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Direct linkSigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Seely-York, Sue; Edrisinha, Chaturi – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Students with autism and related developmental disabilities who do not speak are often taught to use some type of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system, such as a voice output communication aid (VOCA). One problem with such devices is that the person may be unable to communicate when the device is not readily accessible. We first…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Teaching Methods
Taber-Doughty, Teresa – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Three secondary age students with moderate intellectual disabilities learned to use the system of least prompts, a self-operated picture prompting system, and a self-operated auditory prompting system to use a copy machine and a debit machine. Both the effectiveness and efficiency of these prompting systems were compared. Additionally, student…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Moderate Mental Retardation, Prompting
