobile augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies to communicate participated indirect, systematic communication-partner instruction. Intervention featured an adaptation of the ImPAACT Program (Improving Partner Applications of Augmentative Communication…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Preschool Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills
Advances in AAC Intervention: Some Contributions Related to Applied Behavior Analysis
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Reichle, Joe; O'Neill, Robert E.; Johnston, Susan S. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
This article extends Dr. Bob Remington's call for collaborations between those supporting behavioral approaches and those supporting more natural developmental approaches to beginning communication intervention. This article expands areas previously discussed by Dr. Remington. Topics that are addressed include pivotal behaviors that may facilitate…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification, Intervention
Naturalistic Teaching Approach to Develop Spontaneous Vocalizations and Augmented Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Alzrayer, Nouf M.; Aldabas, Rashed; Alhossein, Abdulkarim; Alharthi, Hanan – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBI) have been shown to facilitate the development of spontaneous language in individuals with speech and language impairment. Several meta-analyses have reported a small number of studies that utilized naturalistic teaching approaches combined with augmentative and alternative communication…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Behavior Modification, Intervention